7 311 mNo Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 - DLua'rw 2 ACTION AME-1 POL I TOR 05 52 00 ADEENE 0N 3'755'7 DE RUEHIL 2431219 GEES AME zzE DIST EIDI 0 3611512 AUG 88 303 REVIEWED 19-Apr-2007 DECLASSIFIED IN ADD EM AMEMEASSI ISLAMADAD To ASEDD IMMEDIATE 7535 INFO Moscow 5003 F021 KABUL 6530 NEW DELHI 3979 SECTION GI 0E 04 ISLAMAEAD 13379 EIDIS FOR EIDIS LAUREL DISTRIBUTION REQUEST DEPARTMENT PASS TO CENTCOM FOR GEN CRIST E 0 12555 TAGS PREL MASS PGOV PK UR IN SDDJEGT AMBASSADOR MEETING NITE GENERAL EEG 1 SECRET ENTIRE TEIT 2 SUMMARY IN HIS AUGUST 29 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR OAKLEY GENERAL BEG EMPHASIZED HIS COMMITMENT TO -FOLLOWING CONS ITUTIONAL PROCEDURES AND SAID THAT EVEN IF HE HERE TO CHANGE HIS MIND THE REST OF THE MILITARY ALLOW IT HE SAID THAT PAKISTAN WAS THREATENED BY A TRIANGULAR CONSPIRACY AFGHANISTAN THE USSR AND INDIA AIMED AT DESTABILIZING PAKISTAN A DEFECTOR FROM THE AFGHAN SECRET SERVICE HE SAID WOULD SOON CONFIRM THAT THE HEAD HAS BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OE SHIA TNFJ LEADER HQSSEIN BEG ALSO DISCUSSED A GRAND DESIGN FOR A STRATEGIC CONSENSUS INVOLVING IRAN AFGHANISTAN TURKEY AND PAKISTAN HANDLING OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION AND EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF CALM RE REITERATED THE U S COMMITMENT TO ASSIST PAKISTAN AND ASKED WHETHER THERE WERE SPECIFIC SECURITY ASSISTANCE ISSUES ON WHICH THE GOP NEEDED ASSISTANCE FROM WASHINGTON E G THE M1A1 TANK BEG SAID THAT HE HOULD BE IN TOUCH END SUMMARY 3 AMBASSADOR OAKLEY CONGRATULATED BEG ON THE GOP 4 0N AUGUST 29 AMBASSADOR OAKLEY CALLED 0N GEIEE 0E AEMI STAEE GENERAL ASLAM DEG IN THE GEEIGE AT 0 GENERAL HEADQUARTERS TEE HAS DI 0L0ID DEISTEA DEN 0M MILATT AND POLMILOFF DEG M MDEAMMAD DIAE0T0E 0 0E MILITARY CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION DEG BEGAN BY EMPHASIZING THAT THE ARMED FORCES AS HELL AS THE PAKISTANI PEOPLE FULLY SUPPORTED HIS DECISION TO FOLLOW CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES AFTER No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 No Objection To Declass'r cation 2008 06 06 NLC-131-6-1-30-5 lShAl'IAn' onarmm PRESIDENT DEATH HE EXPRESSED CRATITDDE POR U S SUPPORT AND SAID THAT MORE THAN ANITHINC THE PARISTANI PEOPLE NEEDED TO SEE THAT THE UNITED STATES REMAINED COMMITTED TO STANDING WITH PAKISTAN OAKLEY SAID THAT THE U S COMMITMENT STOOD AND NOHLD ENDDRE HE EXPRESSED ADMIRATION POR THE STABILITY OE THE TRANSITION APTER DEATH AND FOR THE COOPERATION BETNEEN THE CIVIL AND MILITARY ARMS OP GOVERNMENT 1 6 DEG SAID THAT HE HAS AWARE THAT SOME IN THE U S HAD DOUBTS ABOUT STABILITY AND WERE EXPECTING BEG TO CHANGE HIS MIND AND STAGE A COUP THIS WAS HOWEVER I NOT TRUE HE ASKED OAKLEY TO CONVEY TO THE U S MEDIA THAT THE PAKISTANI MILITARY FULLY SUPPORTED MY NOT TO TAKE POWER EVEN IF HE HERE TO CHANGE HIS MIND BEG SAID THE REST OF THE MILITARY WOULD NOT ALLOW IT I DEG ADDED THAT THIS HAD ELICITED A STRONG POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE PAKISTANI PEOPLE 7 PEG SAID THAT THERE HERE SOME IN THE GOP WHO HAD ASKED HIM TO SUSPEND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS BUT HE HAD SO FAR UITHSTOOD THIS PRESSURE THERE WAS A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND BEG SAID THAT HE HOULD SUSPEND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IF NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE PEACE HOWEVER THERE WAS AS YET NO NEED EEG PRAISED ACTING PRESIDENT GHULAM ISHAQ KHAN AS A MAN WHO THOUGHT CORRECTLY HE ALSO DEFENDED THE THE EMERGENCY COUNCIL AS NECESSARY EVEN IF IT HAS EXTRA- CONSTITUTIONAL OAKLEY OBSERVED THAT IF THE MILITARY WERE NOT WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES AS WELL AS TO DEFEND THE COUNTRY IT WOULD CREATE THE APPEARANCE OF DISUNITY PAKISTAN HAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK CONSOLIDATE LONG-TERM U S SUPPORT AND DISCOURAGE EXTERNAL THREATS 8 DEC SAID THAT HE HAS CONEIDENT 0F ABILITI TO DEAL WITH INTERNAL PROBLEMS BUT THE HAS MORE NORRIINC THERE HAS A TRIANCDLAR CONSPIRACY CONSISTING OR THE USSR APOHANISTAN AND INDIA AIMED AT PAKISTAN BEC CLAIMED THAT THE KILLER OP SHIA TNPJ LEADER ARIE HUSSEIN ASSASSINATED IN PESHANAR IN EARLY AOCDST NAS HIMSELF A SRIITE PROM PARACHINAR EMPLOYED BI THE APCHAN SECRET SERVICE A HIGH-RANKING HEAD DEFECTOR HAS ABLE TO CONEIRM THE ISLAMABAD No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 NLC-131-6-1-30-5 I - Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 E11315 ROLE IN THIS PLOT TO GAUSE SEGTAHIAN -OL UHARRAM SEE PESHANAR 262' AND ISLAMABAD 1329a BOTH NOTAL THE MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO TELL MORE PERHAPS ABOUT AM THE AUGUST 1 CRASH OE PRESIDENT AIRORATT BE 56 SAI THAT THIS NAs STATE-SUPPORTED TERRORISM AND ST BE 9 OAHLEI RESPONDED THAT THE U S HAD EARNED THE SOVIETS THAT THE U S HEMAINED COMMITTED TO PAEISTANI SEGURITI HE ADDED THAT SOVIET OVER THE LAST TEN MONTHS E G THE REOOGUPATION OE HUNDUE AND VIOLATIONS OE PAHISTANI AIRSPAGE NERE AGTS OE DESPERATION IE THE U S AND PAKISTAN STOOD PIRM TOGETHER AND DID NOT GET 0 ELUSTERED THEN THE SOVIETS NOULD BEOOME GONVINOED THAT THEIR TAGTIGS NOULD NOT NORH OAELEI ADDED THAT THE U S NAS GOOPERATING IN THE 17 TR AND IRPREESIT WUMON ALLY PAKISTAN A - - JTRALIZE 0 1O BEG ASSURED OARLEI THAT THERE HOULD BE TREE AND PAIR ELEGTIONS AND THAT THEY VOULD BE HELD IN A PEAGEPUL GLTMATE BY NOT MARTIAL LAN BEG SAID HE HAD 0 ALREADI PRUSTRATED ONE DESIGN OE THOSE TRIING TO DESTABILIZE PAKISTAN THERE MIGHT BE SOME BUT THEI SHOULD NOT BE A GAUSE FOR DISMAI SOME I THE GOVERNMENT NANTED MARTIAL LAN BOT TERI GOULD BE EASILI HANDLED BEG GONGLUDED THAT HE HAS GONEIDENT THAT PAKISTAN NOULD EMERGE PROM THIS GRISIS A MORE 1 STABLE GOUNTRI THAN BEFORE AND HE HOPED THAT OARLEI VOULD GONVEI THIS TO THE U S 11 BEG SAID THAT THERE NERE EMERGING REALITIES IN SOUTH ASIA THAT NOULD BE BETTER EOR PAKISTAN THE REGION AS A NHOLE AND THE U S BEG SAID PAKISTAN AND APGHANISTAN ARE NON - - THE IMPORT NOE OF THE SURGE IN ISL r M I HAT THEE u 1' n PUNDAMENTALIST - 12N-ULD HELP 1 A SQ - STRATEGIO OE KISTAN AFGHANISTAN IRAN AND TUREEI NH OH HE NO PAGT NOULD NEGESSARV BUT SUGH SENSUS NOULD CREATE A NEH REGIONAL POWER EQUATION AND PROVIDE THE U- EORJEALING WITH -E SOVIET 0 UNION AND THE No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 Ulba'mxwa 13 OAKLEY THAT TURKEY HAS A STABLE STRONG KNOWN QUANTITY AND THAT CLOSE PAR-TURKISH TIES WERE AN EXCELLENT THING FOR THE REGION WE HAD BEEN WORKING BOTH TO TRY -AND IMPROVE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN OURSELVES AND IRAN HOUEVER DESPITE ACCEPTANCE OF SC RES 598 AND THE CEASEEIRE WITH IRAQ AND EFFORTS TO RDDUOH TRNSIONS WITH THE ARAR GULT STATHS THERE NAS GOING TO RH AN UNCERTAIN PLUGTUATING INTERNAL SITUATION TOR AT LRAST A PDN YEARS PAKISTAN 1 411 GOULD NOT COUNT UPON IRAN DURING THIS PERIOD AFGHANISTAN GOULD ALSO PH EXPECTED TO GO THROUGH A 641 PERIOD 01 INSTABILITY AND POLITICAL EVOLUTION EVEN AFTER THE PDPA LEAVES POWER HOWEVER AS A LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE IDEA SEEMED A VERY GOOD IDEA SECURITY ASSISTANCE ISSUES A4 OAKLEY ASKED BEG TO PUT ON HIS ARMY HAT FOR A MOMENT AND CONSIDER PMS ISSUES IF THE TRANSFER TO PAKISTAN OF CERTAIN PENDING WEAPON SYSTEMS HERE TO BE NOTIFIED TO 0 THIS IRAR DRGISIONS WERE SOON RG PPISTER OBSERVED THAT IF THE GOP NISHED IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE T0 EIPEDITE U S ACTION ON REQUEST FOR 115 M1A1 TANKS AND AVOID A SUBSTANTIAL PRICE ISLAMABAD 618376 32 No Objection TO Declassi cation 2008 06 06 NLC-131-6-1-30-5 0 Objection To Declassi cation - - - SE Tummy we LC 131 6-1-30-5 INCREASE AS A MEANS OF FOLLONING THROUGH ON SECRETART OFFER OF SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN OAKLET ADDED THAT THE U S HAS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING ACTION 1 AND NOT JUST NORDS EEG SAID THAT HE HAS TRYING TO REMEMBER NEAT PRESIDENT VIEN VAS ON THE M1A1 TANK AND OAKLEI REPLIED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT ZIA HAD 0 APPROVED BUT THAT THE DECISION HAD BEEN LEFT TO 15 DEC ASKED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE AVACS ISSUE 0 OAKLEI RESPONDED THAT HE EELIEVED THAT PRESIDENT HIA HAD COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT ANACS POSED A PROBLEM AT THIS TIME FOREIGN MINISTER THE AMBASSADOR IN 0 VASHINGTON AND OTHERS HAD ALL AGREED THAT THIS VAS NOT A GOOD TIME TO SEND THE ANACS ISSUE TO CONGRESS OAKLEI ADVISED THAT IF A NOTIFICATION NERE SENT TO CONGRESS AT 0 THIS TIME IT VOULD PROBABLY NOT BE APPROVED AND VOULD TOUCH OPE A BIG UPROAR THIS NOULD BE INTERPRETED AS A PEAKENING OF U S SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN AND NOULD BE 0 RESENTED BI THE PAKISTANI PEOPLE NE HAD HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS NITH JORDAN AND SAUDI ARABIA AND IT HAS THE LAST THING THAT PAKISTAN NEEDED OR THE U S NANTED AT 0 THIS CRITICAL MOMENT OAKLEI SUGGESTED THAT HE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ISSUE NEAT YEAR INCLUDING AT THE HUGE QUESTION OF FINANCING EEG SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD I 0 THIS AND AGREED 16 GENERAL PFISTER POINTED OUT THAT THERE HERE A 0 OF COBRA HELICOPTERS TON MISSILES AND LAUNCHERS THAT NOULD DEMONSTRATE U S SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN AND VOULD PROBABLY NOT ENCOUNTER CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION BEG NOTED THAT PAKISTAN HAD REQUESTS PENDING FOR ADDITIONAL TPQ-ST RADARS HELICOPTERS AND NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT HE SAID THAT HE BELIEVED O-THAT THERE HERE RELEASABILITV PROBLEMS NITH C-NITE COMMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR RELEASE TO PAKISTAN AND ODRP NILL SO INFORM OFFICE END 0 COMMENT GENERAL PEISTER CONCLUDED THAT PAKISTAN WANTED THE U S TO MOVE QUICKLY ON ANY SPECIFIC OUTSTANDING REQUESTS THE GOP SHOULD LET US KNOW QUICKLY DEG SAID THAT HE WOULD BE IN TOUCH AFGHANISTAN 13 BEG OBSERVED THAT SOME EELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE RESISTANCE TO CAPTURE MAJOR AFCHAN CITIES HAS PROOF OF ITS NEAKNESS THE MUJAHEDIN HOVEVER NERE FOLLONING A CLEVEH STRATEGI OF PARALVTING THE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS NETNORK PARTICULARLI NORTH OF THE HINDU HUSH AS A CONSEQUENCE THE RESISTANCE COULD NON CHOKE 0 THE SOV NITHDRAVAL ROUTES IF THEY TAN-TED ALTHOUGH IT NOULD NOT BE VISE TO DO SO THE NEAT STAGE EEG SAID NOULD BE THE COMPRESSION AND GRADUAL STRANGULATION 0 OF URBAN CENTERS BUT NOT DIRECT ASSAULTs 19 BEG NAS ADAMANT THAT THE RESISTANCE DID NOT AIM AT THE COLLAPSE OF KABUL OR THE NAJIB GOVERNMENT RATHER No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 - THE RESISTANCE WOULD NEGOTIATE WITH KADUL AND ARRANGE A I NEAT CHANGE-OVER OF GOVERNMENT HE MADE CLEAR HOWEVER THAT THE NEH LEADERS SUCH AS REKMATYAR AND RABBANI WERE NOT TRADITIONALISTS 0R TRIBAL LEADERS AND THEY Egg ng0T OEDE POWER TO OTHERS WHO HAD NOT FOUGHT THE -IRAQ 29 PEG SAID THAT HE PELIETED THAT PAKISTAN AND TURKEY GOULD IRAN DOT HE ASKED THO NOULD HANDLE IRAQ TOR SADDAM HUSSEIN TO SURTIPE DEG SAID HE NEEDED A STATE OP GONPRONTATION IF NOT NITH IRAN THEN RITE SOMEONE ELSE OAKLEY RESPONDED THAT THE U S STRATEGY GULP HAD DEEN TO AND NOT ATTACK IRAN UNTIL THE PLANE OP REVOLUTION AND AGGRESSION AGAINST ITS NEIGHDORS DURNED OUT THIS UAS HAPPENING NE HAD NOT RANTED IRAQ To COME OUT OP THE UAR T00 STRONG OR AGGRESSIVE AND NE HAD CONSCIOUSLY ESTADLISEED A DIALOGUE SITE THE SAUDIS KUUAITIS EGIPT AND JORDAN TO GONTAIN AND INPLUENGE BAGHDAD NOREOTER IRAQ NEEDED 0 THE HELP OR THE TEST AND THE GULP ARAB STATES IN POST-TAR REGONSTRUGTION IRAQ SEENED SLOULI TO BE GONING AOUND TO A MORE OONSTRUOTITE APPROAGE DUT ONLY ISLAMADAD @18370 l3 'No Objection To Declassi cation - No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 5126 11 Mortar 9'9 ISLAHAEAD 15070 EIDIS LAUREL WOULD TELL OAKLEY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE HERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE DUPLICITY AND - DOUBLE-DEALING IN THE UAR GOMMENT 21 STATED COMMITMENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES TRAOHED GLOSELY NITH HIS PUDLIO STATEMENTS SUOH AS HIS 0 AUGUST 25 ADDRESS TO ARMY OPPIGDRS IN RAUALPINDI IN THIS MEETING HE SEEMED TERI OONPIDENT IN HIS ONN PERSONAL GOMMAND OE THE DOMESTIG POLITIGAL SITUATION 0 AT ONE POINT NHEN GLAIMING THAT THE HANDLE ANT INTERNAL THREAT HE THAT THE ARMED POEGES ARE SOLIDLT DEHIND ME THE QUESTION OE NROM IN 0 THE GOVERNMENT HE SEES AS A THREAT UILL REQUIRE MORE NORH HEPORE IT BECOMES OLEAR 22 REMARKS ABOUT A STRATEGIO OONSENSUS AMONG TURHEI IRAN APGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN EOHOES SIMILAR STATEMENTS THAT LIA HAD MADE To US IN THE PAST NHILE 0 THIS GRAND DESIGN SEEMS TO US SIMPLISTIO THE GOP UNDER 21A OLEARLI PLANNED TO ATTEMPT TO INTLUENOE EVENTS IN APGHANISTAN AND POST-KHOHENEI IRAN IN SUOH A NAT AS TO STRATEGIC DEPTH AGAINST INDIA DEG APPARENTLT INTENDS TO POLLOU THROUGH ON PLANS DT #0370 ISLAMADAD 1 II II 1 db No Objection To Declassi cation 2008 06 06 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu