GAILANI PARTY DEPUTY FAROOQ AZAM ON THE RESISTANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01390R000700910010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 22, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD IMMEDIATE 6764
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ESHAWAR 0055
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PGOV, MOPS, AF
SUBJECT: GAILANI PARTY DEPUTY FAROOQ AZAM ON THE RESISTANCE
2. GAILANI PARTY DEPUTY CHIEF FAROOQ AZAM AND GAILANI'S
NEPHEW HOSSAIN GAILANI VISITED CONSUL ON JANUARY 9 PRIMARILY
TO SEEK INFORMATION ON CODEL HATCH AND TO RAISE A REFUGEE
PROBLEM.
3. AS ACTING CHIEF OF MAHAZ WHILE GAILANI IS IN FEZ,
AZAM WILL BE PARTICIPATING (IN ISLAMABAD) IN THE VISIT OF
CODEL HATCH. ACCORDINGLY, HE SOUGHT INFORMATION ON THE
COMPOSITION OF THE CODEL AND ITS PURPOSE. WE INFORMED HIM
OF THE MEMBERS AND THEIR GENERAL PURPOSES, NOTING THAT HATCH,
HECHT, AND LAGOMARSINO HAVE BEEN VERY STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE
RESISTANCE. AZAM ALSO NOTED RECENT DIFFICULTIES WITH THE
PAKISTANI REFUGEE COMMISSIONERATE, PRINCIPALLY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE REENUMERATION. HE OBSERVED THAT IT SEEMED AS THOUGH
THE REENUMERATIONS WERE TIMED IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BE OF MOST
ADVANTAGE TO THE SOVIETS, SINCE THE PAK REQUIREMENT THAT THE
REFUGEES BE IN THEIR CAMPS ON A CERTAIN DAY DREW MUJAHIDEEN
FROM THE BATTLE FRONT TO THE PAKISTAN CAMPS. WE TOLD HIM
THAT WE HAD HEARD SIMILAR TALES FROM A VARIETY OF AFGHAN
SOURCES, BUT THAT WE HAD ALSO HEARD A FAIRLY CREDIBLE EXPLANA-
TION OF HOW RATIONS ARE CONTIKUED FOR MUJAHIDEEN WHO ARE
LEGITIMATELY AT THE BATTLE FRONT. HE SAID THAT THE EXPLANATION
WAS "HOW IT OUGHT TO BE" BUT THAT IN PRACTICE COUNTING THE
REFUGEES DAMAGED THE JIHAD. AZAM ALSO NOTED THAT THERE IS
A FAIR AMOUNT OF CORRUPTION IN THE REFUGEE COMMISSIONERATE.
HE CITED A FIGURE OF 4,000-5,000 RUPEES TO OBTAIN REGISTRATION
IN ONE OF THE LARGE, ESTABLISHED CAMPS NEAR PESHAWAR.
4. ACCORDING TO AZAM, THE LONG-AWAITED FIRST MEETING OF
THE RESISTANCE ALLIANCE "SHOORA" OR ADVISORY COUNCIL OCCURRED
ON JANUARY 2 UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SYED AHMAD GAILANI.
THE SHOORAYS SOLE DECISION WAS THAT IT WILL MEET WITH THE SEVEN
LEADERS TO DRAFT A CHARTER WHICH WILL DEFINE THE ROLE OF THE
SHOORA. GAILANI, HE SAID, HAS SANCTIONED A BUILDING AND A
STAFF FOR THE ALLIANCE SECRETARIAT, AND A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
FORMED TO SEARCH FOR AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION. ACCORDING
TO AZAM, THE ALLIANCE IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IN
DEVELOPING AS A VIABLE ORGANIZATION. DURING KHALIS'
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CHAIRMANSHIP, THE "SUPREME COUNCIL" OF THE SEVEN LEADERS
MET ONLY ONCE (COMMENT: BUT THAT WAS DURING RAMAZAN AND THE
HAJ. END COMMENT). DURING GULBADDIN'S THREE MONTHS, THE
LEADERS MET SEVEN OR EIGHT TIMES. GIALANI PLANS TO CONTINUE
THE TWO-TO-THRED TIMES A MONTH PACE, AND IN FACT THE LEADERS
MET TWICE TO CONSIDER THEIR OIC STRATEGY AND STATEMENT.
5. WE ALSO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE CALL TO EXPLAIN PURPOSE
OF U.S. OFFER TO GUARANTEE SATISFACTORY AFGHAN SETTLEMENT.
AZAM, LIKE MOST AFGHANS HERE, EXPRESSED MISGIVINGS ABOUT GENEVA
PRUCESS BECAUSE NEITHER THE SOVIETS NOR THE MUJAHIDEEN ARE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE TALKS. HE ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THE GOP
DOES NOT BRIEF THE RESISTANCE ON GENEVA. WE TOLD HIM THAT WE
HAD RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH THE GOP.
6. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. EASTHAM
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