Cablegate: Embassy Harare

R 130501Z NOV 92
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6416
INFO AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMCONSUL JOHANNESBURG
AMEMBASSY LILONGWE
AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA
AMEMBASSY MAPUTO
AMEMBASSY LUSAKA
AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMEMBASSY GABORONE

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HARARE 012655

STATE FOR S/CT - REAP AND AF/S
LONDON FOR MCKINLEY

E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: PTER KPRP PINS ZI
SUBJ: ZIMBABWE: 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: A. STATE 338430 (NOTAL), B. HARARE 5889 (NOTAL),
C. HARARE 5768 (NOTAL), D. 91 HARARE 10989 (NOTAL

1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS KEYED TO REF A:

A. PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
--------------------------------------------- -
AND/OR SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM
---------------------------------------------

2. THERE WERE NO PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR
DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 1992. ONLY TWO TERRORIST
INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN 1992--THE MAY 24 BOMBING OF A
BULAWAYO HOUSE USED BY THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
(ANC) IN WHICH NO ONE WAS INJURED (REP C) AND A
CROSS-BORDER RAID BY THE MOZAMBICAN NATIONAL RESISTANCE
(MNR OR RENAMO) THAT SAME MONTH IN WHICH A NUMBER OF
ZIMBABWEANS WERE ASSAULTED (REP B).

B. EXTRADITION OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
-----------------------------------

3. ZIMBABWE NEITHER EXTRADITED NOR REQUESTED EXTRADITION
OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOR PROSECUTION.

C. SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO PROSECUTION AND EXTRADITI
--------------------------------------------- -------

4. THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPEDIMENTS TO PROSECUTION
OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS. HOWEVER, ZIMBABWE DOES NOT
HAVE EXTRADITION TREATIES WITH MOST NON-COMMONWEALTH
COUNTRIES.

D. RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
---------------------

5. ZIMBABWEAN OFFICIALS DID NOT MAKE ANY PUBLIC
STATEMENTS ABOUT TERRORISM IN 1992. THE JULY 20, 1991,
BOMBING OF THE HARARE SHERATON HOTEL AND THE MAY 24
BOMBING REMAIN UNSOLVED. FOUR SOUTH AFRICAN AGENTS
CONVICTED OF TERRORIST ACTS IN THE 1980'S REMAIN ON
DEATH ROW.

E. MAJOR COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS
------------------------------

6. IN ADDITION TO DEPLOYING UNIFORMED POLICE OUTSIDE TH
U.S. EMBASSY, ZIMBABWE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN A
SIGNIFICANT MILITARY AND POLICE PRESENCE ALONG THE
MOZAMBICAN BORDER TO DETER INCURSIONS BY RENAMO.

F. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
-----------------------------------

7. ZIMBABWE HAS FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA,
IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, AND THE SO-CALLED "STAT
OF PALESTINE." ALL MAINTAIN EMBASSIES IN HARARE, AND
THE PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION'S (PLO'S)
REPRESENTATIVE IS THE DEAN OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. IN
INTERNATIONAL FORA ZIMBABWE HAS CONDEMNED TERRORISM IN
GENERAL.

G. SUPPORT OF TERRORIST SUPPORTING COUNTRIES
-----------------------------------------

8. ZIMBABWE HAS NOT MADE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENTS IN
SUPPORT OF A TERRORIST SUPPORTING COUNTRY ON A TERRORIS
ISSUE.

H. SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM
--------------------------------------------- --

9. THERE HAS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE'S
ATTITUDE TOWARD TERRORISM IN 1992. RELATIONS WITH CUBA
IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA HAVE BEEN COOL, WITH
IRANIAN-ZIMBABWEAN RELATIONS DETERIORATING BECAUSE OF
IRANIAN EFFORTS TO BRING ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM TO
ZIMBABWE.

I. COMPLIANCE WITH UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON LIBYA
-----------------------------------------

10. ZIMBABWE HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON LIBYA. VICE PRESIDENT
JOSHUA NKOMO AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NATHAN
SHAMUYARIRA HAVE VISITED LIBYA, AND TWO LIBYAN MINISTER
HAVE VISITED ZIMBABWE SINCE THE RESOLUTIONS WERE
PASSED. ZIMBABWE HAS NOT EXPELLED ANY LIBYAN DIPLOMATS
ALTHOUGH FIVE LIBYANS, INCLUDING ONE LIBYAN DIPLOMAT,
DEPARTED VOLUNTARILY IN 1992.

LANPHER

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