TRAVEL OF LIBYAN EXTERNAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION OFFICERS THROUGH MALTA IN DECEMBER 1988

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01125609
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2021
• Case Number: F-2021-00716
• Publication Date: December 22, 1988

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LIBYA/MALTA
-TRAVEL OF LIBYAN EXTERNAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION OFFICERS
THROUGH MALTA IN DECEMBOR 1988
TEXT: 1. ON 7 DECEMBER 1988, LIBYAN EXTERNAL SECURITY
ORGANIZATION (ESO) OFFICER ABDELBASET ALI ((ELMEGRAHI)) ARRIVED IN
MALTA ON A LIBYAN ARAB AIRLINES (LAA) FLIGHT FROM TRIPOLI. HE
TRAVELLED ON A LIBYAN PASSPORT UNDER THE ALIAS NAME ABD AL BASET
((ALI)). THE SAME DAY ESO OFFICER MAS,UD M. ABU ((AQILAH)), AKA
((ABOUAGELA)), ARRIVED IN MALTA ON AN AIR MALTA FLIGHT FROM
TRIPOLI. HE TRAVELLED WITH A LIBYAN PASSPORT UNDER THE ALIAS NPun'
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2. ELMEGRAHI WAS MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE FORMER LAA (b)(3)
STATION MANAGER IN MALTA AL�AMIN ((FAHAYMA)), AKA AL�AMIN KHALIFA
((FAHIM)), WHO ASSISTED ELMEGRAHI THROUGH IMMIGRATION PROCESSING.
ELMEGRAHI ARRIVED WITH ON.E:iyO/CH HE CARRIED ONBOARD THE
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AIRCRAFT WITH HIM. HE DEPARTED THE AIRPORT WITHOUT PROCESSING
THROUGH MALTESE CUSTOMS. BOTH ELMEGRAHI AND AQILAH STAYED
OVERNIGHT IN THE HOLIDAY INN AND DEPARTED MALTA TOGETHER ON 8
DECEMBER ABOARD A SWISS AIR FLIGHT ENROUTE TO ZURICH. BOTH ESO
OFFICERS RETURNED TO MALTA ON THE AFTERNOON OF 17 DECEMBER AND
DEPARTED FOR TRIPOLI THE SAME EVENING. (SOURCE COMMENT: BOTH
ELMEGRAHI AND AQILAH ARE ESO TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS EXPERTS. IT
IS LIKELY THAT ELMEGRAHI WAS CARRYING TECHNICAL
INTELLIGENCE�GATHERING EQUIPMENT WITH HIM AND THAT HE AND AQILAH
WERE INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE OPERATION
DURING THEIR TRIP.)
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