GUNMAN'S TIES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00198202
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2021
• Case Number: F-2019-01480
• Publication Date: May 19, 1981

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ITALY-TURKEY: Gunman's Ties
Initial Italian interrogation of Mehmet Ali Agca,
who shot Pope John Paul II last Wednesday, has not estab-
lished ties between Agca and any international terrorist
group or a conspiracy, despite continuing press specula-
tion to that effect. His claims of extensive travel in
Europe and the Middle East in the past year and a half
have not been substantiated, nor have press reports link-
ing Agca to the rightwing Nationalist Action Party in
Turkey. Agca claims to be "anti-imnerialist" and to
favor the radical Palestinians.
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