100 THREATS A WEEK ARE REPORTED AGAINST U.S. INSTALLATIONS ABROAD

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• Publication Date: October 24, 1984
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By EERNARD GWERTZMAN
Spe.7.4,1 to The New York Times
Itended by 500 people, including Bar-
bara Bush, the wife of the Vice Presi-
dent.
At the State Department, John
Hughes, the spokesman, said, "We con-
tinue to mourn the tragic loss of life
which resulted from this vicious and
unwarranted attack.
. "The marines went to Lebanon as in-
struments of peace," he said, "and we
must honor their sacrifice in that
cause.
"We have pursued thii objective be-
cause it is what America rtands for and
because it is in America's interest," he
, said. "This anniversary reminds us
:! that our road will not be easy. Never-
theless, we will not be diverted from
pursuing a just, honorable and lasting
! peace in the Middle East. We will
persevere."
Steps in Lebanon and Elswhere
Security precautions have been most
evident in Lebanon in recent days, as
Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew
and other key personnel have left the
"Why not to do the same to Rea-_ country, at least temporarily. But offi-
gan?" He was speaking of the holding cials said steps were being taken else-
A erihicanhostages by raas sanctioned dical A . . Hughes said, "Embassies
cal._w_hereas well to
r which
w in that I
lah Ruhollah nomeini. The hostages 1 area and in other areas around the '
were not released until Mr. Reagan's ! world are on a high state of alert, as
Inauguration Day
would be expected in view of various
in 1981.
Robert C. McFarlane, the White
House national security adviser, said
! on the NBC News program "Today".
that he expected terrorist attacks
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 ? Govern-
ment agencies have been receiving
ab 1a3 threats a weell against Amer-
inar, c-,mbassis,s and ether installations
abroad since the b-,-)711-2ing of the United
Sta:es Embassy in Lebanon last
mcnit, Administration officials said to-
day.
"The volu_e_i_s_fLiag,gerin
: Depar-.-ment official said. Intelligence
, officials said particular attention was
being paid to a possibile terrorist at-
tack; against the United States not only
in the Middle East hut in such areas as
Latin An-iericai as well.
They said information has been re-
ceived in the last month that cannot be
disrez.arded 1-..riting to an attempted
. American installa-
tion i?Lt beire the election on Nov. 6 in
the t-:lif ? this might hurt Presi-
dent re-election chances.
"The Iranians have read that they
help-KI bring do7,-n Jimmy Carter in
19S,3," a State Department official said.
," a State
?
against Americans to continue.
Anniversary Ceremony
"I think the prospects are that there
will be further attacks," he said, "not
only in Lebanon in the short term, but
elsewhere in the Middle East." The
chances of new acts of terrorism, he
said, are "about 70 percent."
Today was the anniversary of the
truck-bomb explosion at, the Marine
ban-a cks at Beirut International Air-
port that led to the death of 241 Amer-
ican servicemen. A ceremony at Ar-
lington National Cemetery was '? at- ;
rumors and various threats that have
been circulating.
"As I have said before, sadly, threats
and intelligence relating to possible at-
tacks on U.S. missions and 1T:8. em-
bassy offices are all too frequent, as
they are against the diplomats and
4nissions of other countries as well."
Mr. Hughes said he did not relate the
! threats explicitly to the American elec-
tion. He said that they "have been
1 snowballing and I would? say over the
Florists.
Areas of Biggest Concern
"Top priority now is to stop the ter-
rorists, and everyone
ts ae_vervone is eager to report
threaGovernment
ici aalRseanicdi. "Sec-
ondly,, l
more vigilant and no scrap is left unre-
porr?dT)7the?iiitelligence
commu;_ityls?_workihi-rd:ITlifey
gearing up, and putting more human
resources into the?effort:"
The areas of most concern to the Ad-
ministration, the official said, are the
Middle East and Latin America.
particularly Central America.
"There are legitimate grounds for
concern and pleaty of reasons for more
threats," he said. "No one is disposed !
to take them lightly."
He said that in the Middle East there
was no question but that the Iranians
? were behind the anti-American terror-
- ist attacks, although it was difficult to
pinpoint who in the Iranian hierarchy
was responsible.
The Syrians, who took advantage of
the attacks against the Americans in
1983 ? the bombing of the embassy in
April and the Marine barracks in Octo-
ber ? to end the pro-Western orienta-
tion of'the Beirut Government, are be-
lieved to be interested in bringing the
terrorism under their own control and
away from the Iranians, whom the
Syrians regard as irresponsible, a sen-
ior official said.
But the Syrians are allied with the
Iranians against the Iraqis in the
Persian Gulf war and are reluctant to
take concrete actions to end the terror-
ists' sanctuary in the Bekaa, Lebanon's
eastern valley, he said.
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