Cablegate: China: 1995 Annual Terrorism Report

R 280958Z NOV 95
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9679
INFO AMCONSUL GUANGZHOU
AMCONSUL SHANGHAI
AMCONSUL HONG KONG
AMCONSUL SHENYANG
AMCONSUL CHENGDU

UNCLAS BEIJING 048961

S/CT FOR REAP/COLLINS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER CH
SUBJECT: CHINA: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT

REF: STATE 245276

1. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED REFTEL FOLLOW:

A. POST HAS NO RECORD OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT
PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM DURING THE
PAST YEAR. THERE HAVE BEEN UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF
BOMBINGS AND OTHER ATTACKS AGAINST CHINESE GOVERNMENT
PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES IN XINJIANG.

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

C. THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT HAVE AN EXTRADITION TREATY
WITH THE PRC, BUT IN THE PAST, CHINA HAS TRANSFERRED
CRIMINALS TO COUNTRIES WITH WHICH IT DOES NOT HAVE AN
EXTRADITION TREATY.

D. RESPONSES OTHER THAN PROSECUTION: THE CHINESE
OFFICIAL, AND FREQUENTLY REITERATED, POSITION IS THAT THE
PRC GOVERNMENT IS OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF TERRORISM, AND
DOES NOT SUPPORT OR HARBOR TERRORISTS.

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.

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 TOWARD TERRORISM OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST
YEAR.

HALLFORD

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