Cablegate: China: 1991 Annual Terrorism Report

P 150928Z NOV 91
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1869

UNCLAS BEIJING 036390

S/CT FOR BREELAND

E.O. 12356N/A
TAGS: PTER
SUBJECT: CHINA: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: STATE 346420

1. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED PARA 5 REFTEL
FOLLOW:

A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT
PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM OR OF
ANY SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM DURING
THE PAST YEAR.

B. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY EXTRADITIONS OR
ATTEMPTED EXTRADITIONS OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS BY
THE PRC DURING THE PAST YEAR.

C. THE U.S. DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY
WITH THE PRC. CHINA HAS IN THE PAST TRANSFERRED
CRIMINALS TO COUNTRIES WITH WHICH IT DOES NOT HAVE
AN EXTRADITION TREATY. CURRENT PRC SENSITIVITY OVER
THE CASE OF WANG ZONGXIAO -- A CONVICTED NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKER WHO WAS ALLOWED TO GO TO THE U.S. TO
TESTIFY IN A NARCOTICS CASE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY FILED
A CLAIM FOR POLITICAL ASYLUM THAT IS UNDER
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW IN THE U.S. -- MIGHT WELL
AFFECT CHINESE WILLINGNESS TO EXTRADITE SUSPECTED
TERRORISTS.

D. RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION: THE CHINESE
OFFICIAL POSITION IS THAT THE PRC GOVERNMENT IS
OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM AND DOES NOT
SUPPORT OR HARBOR TERRORISTS. THIS POSITION WAS
MOST RECENTLY REITERATED BY A MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS SPOKESMAN REPLYING TO ALLEGATIONS IN THE
INDIAN PRESS THAT ASSAMESE TERRORISTS WERE BEING
TRAINED IN CHINA. DURING THE GULF WAR THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT COOPERATED WITH THE U.S. BY SHARING
INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES, AND
INCREASED SECURITY AT THE U.S. EMBASSY AND OTHER
POSSIBLE TARGETS FOR TERRORIST ATTACK.

E. WE ARE NOT AWARE OF PRC PARTICIPATION IN MAJOR
COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS.

F. THE PRC PUBLICLY OPPOSES TERRORISM. THE EMBASSY
HAS NO RECORD OF PRC SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM. THERE IS A PLO MISSION IN BEIJING AND
THE PRC HOSTED A DELEGATION OF PLO LEADERS THIS
AUGUST.

G. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHINESE STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT
FOR A TERRORIST-SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORISM
ISSUE.

H. THERE HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE
PRC'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TERRORISM OVER THE COURSE OF
THE PAST YEAR.

ROY

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