US embassy cable - 88ACCRA8991

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1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT: GHANA

Identifier: 88ACCRA8991
Wikileaks: View 88ACCRA8991 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Accra
Created: 1988-11-29 15:22:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PTER GH
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
R 291522Z NOV 88
FM AMEMBASSY ACCRA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3224
UNCLAS ACCRA 08991 
 
S/CT FOR WHARTON 
 
E.O. 12356:  N/A 
TAGS:  PTER, GH 
SUBJECT:  1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT:  GHANA 
 
REF:  STATE 357278 
 
GHANA FALLS OUTSIDE THE LIST OF COUNTRIES FOR WHICH AN 
ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT IS REQUIRED.  FOLLOWING RESPONDS 
TO QUESTIONS POSED PARA 5, REFTEL: 
 
A)  THERE WERE NO COURT PROSECUTIONS IN GHANA IN 1988 
INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, NOR WERE THERE ANY 
SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 
 
B)  ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT (JANUARY 1988) OFFICIAL 
GOG DIP LIST, WHICH REPLACED ONE ISSUED IN 1984, THE PLO 
IS NOW OFFICIALLY LISTED AS AN EMBASSY.  ITS CHIEF OF 
MISSION, IBRAHIM KHALIL OMAR, IS LISTED AS AEP IN THE 
ORDER OF PRECEDENCE, WHICH STATES HE PRESENTED CREDENTIALS 
ON JULY 17, 1986. 
 
C)  GHANA HAS MADE NO OFFICIAL PUBLIC STATEMENT IN 1988 
IN SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A 
TERRORISM ISSUE. 
 
 
LYNE 

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