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  • Re: Armenia-PKK

    By far the oldest leak out of the American embassy in Yerevan to appear on WikiLeaks (dated 1993).
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L YEREVAN 002697


    E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR
    TAGS: PINS PREL PTER AM TU
    SUBJ: PKK "SUPPORT" FROM ARMENIAN SOURCES

    REFS: A) STATE 220237 B) YEREVAN 1701 C) YEREVAN 0165

    ¶1. CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.

    ¶2. REFTEL (A) ASKED FOR A REPORT ON "POSSIBLE PKK-
    ARMENIAN" LINKS AND INSTRUCTED EMBASSY YEREVAN TO
    "CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND TO KEEP
    US INFORMED." WE RAISED THE SUBJECT WITH FOREIGN
    MINISTER PAPAZYAN JULY 26 AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN
    ASKED THE SAME THING BY JOURNALISTS DURING HIS RECENT
    TRIP TO THE U.S. HIS ANSWER IS (AND WAS) THAT "THERE
    ARE NO LINKS OF ANY KIND BETWEEN THE PKK AND THE
    GOVERNMENT OF ARMENIA, ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SUCH
    LINKS BETWEEN CERTAIN OPPOSITION GROUPS SUCH AS THE
    DASHNAKS." WHEN WE ASKED HIM WHETHER HE WAS TALKING
    ABOUT THE DASHNAKS HERE OR THOSE AT PARTY HEADQUARTERS
    IN ATHENS, HE REPLIED "THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE."

    ¶3. THIS REPLY IS CONSISTENT WITH RESPONSES WE HAVE
    GOTTEN FROM SENIOR GOA OFFICIALS FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
    NOW, NOT ONLY REGARDING THE PKK BUT ALSO REGARDING ALL
    SORTS OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARTICULARLY THE
    ASALA. REFTEL (B) WAS THIS EMBASSY'S ATTEMPT TO TRACK
    DOWN THE BASIS OF RUMORS IN TURKEY ABOUT A PKK MAGAZINE
    BEING PUBLISHED IN ARMENIA. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE
    MAGAZINE ONLY PUBLISHED TWO ISSUES, THAT THE VAST
    MAJORITY OF THE KURDS IN ARMENIA ARE NON-MUSLIM (AND
    APOLITICAL) YEZIDIS, AND THAT THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF
    THIS MAGAZINE - ALTHOUGH PRONE TO EXAGGERATE THE LEVEL
    OF POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG ARMENIA'S SMALL
    KURDISH COMMUNITY - ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS NO PKK
    ACTIVITY INSIDE ARMENIA. (COMMENT: THIS MAKES SENSE;
    AT A TIME WHEN THE GOA IS TRYING TO DO ALL WITHIN ITS
    POWER TO ACHIEVE NORMAL RELATIONS WITH TURKEY, WHY
    WOULD IT WANT TO PROVOKE TURKEY BY ALLOWING PKK
    ACTIVITY WITHIN ITS BORDERS? FURTHERMORE, THE GOA IS
    MAKING A MAXIMUM EFFORT TO CONFISCATE WEAPONRY OF ALL
    TYPES FROM CIVILIANS AND PUT IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE
    "PROPER" AUTHORITIES; WHY WOULD IT COUNTENANCE THE
    TRAINING OF TERRORISTS WHO COULD ONE DAY BE TURNED
    AGAINST ANY TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY?)

    ¶4. REFTEL (C) WAS AN OFFER TO DEMARCHE THE GOA ABOUT
    THE ALEGED PKK PRESENCE IN A SPECIFIC REGION AS
    REPORTED BY EMBASSY BAKU IN BAKU 0070. ACCORDING TO
    OUR RECORDS, THE DEPARTMENT NEVER REPLIED TO THIS
    MESSAGE. BUT WE HAVE BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF
    TERRORISM ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH A RANGE OF SENIOR
    OFFICIALS, ALL OF WHOM CONDEMN THE ASALA AND ALL OF ITS
    COUSINS IN THE TERRORIST WORLD. THEIR ONE REGRET IN
    THIS AREA IS THAT -- AS THEY SEE IT -- THERE IS
    PRECIOUS LITTLE THEY CAN DO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
    DASHNAKS LIVING IN IRAN WANT TO FINANCE, TRAIN, OR
    EQUIP TERRORIST UNITS OPERATING - ILLEGITIMATELY AND IN
    DIRECT OPPOSITION TO GOA POLICY - IN THE NAME OF THE
    ARMENIAN PEOPLE.


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