Chronology From September To November 1983

Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
CHRONOLOGY SEPTEMBERNOVEMBER 1983

Source: Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 36, No. 4, FOCUS ON SOUTH ASIA (Fourth Quarter 1983), pp. 150218
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CHRONOLOGY
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER1983
PAKISTAN
to the United
Ambassador
Pakistan's
Council
theUNSecurity
: 1 Addresssing
September
ofexternal
intervention
and it ivas
thatChadwas a victim
stated
S. Shahnawaz
Nations,
landshouldbe allowedto choosetheirown
troubled
thatthepeopleofthat
imperative
ofgovernment.
andsystem
leaders
anovernight
left
forBeijing.
stayinIslamabad,
KingHussein,after
ofIndiannewspapers,
somewhichsupport
Indira
A number
PrimeMinister
including
in Pakistan.
herfora statement
aboutthepolitical
situation
criticised
Gandhi,
severely
Zia-ulPresident
2: Ontheconclusion
ofhissixdaystatevisitto Turkey,
September
thetwo countries
between
theneedforclosercooperation
andcollaboration
Haqstressed
intheeconomic
andcultural
fields.
in Beijing,
An11 member
arrived
ofthePakistan-China
Association,
Friendship
delegation
Countries.
ontheinvitation
oftheChinese
withForeign
forFriendship
Association
and Islamabad,
3: Ina jointcommunique
from
Ankara
issuedsimultaneously
September
attheconclusion
it was stated
ofPresident
General
visitto Turkey,
official
Zia-ul-Haq's
thatthetwosideshadagreed
thattheAfghanistan
couldbe solvedonlythrough
problem
a political
in theresolutions
enunciated
settlement
of the UN
basedontheprinciples
General
ofIslamic
Conference.
andtheOrganization
Assembly
President
to Pakistan
Zia-uUHaqarrived
in Jeddahenroute
visitto
afteran official
Turkey.
Inanemergency
sessionoftheUNSecuriry
Pakistan's
Ambassador
Council,
S. Shahnawazexpressed
overthereported
ofa SouthKoreanairliner
"deepanxiety"
and
downing
askedtheSovietUnion
toshed"greater
ontheevent.
light"
4: Ina meeting
inJeddah
withSaudiKingFahd,President
General
September
Zia-ul-Haq
150
issues.
international
relations
andreviewed
discusseci
bilateral
important
inIslamabad
President
Ziaul Haqsaid that
a pressconference
5 : Addressing
September
thatit was not one particular
to Indicate
hisGovernment
hadsufficient
country
proof
financial
inproviding
butthere
alsowhowereinvolved
wereothers
helpand encouragein Sind in the
indestroying
wereengaged
which
menttoelements
peace,lawandorder
ofdemocracy.
nameofrestoration
Mr.Ghulam
and Commerce
Minister
forFinance
7 : TheFederal
IshaqKhan
September
caldelegation.
attheheadofanoff
arrived
inTehran,
in LahorePresident
a pressconference
8 : Addressing
Zia-ul-Haqdisclosed
September
before
wouldbe heldmuch
March1985- as againsthis earlier
elections
thatthegeneral
on 12thAugust.
announcement
a spokesoffice,
issuedbya spokesman
oftheIndian
ona statement
Foreign
Commenting
at the attempt
office
manofthePakistan
by the IndianMiexpressed
surprise
Foregin
"to the
forthe recentsetback,
to transfer
blameon Pakistan
ofExternal
Affairs
nistry
.
between
the
two
relations
countries
of
of
normalization"
process
GhulamIshaq
FinanceMinister
toTehran
a visit
12: During
bythe Pakistan
September
JointMinisestablishment
of
a
on
the
two
countries
the
Khan,
comprehensive
agreed
and
scientific
in economic,
to promote
commercial,
terialCommission,
cooperation
cultural
spheres.
Establiand Television
andtheIraqiBroadcasting
ThePakistan
Corporation
Broadcasting
of
for
in
the
field
in
an
shment
Islamabad,
broadcasting.
cooperation
agreement
signed
refuted
15: Ina pressreleaseinKarachi
, the IndianEmbassy
pressreports
September
armsinSind.
and
was
a
scale
of
there
Indian
that
which
money
large
dumping
alleged
of
enroutefrom
Kathmandu
to Dharan,
a brief
KingBirendra
stopoverinKarachi,
During
welcome.
Lakshmi
were
accorded
a
warm
Devi
consort
Queen
and
his
royal
Nepal
17: In an interviewin Islamabad, beforehis departurefor
September
Pakistan at the currentUN GeneralAssembly
New York, to represent
session. Foreign Minister,Sahabzada Yaqub Khan stated that he would
Generaland
withthe UnitedNationsSecretary
take up the Afghanistan
problem
to moveforward
a peaceful
inorder
towards
settlement
hispersonal
seeking
representative
issuethrough
indirect
oftheAfghanistan
negotiations.
led by the Agricultural
Somalianagricultural
The visiting
Minister,
Brig.
delegation
in Rawalpindi.
B. LeRafleGuledcalledon President
General
Zia-ul-Haq
ofPakistan
Minister
Sahabzada
20 : TheForeign
YaqnbKhanheldtalkswith
September
Javier
Perezde Cuellaron the itemson the agendaof the
General
theUNSecretary
theAfghanistan
General
session,
question.
including
Assembly
in Islamabad,
a pressconference
the Pakistan
Niaz-AAddressing
Foreign
Secretary,
tenviolations
ofits airspace by Afghan
on 18 and
thatfollowing
aircrafts
Naikstated
151
19 September,
Pakistan
thata "repetition
couldlead to serious
hadwarned
Afghanistan
theblame
wouldrestentirely
forwhich
onAfghanistan".
consequences
inIslamabad
thePakistan
Ata pressference
disclosedthatthe
Foreign
Secretary
statesftadnot responded
to the suggestions
of the last Non
developed
positively
toholdinformal
talksbetween
the leadersof thedeveloped
summit
and the
Aligned
Third
World
the deadlckon the globalnegotiations
states,ontheissueofbreaking
theinternational
economic
situation.
concerning
andSomaliasignedan agremht
Pakistan
in Islamabad
formutualco-operation
in
various
ofagriculture.
disciplines
22 : Acordfng
to reports,
the US administration
had notified
September
of
Congress
tosellHarpoon
missiles
to Pakistan.
itsdecision
tothe1
IndiaRadioIndianPremier
Mrs IndiraGandhi,
According
duringhertalks
ofCyprus,
inNicosiawiththePresident
MrKyprianou
discusedthe situation
in neighcountries
andreiterated
India'sconcern
overevents
in Pakistan.
bouring
23: KuwaitdailyA/ Raia/ Aam,commented
thatIndia'sgeneral
and
September
policy
basicstrategy
towards
Pakistan
wastokeepitina stateof weakness.
TheIranian
Affair
inIslamabad,
MrIbrahim
condemned
the bombing
Charg'd
Rahimpur
ofa Pakistani
near
Para
Chinar
aircraft
as anact of "wantonaggresvillage
byAfghan
sion".
24: ThePakistan
Firtance
Minister
MrGhulam
as
September
IshaqKhanin his capacity
of the JointDevelopment
Chairman
Committee
conferred
in Washington,
withthe
BankPresident
MrA.W. Clausen,and the Managing
World
Director
of the InternaM.J.De. Laostere
onthe majoritemson the agendaof 21tionalMonetary
Fund,
to meetshortly.
member
panelscheduled
and Argentina
Ministers
ofPakiistan
TheForeign
discusseda number
of keyinternathesituation
tional
at the UnitedNationsHeadin LatinAmerica,
including
topics,
quarters.
conference
25. Inaugurating
in Karachi,
President
GeneralMohammed
Zia
September
investments
willbe fullyprotected
thattheir
ulHaqassured
entrepreneurs
foreign
by
Pakistan.
deniedthegranting
inKarachi,
President
Zia ulHaq emphatically
to newsmen
Talking
to theUnited
States
basesinPakistan
ofmilitary
once againurged
Pakistan
handoutissuedIn Islamabad*
26 ; Inanofficial
September
intheinterest
of promoting;
theGovernment
ofIndia,
mutualconfidence,
understandaffairs
in theinternal
of noninterference
toobserve
theprinciple
ingandcooperation,
inletter
andspirit.
ofPakistan,
endedin.Karachi
on investment
in Pakistan
A twodayconference
by
opportunities
152
18 projects
frpossible
betweenPakistanand Arabinvesidentifying
joinventures,
>
.
tors.
inKarachi,
A letter
wassigned
forthesettingup of two jointventures
ofintent
betin cattlebreeding
and farming
anda Pakistani
weena Kuwaiti
company
investment
andliquid
sugar.
andlatersendoff,
27 : A warmreception
weregivento the Jordanian
Roal
September
theirbriefstop over
BinTalalandQueenNoulHusseinduring
couple,KingHussein
toJordan.
enroute
at theKarachi
airport,
Dr Mohammad
andscientific
Theleaderofthevisiting
agricultural
delegation,
Egyptian
was aimedat the
thathis team'stourof Pakistan
statedin Multan,
AliMaghazi,
and
andknowledge
ofresearch
ofcooperation
experts
amongthe agricultural
promotion
andEgypt.
ofPakistan
scientists
A. Gabriel,
Charles
Chief
ofstaff
General
oftheUSAirForce,
28 . Thevisiting
September
GeneralMohammad
Chiefof StaffCommittee,
Joint
Iqbal Khanin
mettheChairman,
Rawalpindi.
withtheUS Secrehadhelda meeting
Minister
thatthePakistan
Itwasreported
Foreign
of Islamic
ofthe Organization
General
andtheSecretary
Shultz
ofState,MrGeorge
tary
attheUnited
Nations
MrHabibChatti,
Headquarters.
Conference,
Pakistan's
Minister
Sahabzada
toreports
29 : According
YaqubKhan
Foreign
September
ofAustria,
withheadsofdelegations
Canada,
conferred
Iraq,Indonesia,
Turkey,
BangladeshandKuwait.
ofSudan,on
Numeiri
to President
felicitations
ZiaulHaqextended
Mohammad
President
ofIslamic
lawsinthecountry.
thepromulgation
to criticise
the
ofpublicopinion
continued
inTlndia,
thata largesection
Itwasreported
for
the
in
incidents
in
the
elements
eliteandsome
Indian
party magnifying
Congress
ruling
other
of
non
interference
the
in
in
international
of
principles
Sind, complete
disregard
internal
affairs.
countries
arrived
inIslamStatesDefence
30 : TheUnited
Caspar
Secretary,
Weinberger
September
visit.
abadona three
dayofficial
Finance
Pakistan
in Washington,
theIMF-IBRD
annualmeeting
Governor's
Addressing
for
economic
their
to
use
nations
industrial
on
called
power
Ghulam
Minister
Khan,
Ishaq
andlaunching
selfinterest
abovenarrow
thecollective
rising
community,
goodoftheworld
initiatives.
boldandgenerous
153
forPetroleum
toMoscowRadio,
ThePakistan
FederalMinister
and Natural
According
of the SovietState
RaoFarman
AliKhanheldtalksinb oscowwithexperts
Resources,
forForeign
TradeRelations.
Committee
MrCasper
inPeshawar,
1 : Thevisiting
US Defence
stated
October
Secretary,
Weinberger
are
Stateswoulddo itsbestto ensurethatthe peopleof Afghanistan
thattheUnited
cause.
intheir
successful
statedinIslamabad
thatthe ReaganAdministraOctober
2: TheUS Defence
Secretary
tofulfil
effort
credit
the promised
allocations
underthe military
tionwouldmakeevery
to Pakistan.
satesprogramme
ofPakistan,
Minister
3 : TheForeign
Sahabzada
October
viewsin
YaqubKhanexchanged
onthesituation
intheregion.
withhisIraniah
AkbarAliVelayati
NewYork
counterpart,
tothenewsmen
theUS Secretary
of Defence,
4 : Inaninterview
October
accompanying
relations
General
saidthatPakistan's
withthe United
inIslamabad,
President
Zia-ul-Haq
the imperatives
ofperceptions,
of peacein
onmutuality
Stateswerefounded
regarding
theregion.
toforeign
thatby March1985
inaninterview
reiterated
President
Zia-ul-Haq
journalists,
to
the
of the people
theentire
of
over
elected
power
process handing
representatives
ina peaceful
manner.
wouldbecompleted
of the UnitedNations
theGeneral
the Pakistan
Minister
Addressing
Assembly
Foreign
resolve
to'achieve
hiscountry's
a political
settlement
reiterated
of the Afghanistan
issue
the climate
of relations
with
in the SouthAsianregion,
and to improve
particularly
India.
in matters
to
forincreasedcooperation
5 ; Anagreement
October
relating
providing
the
and
between
Pakistan
in
air
was
and
traffic
control
Islamabad,
signed
safety
flight
CivilAviation
Authorities.
Chinese
countries
at theUnitedNationsheadoftheNonAligned
Ministers
Addressing
Foreign
stressed
theneedfortheNonAligned
Minister
thePakistan
countries
Foreign
quarters,
trust
andcooperation.
a climate
ofpeace,mutual
toestablish
itsgraveconcernto the Government
TheGovernment
ofPakistan
of India
ctiveyed
overdemonstrations
thatwererecently
andorganised
the
sponsored
by ruling
Congress
infront
inNewDelhi.
ofPakistan's
Embassy
(I) Party,
October
6 : Kuwaiti
'AtMujtamah
in Pakcriticisd
India'sinterference
weekly
strongly
istan'sinternal
affairs.
to newsmen
inIslamabad
onhisreturn
from
theFederal
Talking
Minister
Washington,
forFinanceand Commerce,
Mr GhulamIshaq Khan,said,thatthemajor
economic
whowielded
powers
shoulduse their
forthe good of
greatinfluence
globally
position
154
ofresisting
instead
reforms.
theworld
international
was calledto theForeign
to official
the Afghan
reports,
According
Charg'dAffaires
theviolation
of Pakisanda protest
waslodgedwithhimregarding
inIslamabad
Office
on4 October
aircraft
inSouthWaziristan
tan'sairspace
bysixAfghan
Agency.
thatPakistan's
Sahabzada
Itwasreported
Minister
YaqubKhanheldtalkswith
Foreign
matters.
officials
in
on
bilateral
Administration
Washington,
topReagan
to
thatthe Pakistan
7 : Itwasreported
October
Representative
DeputyPermanent
wasbeingusedfor
thatPakistan's
theallegation
had rejected
UnitedNations,
territory
armed
interference
Afghanistan.
against
SahabzadaYaqub
toldForeignMinister
TheUS Defence
CasperWeinberger
Secretary
in
as "a significant
thathesawhisvisitto Pakistan
development
Khanin Washington
relations".
ourbilateral
had slatedIndian
Radiance
andNasheman
weeklies
thatthetwoIndian
Itwasreported
affairs.
internal
inPakistan's
interference
Pakistan
on Palestine,
Conference's
Committee
oftheIslamic
proIntheOrganization
and
Zaire
nationstwo
where
in
Africa
the
Israeli
moves
of
serious
"a
study"
posed
state.
withtheJewish
relations
reestablished
hadrecently
diplomatic
Liberia
denieda Times(London)reportthatthe
Government
9: The Pakistan
October
theextremists
andfinancing
of
Pakistan
accused
had
arming
training,
Indian
government
inIndian
Punjab.
ona visit
MrElahiBakhshSoomro,
ofIndustries
Minister
currently
Federal
ThePakistan
unitsinEgypt.
theindustrial
toured
to Egypt,
of theGroupof 77 in New York,Pakistan's
totheministerial
meeting
Inanaddress
of
Nawazcalledfora changeinthe format
Shah
S.
United
tothe
Nations,
Ambassador
declaration.
lead
to
an
action-oriented
could
the
which
of
theministerial
meeting Group
tothe"SoemaulUndong"(Movement
belonging
SouthKorean
delegation
A 12 member
DrMahandDevelopment,
for
Minister
Federal
the
met
Planning
forRuralDevelopment)
Islamabad.
in
bubulHaq
a draftresoSahabzada
Minister
YaqubKhanintroduced
10: Pakistan
October
Foreign
the Islamic
discussions
of
the
at
among
beginning
ontheAfghanistan
lution
question
York.
New
in
Ministers
meeting
Foreign
to MrChunDoo Hwan,President
condolences
offered
Mohammad
Zia-ul-Haq
President
of othersenior
anda number
onthedeathoffourMinisters
ofKorea,
oftheRepublic
in Rangoon.
ina bombexplosion
ofhisGovernment
members
ruleimposinIndiahadallegedthatthedirect
theauthorities
to BBCreports,
According
which
was
Pakistan,
of
'interference'
the
result
was
by
state
of
Indian
Punjab
ed inthe
155
theextremists
intheir
demands
andpolitical
formorereligious
rights.
encouraging
Minister
Pakistan's
Sahabzada
withUNSecreYaqubKhanheldanother
Foreign
meeting
Javier
Perezde Cuellar,
whichtheycontinued
theirdiscussion
on
taryGeneral
during
theAfghanistan
question.
In a messageon the occasion
oftheDayof Solidarity
withthePolitical
Prisoners
of
SouthAfrica,
President
General
Ziaul Haqcalleduponfreedom
to sever
lovingnations
alllinks
withthePretoria
andtoadopteffective
theimposimeasures,
regime
including
tionofsanctions,
tobring
therepugnant
Government
to an early
policiesoftheillegal
end.
October
11: A spokesman
oftheForeign
Office
described
as totallyfalsethe allegationslevelled
was providing
armsassistanceto the militants
byIndiathatPakistan
in
EastPunjab(India).
TheCommonwealth
Shridath
ina pressconference
General,
Secretary
inNew
Ramphal,
Delhiruled
outthediscussion
onthesubject
ofPakistan's
intotheCommonwealth
reentry
at itsforthcoming
Summit
inNewDelhi.
meeting
ThePresident
oftheIslamic
Bank(IDB) DrAhmad
AlicalledonthePresiDevelopment
dentGeneral
Mohammed
in Islamabad.
Zia-ul-Haq
October
12: Talking
tonewsmen
inLahore,
thePresident
of the IslamicDevelopment
Bank(IDB) saidthattheBankwouldbe providing
US $ 68 millionas financial
helpin
terms
ofleaseandequity
to Pakistan
fortheapproved
andongoingprojects.
October
13: A spokesman
fortheIndianExternal
Affairs
deniedthatIndiahas
Ministry
anyplantoattackPakistan.
the27thGeneral
Addressing
Conference
ofthe International
Atomic
Energy
Agencyin
theChairman
Vienna,
ofthePakistan
Atomic
DrMunir
Commission,
Ahmad
Energy
Khan
described
China'sentryintothe International
AtomicEnergyAgency
as
a
"historic
' andsaidthatithas
event
madetheIAEA,
universal.
truly
A leading
British
advised
theIndianPrime
newspaper
MrsIndiraGandhi,
Minister,
that
ifshewantsto prevent
a warwithPakistan
she shouldnotlookforweapons
butshould
initiate
effective
efforts.
diplomatic
intheUNGeneral
Speaking
Third
Committee
the Pakistan
Assembly's
delegatevoiced
supportforimposing
sanctions
mandatory
againstthe racistPretoria
andfor
regime
efforts
towipeoutracialdiscrimination
redoubling
inSouthAfrica.
October
15: Speaking
on"Security
issuesofSouthAsia"at theInstitute
of Strategic
Studies,Islamabad,
Indianopposition
leader,Dr Subramaniam
Swamycalledforthe
oftheSouthAsiansecurity
implementation
planto prevent
superpowerintervention.
Ata newsconference
inNewDelhi,Indian
PrimeMinister,
Mrs IndiraGandhiblamed
156
Pakistan
forthedeteriorating
situation
stateofPunjab.
inthe Indian
16. Ina pressconference
October
inIslamabad,
the Indian
Dr Subleader,
opposition
ramaniam
saidthattheGovernments
ofIndiaandPakistan
shouldtalkto each
Swamy
the"unnecessary
other
to remove
whichcharacterise
the present
misunderstandings"
relations.
stateofIndoPakistan
in Islamabad,
underwhichNetherlands
Pakistan
andNetherlands
signedanagreement
to Pakistan
DFL48.1million(approx
Rs.216 million)
wouldmakeavailable
duringthe
year1983.
to the GeneralAssembly's
October
18: Pakistan's
ThirdCommittee
representative
to peopledeprived
oftheir
hiscountry's
andrecognised
pledged
support
legitimate
right
to selfdetermination.
tothe "unresolved
He also drewattention
ofJammu
question
andKashmir".
Pakistan's
totheUnited
Permanent
Nations'European
Offices
inGeneva,
Representative
as "gratuitous"
a Sovietstatement
madeintheGeneral
rejected
maincomAssembly's
which
overwhatMoscowclaimed
concern
wereprospects
mittee,
ofPakistan
expressed
nuclear
acquiring
weapons.
Comoros'
forForeign
Minister
and TradeSaid Kafe,calledon the
Affairs,
Cooperation
Minister
Sahabzada
Office
inIslamabad.
YaqubKhanat theForeign
Foreign
October
19: Comoros'
Minister
forForeign
andTradecalledonthe
Affairs,
Cooperation
Mohammad
ZiaulHaq.
President
October
20 : Ajointcommunique
issuedat theconclusion
ofComoros'
Minister
Foreign
statedthata Pakistani
visitto Pakistan,
official
wouldshortly
SaidKafe's
visit
delegation
to identify
thepossible
areasofcooperation
the Comoros'IslamicRepublic
between
thetwocountries.
inWashington
anagreement
forthesaleofAmeriandtheUS signed
Pakistan
providing
missiles
to Islamabad.
canHarpoon
SouriManaging
led byMohammad
Iranian
Director
A ninemember
shipping
delegation
inKarachitoexplorewaysand meansto
Line(IRISH)arrived
oftheIranian
Shipping
thetwocountries.
between
shipping
promote
inKarachi,
theChinese
a daylong stopover
to PTVrepresentative
during
Foreign
Talking
theposition
takenbythe
MrWu XueqianstatedthatChinafullysupports
Minister,
ofAfghanistan
settlement
issue.
foranearly
Government
Pakistan
thatEuropean
sourcesin Brusselsdisclosed
Market
Common
TheEuropean
Community
havereached
thefinal
fora newtradeandaidpactwithPakistan
stages.
preparations
Economic
madea fervent
to theGeneral
Committee,
Assembly's
Pakistan's
representative
ininitiating
tojoin handswiththedeveloping
nations
countries
appealtothedeveloped
157
economic
onworld
a meaningful
problems.
"dialogue"
ina signedstatement
thatthePrsident
ofthe"Republic
of Khalistan"
Itwasreported
MrsIndiMinister
saidthatIndianPrime
hisBerkshire
issuedfrom
campoffice
(London)
andthe "Khalsa"
ofhelpingtheSikhagitation
hadwrongly
accusedPakistan
raGandhi
movement.
andNonAlignedStatesas wellas socia21 : Pakistan
otherIslamic
October
alongwith
called
which
intheGeneralAssembly,
theNorwegian
motion
listcountries
votedagainst
Nations.
oftheUnited
fora halttodebateIran'sformal
toIsrael'smembership
challenge
Committee,
inanaddress
totheGeneralAssembly's
SpecialPolitical
Pakistan's
delegate
ina bidto
withpeace-making
tocombine
calledupontheUnited
Nations
peace-keeping
and
international
to problems
solutions
peace security.
threatening
to Pakistan
Ambassador
theIndian
22 In an interview
withPPI in Lahore,
October:
with
Pakistan.
of
ties
normalisation
for
MrK.D. Sharma
expressed
hope
Ziaul Haqsaid
Mohammad
ReviewPresident
Economic
totheFarEastern
Inaninterview
andthatwaswhy
to acceptsuperpowerdomination
was notwilling
thatPakistan
affairs.
toforeign
withregard
onthepresentregime
wasbeingapplied
pressure
Minister
Sahabzada
Post PakistanForeign
withtheWashington
Yaqub
In an interview
outof
a dealtogetAfghan
ofstriking
wasanyquestion
denied
thatthere
refugees
Khan
from
ofSoviettroops Afghanistan.
thewithdrawal
without
Pakistan
tothe
S. Shah Nawazinhisaddress
to the UnitedNations,
Ambassador
Pakistan's
calledfordetermined
"to breakthe vicious
General
stepsfordisarmament
Assembly
andarmsracethatfaneachother".
tensions
circleofinternational
to Pakistan
bytheWorld
hasbeensanctioned
23: A loan of $ 51.5 million
October
foranoilandgasexploration
project.
Bank,
of Iran,
oftheIslamic
Minister
thePrime
Republic
Pakistan
Whileoverflying
territory,
President
to
and
will
of
a
friendship
Moussavi
MrHossein
good
message
conveyed
General
Zia-ul-Haq.
totheGeneral
resolution
a draft
Assembly's
introduced
24 : Pakistan's
October
delegate
militto
cease
call
on
states
would
General
the
which
under
Assembly
committee,
third
countries.
of
and
foreign
intervention
occupation
ary
calledfor
Committee
Decolonisation
Pakistan's
delegateto theGeneralAssembly's
Africa.
Southern
in
and
economic
toeradicate
measures
exploitation apartheid
effective
heldjointly
a function
25: Addressing
byvariousUnitedNationsagenciesin
October
Nations'Organizaof the United
of
the
the38thanniversary founding
to mark
Pakistan
theprinciples
to
continue
would
Pakistan
that
declared
uphold
tion,President
Zia-ul-Haq
charter.
Nations'
intheUnited
enshrined
a protest
withtheIndianGovernment
ofPakistan
TheGovernment
againstconlodged
inthe
ofnoninterference
violation
principle
recognised
byIndiaoftheuniversally
tinuing
158
affairs
ofstates.
internal
- SwedenTradeand Industry
hosted
ata dinner
Committee,
by the Pakistan
Speaking
saidthatSwedenandPakisofSwedeninPakistan
MrSten Stromholm
theAmbassador
ina number
toeachother
theneedforexplorof fieldsandstressed
hada lottooffer
ofincreased
benefit.
economic
formutual
cooperation
ingthepossibilities
A member
oftheAfghan
of theBritish
Parliament
andtheChairman
Lord Graneborne
General
called
on
President
in
the
Ceicil
Rose
Committee
Zia-ul-Haq
Lady
Support
Rawalpindi.
withthe
27: Ina message
issuedontheoccasionof the Weekof Solidarity
October
to take
the
international
Namibian
called
President
community
upon
people,
Zia-ul-Haq
theUNdecisionsregarding
to implement
concerted
actiontoforcethePretoria
regime
theindependence
of Namibia.
CouncilrejectedSouth
tothe Security
Pakistan's
Ambassador
totheUN,inanaddress
ofCubantroopsfrom
withthepull-out
Africa's
insistence
freedom
onlinking
Namibian
withthe
andcalledforsanctions
theracistregimeifitdoesnotcomply
Angola
against
independence
plan.
S. Shah Nawaz
at the UN SecurityCouncil,Pakistan'sAmbassador,
Speaking
Grenada.
from
forces
calledfortheimmediate
ofallforeign
withdrawal
thatpoiitical
International
A Pakistan
anAmnesty
denied
allegation
Embassy
spokesman
weretortured
andexecuted
inPakistan.
prisoners
New Delhiforits supportto agitators
in
criticised
A!Medinastrongly
A Saudidaily
affairs
of Pakistan
intheinternal
tointerfere
on
andsaidthatIndiahadnoright
Pakistan
anypretext.
Pakistan's
settletotheGeneral
Inanaddress
Assembly,
delegatecalledfora political
ofVietnamese
basedonthe withdrawal
ment
oftheKampuchean
troopsfrom
question
thatSouthAsiancountry.
in Washington,
viewed
trade delegation
28 : The leaderof the Pakistan
October
and
of tradebetweenPakistan
that therewas an immense
scope forexpansion
research.
market
wasintensive
inthisconnection
USAandallthatwas required
the Pakistan
Committee,
intheGeneral
30: Speaking
Budegtary
Assembly's
October
its
to
funds
Nations
with
United
the
improve
for
adequate
called
providing
delegate
and social
andto meeteconomic
international
to preserve
peaceandsecurity
capacity
states.
needsofitsmember
developmental
submitted
a draftresolution
by Pakis31 : TheUNGeneral
October
adopted
Assembly
their
to
cease
states
call
all
concerned
a
for
immediately military
contained
tan,which
territories.
of
and
interventionoccupation foreign
SahabMinister
theForeign
intheMejlis-e-Shoora
to a question
1 : Replying
November
thatPakistanhad concededGawadar
alleging
zadaYaqubKhandenied
reports
foreign
aid.
inlieuofpromised
military
toa friendly
country
port(inBaluchistan)
159
inKarachi
ona 4-daystudy
oftheIraqiMinistry
ofAuqaf,
arrived
A 3-member
delegation
tour.
the IndianGovernment
November
2 : Inan Indian
pressreleasein Islamabad,
Embassy
the World
recent
Sindhi
Pakistan's
Sammelan,
regarding
protest
sayingthatit
rejected
disturbances
thepresent
a cultural
waspurely
eventmooted
began
longbefore
political
inPakistan.
ofa weeklongtour,the
ata pressconference
inIslamabad
attheconclusion
Speaking
at
satisfaction
leader
oftheJapanese
investors
team,ShokeiKurihara,
expressed
private
investment.
toforeign
Pakistan
protection
government's
regarding
guarantees
said thatit
inthedailyIndianExpress
, President
Zia-ut-Haq
Inaninterview
published
election
totheNational
be heldaheadof the
thatgeneral
waspossible
Assembly
might
deadlineofMarch
1985.
announced
previously
Dr Mahbubul
intheMajlisforPlanning,
e-Shoora
theMinister
3: Speaking
November
wouldgo aheadwithitsChashma
nuclearpowerplantwiththatPakistan
Haqdeclared
outaccepting
pressure.
anyoutside
ina debateintheUNGeneral
the Pakistan
deleSpeaking
Assembly's
LegalCommittee,
theworld
orderwillbenefit
allstatesbothrichand
economic
gatesaidthatrestructuring
poor.
November
6 : Speakingin the UN GeneralAssembly,
Pakistan's
Additional
Foreign
calledforallocation
funds
fortechnical
of more
assistance
tothe Third
Secretary
byIAEA
inthesafeguards
World
andopposedanincrease
expenditure.
November
7 : Winding
debateon external
relations
intheMajUs-e-Shoora,
upa two-day
Sahabzada
thatPakistan
wouldnotrecognize
the
Minister,
Foreign
YaqubKhanreiterated
Karmal
inAfghanistan.
regime
Itwasreported
thattheGovernments
ofPakistan
andSouthKoreahad agreedto establishdiplomatic
relations
between
thetwocountries.
Itwasreported
forthe
thattheIranian
hadgranted
Government
a fiveyearmoratorium
ofPakistan's
to$ 580 million.The loanswere
debtsamounting
repayment
outstanding
issuedduring
theShah'srule.
intheUN GeneralAssembly's
Economic
Committee
Pakistani
Speaking
delegate
expressedserious
concern
atthesufferings
ofPalestinians
area.
in theIsraeli
occupied
8 . Foreign
November
ofPakistan's
NiazA.Naiksaid thattheupgrading
relaSecretary
tionswith
theRepublic
closeandfrienofKoreawouldinno way affect
itstraditionally
withtheDemocratic
ofKorea.
dlyrelations
People'sRepublic
November
10: AnIndian
inNewDelhiprotested
Government
overthehostspokesman
forthe diplomatic
on8 Novemingofa banquet
byPresident
Zia-ul-Haq
corpsinGilgitt
160
inKashmir,
whichbelongedto
waslocated
claimed
ber,as thetown,the spokesman
India.
inIslamabad
hisdeparture
forNewYork),SahabzadaYaqub
tonewsmen
(before
Talking
thehopethattheresolution
onAfghanistan
willbe adoptedby the UN
Khan
expressed
likelastyear.
witha bigmargin,
General
Assembly
a
two draftresolutions,
introduced
Pakistan
IntheUNGeneralAssembly,
proposing
FeeZoneinSouthAsiaandsecurity
to non-nuclear-weapon
Nuclear
Weapon
guarantees
states.
thattheBank
MasaoFujikasaidinLahore
Bank(ADB)President
TheAsianDevelopment
oftheGudduthermal
toprovide
a newloanof$ 140 fortheextension
power
hadagreed
station.
s delegate
Pakistan
intheUNGeneral
SpecialPoliticalCommittee,
Assembly's
Speaking
an armsraceinouterspaceand said thatspace technology
calledforstepstoprevent
uses.
shouldonlybe putto peaceful
inIslamabad
arrived
oftheChinese
11: TheCommander
Navy,LiuHuaqung,
November
visitto Pakistan.
onanofficial
of UNESCO,MrsAttiyaInayatconference
the22ndsessionofthegeneral
Addressing
Pakistan's
deepconandplanning,
onpopulation
Adviser
expressed
thePresident's
ullah,
of
andannihilationJerusalem
ofa systematic
cernovertheconstant
disfiguration
danger
underIsraeli
occupation.
onmutual
coopeinIslamabad,
anagreement
andChinasigned
12: Pakistan
November
ofeducation.
inthefield
ration
Affairs,
Syed
of Lawand Parliamentary
the Minister
in the Majlis-e-Shoora,
Speaking
Areas,
totheNorthern
withregard
PirzadasaidthatIndiahadnoLocusstandi
Sharifuddin
and
wereunwarranted
Government
abouttheterritory
andthestatements
bytheIndian
without
legalbasis.
an agreement
thatunder
13; Itwasreported
signedinBonnon 26 October,
November
everpackageof finanhadmadeavailablethebiggest
ofGermany
theFederal
Republic
ofDeutsche
Marks
to Pakistan.
cialaidinterms
and
calledon President
Zia-ul-Haqin Rawalpindi
A Jordanian
parliamentary
delegation
of
interest.
on
matters
mutual
views
exchanged
a conannounced
ofKampuchean
intheUNfortherelief
Ata meeting
people,Pakistan
of$ 10,000.
tribution
AnOilandGasDevelopment
Corporation
pressreleasedisclosedthatthe WorldBank
fordrilling
sixexploratory
wellsingasprovenareas
hadagreedto lendUS $ 51.5million
inPakistan.
inIslamabad,
anagreement
14. Under
November
Japanwillextend98 million
signed
161
as cultural
to Pakistan.
Rs.5 million)
yens(approximately
grant-in-aid
for
accordinIslamabad
and the UnitedStatessigneda Rs. 66 million
Pakistan
grant
training.
support
development
inRawalpindi.
Australian
tradeteamcalledon President
A six-member
Zia-ul-Haq
16: Talking
tonewsmen
Pakistan's
inQuetta,
President
reiterated
November
Zia-ul-Haq
relations
withIndia.
wishto havefriendly
thathergovernment
toAllIndiaRadio
had
, MrsIndiraGandhireiterated
According
oftheinvolvement
ofPakistan
in
evidence
the
circumstantial
recent
disturbances
agents
incertain
partsof India.
Thevisiting
Director
ofAsianAffairs
inthe WestGerman
of Foreign
Affairs,
Ministry
DrPeckert,
heldtalkswithsenior
officials
in
Islamabad.
Foreign
Ministry
Bank(ADB)approved
a $ 19.3 million
loan for
17: TheAsianDevelopment
November
theexpansion
inPakistan.
ofgasfacilities
issuedinIslamabad
A Foreign
statement
calledupontheinternational
Office
community
toappreciate
oftheCyprus
theurgency
andencourageefforts
forthe resumpproblem
tionoftheinternal
communal
witha viewtoitspeaceful
resolution.
negotiations
ina debateontheUNRelief
andWorks
forPalestinian
in the
Speaking
Agency
refugees
NearEast,thePakistan
reminded
theworld
of its ineluctable
delegate
community
duty'
to lookafterthe Palestinian
solution
is found
totheir
peopletilla just andpermanent
tragedy.
November
18: Pakistan's
totheUN S. Shah Nawazurgedthe Security
Ambassador
Councilnotto adopta resolution
theTurkish
whose
condemning
Cypriot
Community
forreestablishing
wasindispensable
theunity
ofCyprus.
cooperation
to theIndian
Prime
Minister
MrsIndira
Gandhi
According
over
expressedconcern
whatshedescribed
as Pakistan's
stockpiling
ofsophisticated
arms.
19: Speaking
November
ina debateintheUNGeneralAssembly,
thePakistan
delegate
saidthatmandatory
wereimperative
sanctions
to eradicatethe apartheid
systemin
SouthAfrica.
Thethird
sessionofthePakistan-Iraq
Joint
Ministerial
Commission
beganinBaghdad.
a six-day
international
conference
onsciencein Islamic
Inaugurating
inIslamabad,
polity
ZiaulHaqemphasised
President
theurgent
needfora comprehensive
backed
strategy,
anddetermined
efforts
byunited
fortherenaissance
bytheMuslim
ofsciencein
world,
Islamic
society.
toreporters
inWashington,
theForeign
Minister
Talking
Sahabzada
KaqubKhansaidthat
162
theIndian
to intervention
leaders'recent
statements
amounted
in Pakistan's
internal
affairs.
20: Speaking
intheUNGeneralAssembly's
ThirdCommittee,
the Pakistan
November
a durable
theneedforfinding
forrefugee
solution
problems.
emphasised
delegate
to set up a joint
haddecided
andPakistani
thatTurkish
Itwasreported
entrepreneurs
beteconomic
collaboration
to
and
trade
of
avenues
fresh
promote
to
committeeexplore
weenthetwocountries.
had
disclosedthatthisyearPakistan's
exports
forindustries,
The FederalMinister
recession.
theworldwide
ofSDR,despite
increased
by14.3percentinterms
from
afterits pilotdefected
landedinsidePakistan
aircraft
SU-7fighter
AnAfghan
Afghanistan.
had urgedthe SyrianPresithatPresident
Zia-ul-Haq
21 : Itwasreported
November
innorthern
endto thetragic
conflict
animmediate
to bring
dent to use his influence
Lebanon.
Sahabzada
at thestartofa debateonAfghanistan,
intheUNGeneral
Assembly
Speaking
of
towardsa settlement
to helpfacilitate
thegreatpowers,
progress
YaqubKhanurged
of
the
withdrawal
for
troops
time
frame
crisis. Hesaidthata reasonable
theAfghan
to theUNdiplomatic
peaceprocess.
wouldgivea decisive
impetus
from
Afghanistan
forstrengthinIslamabad
ofunderstanding
andSomaliasigneda memorandum
Pakistan
inthefieldofinformation.
cooperation
ening
saidthat
the Pakistan
delegate
Assembly's
LegalCommittee,
intheUNGeneral
Speaking
in
result
not
affecting
should
state
itsterritory
within
ofright
bya riparian
theexercise
states.
riparian
theflowofwaterinother
as baselessa statedismissed
issuedinIslamabad
statement
22 . Anofficial
November
Mohawkaircraft
US
the
that
which
10
alleged
ment
byRadioMoscow(on November)
backwasusinga USbaseinPakistan.
sometimes
at Karachi
airport
crashed
which
on an
in Islamabad
arrived
ShafiAbdelHamid,
ofEgypt,
Minister
Foreign
TheAssistant
to
Pakistan.
visit
official
draft
twoPakistan
Committee
adopted
and Security
23 : The UN Political
November
Asia
in
South
zone
of
a
nuclear-weapon-free
establishment
the
concerning
resolutions
states.
tonon-nuclearweapon
ofsecurity
guarantees
andforstrengthening
willprovidePakistan
Norway
an agreement
signedinIslamabad,
24: Under
November
worth
Rs.
66 million
and
fertilizer
oftriple
worth
superphosphate
aboutRs.80 million
of its
as
WAPDA
for
part
equipments
andpowertransmission
oftelecommunication
for1984.
Kroners
grant
85 million
formilk
plantschemesin the
Rs350 million
thattheADBwouldprovide
Itwasreported
163
country.
November
25: Pakistan's
Minister
Mahbubul
and Development
Haqsaidin
Planning
fiveyeardevelopment
SeoulthatSouthKoreawillplaya majorrolein Pakistan's
programmes.
fortheWorldHealth
November
26 ; Itwasreported
thatthetotalexpenditure
Organizafor1983-85wouldbe US$ 2,930,000.
tion(WHO)financed
inPakistan
programmes
November
28 : Ina message
withthePalesissuedontheInternational
DayofSolidarity
tinian
Zia-ulovertheprevailing
People,President
plightof
Haqexpressed
deepconcern
thePalestinian
people.
November
29 : Speaking
at Karachi
AmbatheIndian
PressClub'smeet-the-press
forum,
a six-point
ssadorK.D. Sharma
saidthatIndiahadproposed
packageto be considered
under
theIndoPakistanMinisterial
subcommissions
Commission)
byvarious
(appointed
"togivemeaningful
thetwocountries.
to
the
between
content"
relations
practical
Pakistan's
intheUNGeneral
Economic
Committee,
suggestSpeaking
delegate
Assembly's
edthatmultilateral
oftheUSsystem
fortechnical
channels
assistance
shoulddiscourage
tiedassistance.
SOUTH ASIA AND THE FAREAST
1 : Itwasreported
thattheIndian
a
September
occupiedSrinagar
policehad arrested
number
of
Muslim
todifferent
large
persons
belonging
political
parties.
In an official
the IndianGovernment
claimedthattheitwasscrupulously
statement,
India'straditional
of non interference
in the internal
affairs
of other
following
policy
inrelation
toitsneighbours.
countries,
particularly
Itwasreported
thatanIndian
leaderDrSubramaniam
opposition
Swamyhad urgedthe
attitude
to giveup its obstructionist
to Pakistan's
intothe
IndianGovernment
reentry
Commonwealth.
Jordanian
ZhaoZiyangand the visiting
Premier
KingHussein
2. Chinese
September
relabilateral
on
the
views
two
leaders
which
helda meeting
in
in Beijing,
exchanged
Eastsituation
inparticular.
andtheMiddle
situation
ingeneral
theworld
tions,
and easternpronorthern
inSri Lanka's
Itwasreported
waveofviolence
thatina fresh
National
the
United
a
to
dead
Tamil
shot
Party
vinces, guerrillas
politician
belonging ruling
(UNP).
thatabout100 armedSikhs
3: TheUnited
Newsof India(UNI) reported
September
withpoliceinthecentral
clashed
Indian
townof Indore.
4 : According
more
inIndiahad decidedto
to BBC,four
parties
September
opposition
164
analliance
nextyear's
form
tocontest
elections.
general
The New ChinaNewsAgency
thatChinahad teiterated
itsplanstorecover
reported
and
in
1997
as
a
formula
intolerable
which
makea distinction
would
rejected
HongKong
between
andadministration
overtheterritory.
sovereignty
a specialsessionoftheNational
convened
todebatethe downing
Addressing
Assembly
oftheSouthKorean
airline
in Seoul the Foreign
Minister
of South
bySovietfighters
a "showofstrength".
Korea.Le BumSukaccusedtheSovietUnion
ofstaging
a rally
offreedom
inDhaka,Bangladesh
ChiefMartialLaw AdminisAddressing
fighters
Lt.Gen.Hossein
Mohammad
Ershad
saidthatthe Indian
trator,
plantobuildbarbedwire
wasa threat
ofthecountry.
around
tothesovereignty
fencing
Bangladesh
intheInternational
formembership
5 : Itwasreported
thatChinahadapplied
September
Atomic
(IAEA).
Energy
Agency
MrsIndira
thatIndianPremier
: TheUnited
NewsofIndia(UNI) reported
September?
had
thathergovernment
informed
ina letter
President
to Pakistan
Gandhi,
Zia-ul-Haq,
affairs.
nodesire
in Pakistan's
internal
tointerfere
thatthey
had announced
Itwasreported
in Bangladesh
thattwenty
twopolitical
parties
civil
not
restore
if
it
did
the
wouldholddemonstrations
military
government
against
liberties
by30 September.
Mikhail
thattheSovietDeputyForeignMinister
8 : Itwasreported
Kapitsa
September
of
ontheimprovement
QianQicheny,
hadarrived
inBeijing
fortalkswithhiscounterpart,
Sino-Soviet
relations.
in an anti-governthatatleast63 peoplewereinjured
ThePressTrust
ofindia
reported
stateofPunjab.
ment
inthenorthern
demonstration
and84 injuredin theSouth
9 : According
toreports
fourpeoplewerekilled
September
a dayofprotest
heldbyMuslims.
Indian
cityofHyderabad,
during
ofIndian-held
Kashmir,
the ChiefMinister
in Srinagar
a publicgathering
Addressing
Government
Central
Indian
the
were
made
that
Abdullah
by
Farooq
alleged attempts being
Conference
ofhis National
theunity
andsabotaging
hiselected
fortoppling
government
Party.
intheSecurity
Council,
thatvoteona resolution
deplor10: Itwasreported
September
airliner
ofa SouthKorean
bytheSovietUnionhad beenpostponed
ingthedestruction
until12 September.
IranianForeign
Minister
thevisiting
newsagency,
12: According
toXinhua
September
in
held
a
Wu
Minister
and
Chinese
DrAliAkbar
Xueqian
Beijmeeting
Foreign
Velayati
forthePalestinian
thetwocounterparts
peopleandadvosupport
expressed
ing,inwhich
165
catedthestrengthening
ofcooperation
countries
oftheThird
World.
among
SouthKorea,
fullSovietcompensation
demanded
forthe KoreanAirlines
Jumbo
formally
jetshotdownbySovietfighters.
toreports
about100peoplewereinjured
ina clashbetweenSikhsandpolice
According
inNewDelhi.
13: TheIndonesian
Mochtar
Minister
disclosedthat
September
Foreign
Kusumaatmaja
President
from
downaninvitation
Soeharto
hadturned
IndianPrime
GanIndira
Minister,
HeadsofStateinNewYork.
ofNonAligned
a meeting
dhi,toattend
Itwasreported
thata secondvisittoSriLanka
had been
byan Indianspecialemissary
attherequest
President
ofSriLankan
Jayewardene.
postponed,
"
14; TheWashington
based"Aerospace
thatIndiawasdeveSeptember
Daily
reported
anair-launched,
subsonic
cruisemissile,
conventional
or nuccapableofcarrying
loping
learwarheads.
toreports
theSovietAmbassador
toJapan,
Vladimir
Pavlovrefused
to comply
According
Government
demand
forcompensation
totheJapanese
torelatives
of Japanesenationals
inthedowning
killed
oftheSouthKorean
plane.
toreports
theChinese
Wu Xueqianstatedthathis country
Minister,
According
Foreign
wouldsupport
ofitsunity
andagainst
interference.
SriLankainthedefence
anyexternal
and techoncultural,
to reports
ChinaandIransignedanagreement
scientific
According
nicalcooperation
inBeijing.
15: Itwasreported
thatthere
hadbeena seriousclashin Srinagar
between
September
thesupporters
ofIndia's
and thesupporters
oftherulingNatioCongress
ruling
(I) party
ofheldJammu
andKashmir.
nalConference
toreports
a curfew
which
wasimposed
inSri Lankain Julyto quellethnic
According
andminority
themajority
between
Sinhalese
Tamils
violence
hadbeenlifted
completely.
thatUS officials
in New Delhiconfirmed
willnotparticipate
inthe
The US Embassy
to grant
visasto
tobe heldinNewDelhi,duetoIndia'srefusal
Conference
World
Energy
andSouthAfrican
Israeli
delegates.
16; According
toreports
theSovietDeputy
Minister
Mikhail
September
Foreign
Kapitsa
after
anofficial
visit
leftBeijing
toChina,
whichhe discussed
waysof improving
during
relations
thelongstrained
andMoscow.
between
Beijing
toreports,
ananti
demonstration
washeldin Manila.
According
-government
PTInewsagency
thatthe IndianForeign
16; Theofficial
Minister
reported
September
for
inBudapest
Raoarrived
talksontherecently
concluded
Narasimha
European
Security
166
inMadrid
conference
andthepolitical
situation
inAsia.
Prime
Minister
It was reported
thatthe Japanese
Yasuhiro
Nakasone
haddeniedlocal
of
House
that
he
dissolve
the
Representative
(Lower
might
reports
House) this
press
year.
toreports
theCongress
17: According
in Srinagar
Party
headquarters
(Indira)
September
of FarooqAbdullah's
of workers
wereattacked
rulingNational
by a largenumber
Congress.
ContotheWorldEnergy
Chinahadbeenadmitted
that
19: Itwasreported
September
Delhi.
in
New
WEC
the
12th
of
the
before
ference
meeting
opening
shortly
(WEC)
for
conditions
itsalready
Chinahadexpanded
toreports
21 : According
tough
September
of Rs 55.20
to includethe reduction
withtheSovietUnion
relations
to normal
a return
intheFarEast.
missiles
deployed
inLondon,
ofunderstanding
a memorandum
Indiahadsigned
regardto reports,
According
and
oftechnology
andsparepartsandtheprovision
ofdefence
equipment
ingthesupply
overthenextthree
facilities
years.
training
inantigovernment
killedand about80 wounded
At leastninepeoplewere reported
inManila.
demonstration
ofSouthEastAsianNations(ASEAN)calledupon
thattheAssociation
Itwasreported
basis".
"ona territorial
from
topulloutitstroops
Vietnam
Kampuchea
thathis country
hadsaidinNewDelhi,
Minister
thattheForeign
Itwasreported
Energy
offered
of
to
take
level
with
the
India
at highest
advantage opportunities
wascooperating
of
the
in
new
energy.
technology development
by
inBeijing.
ofHongKongresumed
talksonthefuture
22 Sino-British
September
the JanataPartyleaderand
in Jaipur,
a pressconference
23 : Addressing
September
accused
Mr
Fernandes,
Kissan
George
Mazdoor
the
Panchayat
(HMKP)
Hind
of
President
in
IndianAbdullah's
Ministry
to
of
Gandhi
Farooq
Indira
Mrs
topple
trying
Minister
Prime
andKashmir.
heldJammu
talkshad takenplace betweenIndiaand the UK,in
thatpreliminary
Itwasreported
would
thetwocountries
which
under
sale agreement,
defence
NewDelhi,ona longterm
and
sales
traditional
more
in
well
as
as
engaging
and
inresearch development
co-operate
contracts.
jointproduction
of
theChairman
inNewDelhi,
onatomicenergy
conference
attheinternational
Speaking
of
that
reprocessing
Hussain
Anwar
Dr
proposed
commission,
Atomic
Energy
Bangladesh
the
elimiensure
to
international
under
out
supervision
be
carried
should
fuel
theatomic
atomicfuelin atomicenergy
of usingthe reprocessed
nationof the possibility
explosions.
for
stateof emergency
ofa nationwide
votedfortheextension
TheSriLankaParliament
167
another
onemonth.
tothediplomatic
sourcesin Beijing,
ChineseandAmerican
ina meetofficials
According
on civiliannuclearcomadesign
ificantprogress
towardsan agreement
inginBeijing,
operation.
totheUnited
NewsofIndia,
in a clashbetween
aboutfourpeoplewerekilled
According
andMuslims
inthesouthIndian
Hindus
cityofHyderabad.
thatthetwodaysnegotiations
Itwasreported
of
between
ChinaandBritain
onthefuture
HongKonghadendedinBeijing.
24: Nepalhadmadea formal
to Indiaabouta border
incursion
September
by
protest
inwhich
twoNepalese
Indians
werekilled.
ofIndiareported
ThePressTrust
thatthedeathtollintwo weeksofcommunal
clashesin
thesouthern
Indian
roseto36.
cityofHyderabad
25 . It was reported
thatIndianPremier,
MrsIndiraGandhimadea
September
brief
inParis,
fortalkswithFrench
President
Francois
Mitterrand
on internatiostopover
naldevelopments,
theworld
economic
crisis.
including
Itwasreported
thatfollowing
twoweeksofclashesbetween
and Muslims
curfew
Hindus
hadbeenimposed
inthesouth
Indian
townofHyderabad.
to reports
Chinawasre-elected
as oneofthe33 member
statesofthe Council
According
oftheInternational
CivilAviation
Organisation
(ICNO)atthe 24thsessionofitsassembly
inMontreal.
TheUS Defence
arrived
inBeijing
fora fivedayvisit.
Secretary
Caspar
Weinberger
a publicmeeting
at Pondicherry,
a leaderofAmbadkar
Addressing
PeoplesMovement
MrsSoniaAmbadkar
demanded
a separate
themfrom
homeland
forHarijans
to protect
andharassment
inIndia.
barbarities,
repression
26: It wasreported
thatpoliceandtroopsweremanned
September
checkpointsat
locations
in Manila
whereopposition
threatened
tocontinue
strategic
groups
anti-government
street
demonstration
to official
sourcesinCairoPresident
HosniMubarak
andNepalese
According
KingBirendraheldtalksonArabandinternational
of bilateral
andon the reinforcement
problems,
relations
between
thetwocountries.
at the Executive
Committee
oftheUnited
National
Speaking
SriLanka
meeting
Party,
Junius
President
stressed
thatithadalwaysbeenhis Government's
Jayewardene
policy
allcitizens
totreat
oftheir
alike,regardless
orcaste.
race,religion
27 : Thestate-owned
September
Radioreported
thatthe leaderof BanglaBangladesh
Hossein
Mohamad
desh,General
Ershad
hadruled
out thepossibility
oflifting
of Martial
168
Lawbefore
in1985.
elections
general
ofIndiareported,
thatat the startof a 24-hourstrike
28: ThePressTrust
September
calledby India'sMarxistandseveral
ruledWestBengalstate,2 peoplewerekilled
wounded.
oftheNon AlignedMovement,
theUNGeneral
as thechair-person
Addressing
Assembly
the
theAfghanistan
Indian
Prime
Mrs
Indira
Gandhi
UN
to resolve
backed
efforts
Minister,
question.
withPresident
MrsIndiraGandhiconferred
thatIndian
Minister
Itwasreported
Prime
in
New
York.
Reagan
After
CasparWeinberChinese
theUS Defence
leaderDengXiaoping,
Secretary,
meeting
andthathe
useful
been
and
had
in
thathistalks Beijing
positive"
"very
gertoldnewsmen,
China.
and
States
the
United
between
increased
cooperation
military
envisaged
whenIndian
the UN building
outside
demonstration
ofSikhsstagedanangry
Hundreds
onbehalfof the
theGeneral
wasaddressing
MrsIndira
Gandhi
Assembly
Minister
Prime
Movement.
Non-Aligned
for
Institute
Balance{1983-84)issuedbythe International
29 : TheMilitary
September
the
to
ambitious
on
embarked
improve
India
had
that
plans
disclosed
Studies,
Strategic
(forMirage
bothtotheUSSR (forMig23) andFrance
ofherairforcebyturning
quality
2000).
fire
powerforUS
displayof military
thatChinastageda 60-minute
It was reported
aid to
American
on
of
talks
resumtion
the
before
CasparWeinberger,
Defence
Secretary
forces.
armed
China's
modernise
Pattie
Geoffre
ofStateforDefenceProcurement,
Minister
theBritish
toreports
According
the
latter
of
buying
the
with
India
possibility
was
thatBritain discussing
hadconfirmed
Warning
(AEW)System.
Airborne
Early
theBritish
Wu Xueqianblamedthe
Minister
Chinese
Foreign
Assembly,
theUNGeneral
Addressing
crises.
oftheworld
for
most
Union
the
Soviet
and
States
United
the
twoSuperPowers,
inDhakain defithatatleast12000 peoplehelda rally
30 : Itwasreported
September
in
rule
to
end
Bangladesh.
immediate
military
an
for
lawandcalled
anceofmartial
as theywere
inKathmandu,
tohavebeenarrested
werereported
of students
Hundreds
convention.
Union
National
their
hold
to
about
thatfour
peoplewerekilledin a clashbetweenSikhsand
1 : Itwasreported
October
stateofPunjab.
Indian
inthetroubled
police,
Association
(UNCA),Indian
Nations
Correspondents
hosted
bytheUnited
Ata luncheon
in itsjudgeaccusedtheWestof "doublestandards"
Gandhi
MrsIndira
Minister
Prime
169
oftheSovietinvasion
ment
ofAfghanistan.
controlled
Thegovernment
thatIndiawas
Bengali
language
dailyDainikBang/a
reported
to
build
border
watchtowers,
fitted
withsearch
andradiocommunication
preparing
lights
within
fivekilometres
oftheIndofacilities
border.
Bangladesh
of
on the occasionof 34thanniversary
offounding
ofthePeoplesRepublic
Speaking
an
stated
to
that
China
would
continue
Premier
Zhao
China,
pursue independent
Ziyang,
devewithother
andcooperation
whileatthesametimeitwouldstrengthen
unity
policy,
oftheThird
World.
countries
loping
soldierswerekilled
inthePhilippines,
35 government
toanarmy
spokesman
According
of
Communist
the
southern
island
Mindanao.
on
inanambush
guerillas
by
MrPeter
2 : Inaninterview
inNewDelhi,
theSovietPowerMinister,
October
published
it
a
natural
said
that
India
would
if
water
make
a
for
mistake
opted
Neporozhny
heavy
reactor
becauseofthehighcostofheavy
and India'slimited
uranium
waterproduction
ofnatural
reserves
uranium.
to reports
a capitalflight
hadsuffered
of$ 200m( 133 m) as a
According
Philippines
oftheinstability
result
oftheopposition
leaderBenigno
which
theassasination
followed
Aquino.
PrimeMinister,
totheNBCTV,theIndian
Gandhisaid that
Inaninterview
MrsIndira
thepresence
Indiadoesnotsupport
ofSoviettroopsinAfghanistan,
it alsodoes
although
inAfghanistan
thatSoviettroops
tothesecurity
ofIndiaorany
notthink
posedanythreat
intheregion.
other
country
hundreds
of Japanesestageda demonstration
to
totheVoiceofAmerica,
According
thevisittoJapanbya US aircraft
their
carrier.
protest
against
register
15,000students
About
stageda massiveprotest
military
againstBangladesh's
meeting
in Dhaka.
government
Mrs Indira Gandhiarrivedin Londonfrom
3: IndianPrimeMinister
October
Washington.
official
told Parliament
Defence
4 : A Japanese
in TokyothatSoviet
October
Ministry
intheFarEastwouldsoon total135. He further
stationed
statedthat
SS-20missiles
inthenumber
thesteepincrease
ofSovietSS-20'sinAsiaas a growing
Japanconsidered
toitssecurity.
threat
thatChinahadaccusedtheBritish
Government
leadersof creating
Itwasreported
proofHongKongbymaking
remarks.
intalksonthefuture
blems
inappropriate
Thailand's
theUNGeneral
Minister
MrSiddhiSavetsila
Assembly,
Foreign
Addressing
andstart
its troopsfrom
theThaito withdraw
border
calledon Vietnam
Kampuchean
a peaceful
towards
settlement.
political
negotiations
170
IndiraGandhi,
the Jammu
Ina letter
PrimeMinister
Liberation
to Indian
and Kashmir
ofselfdetermination
tothepeopleoftheoccutheright
FrontcalleduponIndiatogrant
piedstate.
Chinahadruled
NewChinaNewsAgency
totheofficial
October
5 ; According
(NCNA),
British
Prime
alsoattacked
ofanindependent
outanypossibility
HongKong.TheNCNA
freshpretexts
sovereto prevent
Thatcher
forseeking
Minister
Beijing
regaining
Margaret
overthecolony.
ignty
thatBangladesh
hadaskedIndiatospeed
inDhakadisclosed
sources
TheForeign
Ministry
with
will
itstwo enclaves
in the
link
a
which
transfer
of
land
the
corridor
Bangladesh
up
district.
KoochBihar
Indian
Peso by
Marcoshad devaluedthe Philippines
Ferdinand
of President
TheGovernment
theUSdollar.
21.4 percentagainst
theJaguar
aircraft
The IndianAirForcehad decidedto further
fighter
bythe
improve
attack
ofa modern
radar
anda futuristic
installation
system.
navigation
which
6 : ChinaandtheSovietUnionbegana newroundof talksin Beijing,
October
thetwostates.
between
relations
wereaimedatimproving
tooka seriesof stepsin an attempt
to
Marcos
ofPresident
Ferdinand
TheGovernment
inthePhilippines.
andeconomic
turmoil
trouble
lessenpolitical
washeldin Manila.
7 : Ananti-Marcos
October
rally
of Hong Kongby
Britain's
stanceonthefuture
thatChinahadattacked
Itwasreported
to sovereignty
overtheBritish-held
territories
theviewthatithada right
at
expounding
"anytime".
a "stateofemergency"
in its troubled
Government
declared
stateof Punjab
TheIndian
thedismissal
oftheCongress
following
(I) government.
thatthe"AllIndiaFreedom
helda demonstration
Itwasreported
Fighters
Organization"
ofsophisticated
inNewDelhitoprotest
theUnited
StatesEmbassy
before
againstsupply
armsto Pakistan.
ofthe61stanniversary
ontheoccasion
oftheIndian
AirForcethe
October
8 : Speaking
Chief
ofAirStaff,
AirChiefMarshalDilbaghSinghsaid thatthe Indianforces
Indian
befully
to meetanyeventuality
should
beforced
thatmight
onIndia.
prepared
thata conclave
of17 opposition
Itwasreported
inSrinagar
demanparties
(heldKashmir)
oftheIndian
andanendtothe reignof the rulingCongress
constitution
deda revision
party.
to BBCreports
washeldinManila.
anantiMarcosrally
According
PadmaBahadurKhatri
Minister
theUNGeneral
Assembly,
Nepal'sForeign
Addressing
171
at the UnitedNations
forhisGovernment's
thatNepalbe
soughtsupport
proposition
declared
a "zoneofpeace".
October
9 : Theofficial
Chinese
its strongest
newsagency
Xinhualaunched
attackon
Britain's
Thatcher
of
stand
the
that
Mrs
over
future
claiming
negotiating
HongKong,
forthecolony.
sought
independence
Itwasreported
thattheIndian
leaders
had accusedtheIndiragovernment
of
opposition
fivenon-Congress
a conspiracy"
an emerging
against
"hatching
indicating
(I) Ministries,
themandthecentral
between
confrontation
government.
a bombexplosion
sources
killed
fourSouthKorean
to SouthKorean
cabinet
According
mausoleum
and12 other
in Rangoon,
minutes
ministers
before
the
peopleatthemartyr's
ChunDooHwan.
President
arrival
ofthevisiting
SouthKorean
theCommission
to BBCreports,
Presi10: According
October
appointed
byPhilippines
themurder
ofopposition
MrAquino,
hadresigned.
to investigate
leader,
dentMarcos
setupa committee
to investigate
Government
thebombblastin Rangoon,,
TheBurmese
fourSouthKorean
Ministers.
19 people,
thatkilled
including
Prime
Minister
sourcesinIndiaregard
MrsIndiraGantoreports,
opposition
According
ruleonthePunjabstateas herlastchancetoavoidwidedirect
toimpose
dhi'sdecision
Hindus
inthearea. Theyalsosaid
betweenthe Sikhsandminority
spreadbloodshed
offailure
incontrolling
Sikhmilitancy.
wasanacknowledgement
thattheaction
oftheannualAirForceCommander's
ontheoccasion
11: Speaking
October
meeting
Venkataraman
calledon the Indianforcesto be
Minister
Defence
inNewDelhi,Indian
thesecurity
ofIndia.
toensure
months
inthecoming
more
vigilant
in fresh
thatatleasteightpeoplehadbeeninjured
ofIndia(PTI)reported
ThePressTrust
forgreater
inPunjab,
wheremilitant
Sikhsarecampaigning
violence
autonomy.
withPresident
Minister
Itwasreported
Wu Xueqianconferred
thattheChinese
Foreign
BushattheWhiteHouse.
Ronald
George
ReaganandVice-President
hadfirmly
assured
Indiathatitwould
thattheSovietUnion
12; Itwasreported
October
andT-80tanks
Fulcrum
tobefollowthelatestaircraft
MIG-29,
fighters
including
supply
forthelatestMIG-29.
ed bylicensed
production
rights
Korean
Central
NewsAgency
Theofficial
thatNorth
Koreahad dismis(KCNA)reported
thatitwasbehind
theRangoon
sedtheSouthKorean
bombexplosion
in which
charge
ministers
werekilled.
fourSouthKorean
Cabinet
BBCreported
thatChinahadannounced
a big purgeto expelthosemembers
of the
Communist
whowerecorrupt
ofpolitically
hostile
totheleadership.
Party,
Itwasreported
thatduring
theSino-lndian
bordertalksin Beijing,
Chinahad rejected
172
overanofficial
India'sprotest
Chinesereport
the IndianHimalyan
state of
describing
as anindependent
Sikkim
nation.
the
October
13: It was reported
hadaccepted
thata GeneralAssembly
Committee
led by PrinceNorodom
a
credentials
oftheKampuchean
Sihanoukdespite
delegation
bytheSovietUnion.
challenge
a groupof foreign
businessleadersin
informed
TheChineseGovernment
officially
investownexclusive
withtheir
couldstart
thatforeign
businessmen
enterprises
Beijing
conditions
ment
inChina's
coastalareaswhere
permit.
Burma
criticised
inSeoulin a resolution
14: TheNational
October
strongly
Assembly
sixteen
and
ministers
five
Korean
killed
which
South
inRangoon
overthebombattack
others.
relations
toestablish
decided
of Djibouti
andtheAfrican
diplomatic
Republic
Bangladesh
attheAmbassadorial
level.
Korean
ona North
inSeoul,commenting
October
15: A senior
official
Ministry
Foreign
threat
thatifUS President
Reagan
goesaheadwithhis visittoSouthKorea"hewillnot
will be able to
confidence
thathis government
punishment'',
escapea stern
expressed
hisvisitnextmonth.
from
President
protect
anydanger
during
Reagan
North
Korean
authorities
hadviolated
itsairspace.
allegedthatUSaircrafts
October
16: Itwasreported
thatMrsIndiraGandhi'sCongressPartyin Indianheld
Kashmir
hadexpressed
of the
overthepolitical
and economic
conditions
gaveconcern
stateandhadappealed
totheNewDelhiinstalled
B. K.Nehruto interstate Governor
veneandtakeserious
noticeofthecircumstances.
United
The former
President
Front,
and chiefof the ten partyNational
Bangladesh
Khondker
be heldin BanglaAhmed
should
haddemanded
elections
Mushtaque
general
deshbynextMarch
andthatmartial
lawshould
be lifted.
Itwasreported
thatthePhilippines
to take
an invitation
leaders
hadrejected
opposition
fornextyear'sparliamentary
elections
and warned
partinpreparations
thattheywould
Ferdinand
Marcos
boycott
pollsifPresident
stayedinpower.
ThePresident
oftheChinese
Nuclear
Society
WangGan Changstatedin Beijingthat
Chinawelcomes
withother
countries
indeveloping
nuclear
forpeacecooperation
energy
fulusesandplanstoimport
advanced
forlargenuclearpowerstationsand
equipment
technology.
18: Japanlodgeda protest
October
withSouthKoreaovertheshooting
at a Japanese
unarmed
trawler
coastguards.
bySouthKorean
The IndianExpressreported
thattheIndian
Government
haddecided
to issuevisas to
andSouthAfrican
Israeli
tothe International
AirTransport
Association
delegates
(IATA)
173
conference
inNewDelhion24 October.
begining
Gandhihad expressed
TheIndian
Prime
Minister
MrsIndira
concern
overthedeterioratintheIndian
stateofPunjab.
ingsituation
19: According
to BBCreports
October
hadbeguntheiractionagainst
security
troops
inthePunjabandraidswerebeingcarried
extremists
outtotrack
them
down.
than20 policemen
andmanycivilians
Radiomore
totheAllIndia
wereinjurAccording
demonstrators
andsecurity
forces
inSrinagar.
ina clashbetween
ed inSrinagar,
inTokyo
NewsAgency
monitored
accusedSouthKorean
Korean
Central
TheNorth
troops
theKorean
zonedividing
acrossthedemilitarised
fire
ofopening
peninsula.
thattherootcause
statedinMuscat
WuXueqian
Minister
20 : Chinese
October
Foreign
and
lies
in
Israeli
East
oftheMiddle problems
aggression expansionism.
thattheIndian
Radio(AIR)reported
Mr R.
DefenceMinister
21 : TheAHIndia
October
in a stateof
hadstatedthatIndiawouldhavetobevigilant
and remain
Vankataraman
itsfreedom.
todefend
preparedness
Government
hadlodgeda protest
into
intrusion
TheJapanese
againsta Sovietaircraft's
airspaceoverHokkaido.
theJapanese
hadbeendetained
in occupiedKashmir
leaders
for
thatabout10 Muslim
BBCreported
in demonstrations
involvement
againstthe IndianGovernment
their
duringa
alleged
inSrinagar.
match
onedaycricket
recent
demandsformorepowers
Gandhi
MrsIndira
Minister
Prime
opposition
rejected
Indian
centre"
forthecountry.
a "strong
statesandadvocated
forIndian
of the Bharatiya
executive
thatthenational
JanataParty
22: Itwasreported
October
written
the
Indian
Prime
Minister
letter
MrsIndira
secret
a
over
by
concern
expressed
YuriAndropov
toSovietPresident
urgingthe SovietUnionto directthe pro
Gandhi
ofherparty.
andprogrammes
ofIndiatosupport
policies
MoscowCommunist
Party
had cancelleda
authorities
toanAIR reportIndianrailway
23: According
October
a majortrain
theIndianPunjabfollowing
trains
ofpassenger
through
number
passing
thisweek.
earlier
and130injured
werekilled
inwhichover20 persons
derailment
Jammu
theLondon-based
and
MrsIndira
Gandhi,
In an openletterto IndianPremier
of
state
Kashmir.
the
Indian-held
to
India
asked
Liberation
quit
Kashmir
Front,
Sri Lanka's
toa statement
24: Reacting
delegateS. Ramachandren,
byIndian
October
Committee
intheGeneral
Fonseka,
SpecialPolitical
Assembly's
Ambassador,
Ignatius
inhiscountry.
terrorism
accusedIndiaofsupporting
to Indiahad been shotat
Ambassador
thattheJordanian
25: BBCreported
October
174
nearhisresidence
inNewDelhi.
andseriously
wounded
byanunknown
gunman
ofsenior
theannual
conference
navalofficers
inNewDelhi,IndianPremier
Inaugurating
the
MrsIndira
Gandhi
concern
over
of
acquisition
expressed
sophisticated
weaponsby
Pakistan
itsdefence
needs.
beyond
to Bangladesh
IndiahadaskedBangladesh
to repay
withinterest
According
dailyIttefaq,
theoutstanding
amount
ofa 200,000tonfoodloangiventomeeta domestic
foodcrisis
in1978-79.
October
26 . Speaking
ontheopening
debateon the situaAssembly
dayofa General
Norodom
tioninKampuchea,
HeadofStateinexilePrince
Sihanouk
accused
Kampuchean
hiscountry.
Vietnam
ofsystematically
colonising
A Government
thatmorethan400 Sikhextremists
inNewDelhitoldreporters
spokesman
werearrested
in the past weekduringraidsbythepoliceandpara-military
in
forces
which
ofweapons
wereseized.
largequantities
27 : TheGermanMinister
October
forEconomic
Cooperation
(Development
Aid) Herr
thatWestGermany
to providedevestatedinBeijing
wouldcontinue
Warnke
Juergdn
aidtoChina"as faras possible".
lopment
ofthe IndianNavy,the IndianDefence
at a conference
ofthesenior
officers
Speaking
theIndian
Minister
MrR.Venkataraman
instructed
Navyto drawupa longterm
planto
modernise
theNavy.
Itwasreported
thattheleaders
ofpublic
inIndiacontinued
tocriticise
thereckopinion
lessforeign
ofMrsIndira
Gandhi's
Government
which
hadalienated
almostall its
policy
countries.
neighbouring
28 . BBCreported
October
thatseveral
leaders
hadcriticised
the statement
of
political
HeadofStateGen.H. M. Ershad
thatpresidential
electionswouldbe held
Bangladesh
ofnextyearandthatparliamentary
elections
wouldbe heldlater.
bythemiddle
a resolution
onKampuchea
TheUNGeneral
submitted
adopted
Assembly
bytheAssociawhich
calledfora justand lastingsettletionoftheSouthEastAsianNations
(ASEAN)
basedonthewithdrawal
mentof theKampuchean
ofallforeign
forces
from
the
question
country.
October
29 : SovietDeputy
Minister
Leonidllyichov
andChineseVice-Foreign
Foreign
their
Minister
weektalkson waysof improving
QianQichen,
in
completedBeijing three
their
countries'
relations.
frigid
October
talksendedin New Delhi,
thattheIndo-Chinese
30 : AllIndia
Radioreported
withanagreement
tosettletheboundary
issue.
31 : According
October
totheofficial
sources
inNewDelhi,
authorities
in the northern
stateofPunjab
arrested
over1,000people,
ina drive
to checkSikh
currently
underway
175
extremism
thatabout1600 people
disclosed
1 : TheIndian
November
policeinthestateofPunjab,
onthestatelastmonth.
rulewasimposed
Government's
sincethecentral
hadbeenarrested
to
inBangladesh.Itwas calledby 22 political
wasobserved
strike
parties
A six-hour
demand.
their
five-point
press
thatthe SovietUnion
official
newsagencyMTIreported
2: TheHungarian
November
to
with
Vietnam
relations
hadasked
improve
Beijing.
new presscensorship
ofSriLankaintroduced
laws,banning
reports
TheGovernment
unrest.
andethnic
activities
onterrorist
in the
surrender
of about650 communists
theformal
TheThaiGovernment
accepted
southern
partofthecountry.
in Dhakaforsetting
a five-year
3 : ChinaandBangladesh
November
agreement
signed
commission.
upa jointeconomic
Chief
4 : On his return
fromhis 11-dayvisitto theUS,theBangladesh
November
wouldnotallow
Lt.Gen.Ershad
thathisgovernment
warned
LawAdministrator
Martial
anddestruction"
inthecountry.
ofviolence
to prevail
"politics
that20 Nagarebelswerekilled
Times
villagers.
byBurmese
TheHindustan
reported
groupto
thattheJapanese
plansbya left-wing
TheBBCreported
policehaduncovered
President
at
Yokosuka
base
naval
andtheAmerican
during
inTokyo
raidtheUS Embassy
week.
next
visit
Reagan's
in occupiedJammu
thatabout100 peoplewerearrested
5 : Itwasreported
November
a strike
callbyCongress
andKashmir
(I).
following
Korea.
withNorth
offdiplomatic
relations
tobreak
Government
decided
TheBurmese
thathe wouldconannounced
Ershad
General
ruler
November
6 : Bangladesh
military
testinthepresidential
pollstobe heldnextyear.
onthetownofManu,inNorth
wasimposed
thatcurfew
ofIndiareported
ThePressTrust
several
clashesinwhich
Hindu-Muslim
after
peoplewereinjured.
India,
had
Mr Parthasarthy,
Government's
thattheIndian
TheBBCreported
specialemissary,
Tamilsand theSriLankan
in talksbetween
toactas an intermediary
leftforColombo
Government.
Nationalist
7 : A largerally
Partywas held in
November
bytheBangladesh
organized
and holdparliamentary
to reestablish
DhakatopressupontheGovernment
democracy
1984.
pollsbyMarch
Dr FarooqAbdullah
thattheChief
Minister
oftheIndianheldKashmir,
Itwasreported
176
hadaccusedtheIndira
oftrying
totopplehisgovernment.
Congress
November
10: Intheir
andtheJapanese
inTokyo,
US President
Premier
Reagan
meeting
Nakasone
reaffirmed
Statesand
close defenceand politicalties betweenthe United
Japan.
the
inthe IndianstateofAssambefore
to BBC,atleastthree
bombs
According
exploded
arrival
ofMrsIndira
Gandhi.
ofStateGeorge
accusedNorthKoreaof killing
11: TheUS Secretary
Shultz
November
ina bombexplosion
on9 October.
Ministers
inRangoon
Cabinet
SouthKorean
National
US President
12: Addressing
theSouthKorean
November
Reagan,
Assembly,
andSouthKorea
Korea
and
North
for
South
renewed
American
urged
security
guarantee
their
onreunification.
to resume
>v
suspended
dialogue
i
ofrepressing
International
accusedtheIndianGovernment
theAmnesty
In its report,
of
India.
invarious
dissidents
parts
in New Delhito prostudents
About
tookovertheArableaguemission
150 Palestinian
moves
totopplePLOChairman
YasserArafat.
testagainst
of an
issuedatthe conclusion
13: A BangladeshNovember
Bhutan
jointcommunique
the
for
called
Minister
Dhawater,
official
visit
to DhakabytheBhutanese
Lyinpo
Foreign
and
of foreigntroopsfromAfghanistan
withdrawal
immediate
and unconditional
Kampuchea.
rulerGeneralErshad
14: In a nationwide
broadcast
November
military
Bangladesh
Hereaffirmed
inthecountry.
ofbanonallkinds
ofpolitical
thelifting
announced
activity
thatpresidential
elections
willbe heldon24 May1984 andelectionsto the Parliament
on25 November
1984.
inDhakaona visitto Bangladesh.
arrived
IIofBritain
QueenElizabeth
on the
in Beijing,
roundofdiscussions,
sixth
andBritish
officials
Chinese
openedtheir
ofHongKong.
future
calledon President
innorthern
15: About
Philippines
50,000demonstrators
November
toquit.
Marcos
between
theidea ofa collective
Government
TheJapanese
security
arrangement
rejected
theUS,SouthKoreaandJapan.
hadclashed
ofthe oustedKhmer
toThaimilitary
Rougeregime
sources,
troops
According
Thaiborder.
neartheeastern
inKampuchea
withVietnamese
force
LawGovernment
alliances
twomainpolitical
rejected
opposedtotheMartial
Bangladesh
177
Ershas
election
General
schedule.
a new comthata British
16: TheBBCreported
firm
hadagreed
to provide
November
9 million
forIndianNavy.
radar
mandandcontrol
costing
system
andthe SovietUnion
NewsAgency
thatChina
17: TheNewChina
November
reported
in
the
closed
1970s.
their
a trade
on
hadreopened
border,
post
crossing
leaders
toshunviolence.
ruler
Ershad
calledonopposition
General
Bangladesh
military
alloverIndia
from
Itwasreported
thatanunprecedented
ofallsectsof Hindus
gathering
of Islamamongthe
washeldinNewDelhitoprotest
the successful
preaching
against
Harijans.
ofBritain
arrived
QueenElizabeth
inNewDelhi.
weatoa BBCreport,
18: According
willbuymodern
November
theIndian
Government
aboutRs9.7billion
thisfinancial
ponsworth
during
year.
Ferdinand
toforcePresident
calledfora nationwide
strike
A Philippines
party
opposition
from
hispost.
Marcos
toresign
in Dhakaon cultural,
and Zambiasignedan agreement
19: Bangladesh
November
andtechnical
economic
cooperation.
thatIndiahadbuiltsevenobserva20 : Bangladesh
November
reported
weekly
Holiday,
tiontowers
borders
of
the
along
Bangladesh.
inthejunglesof the Chittagong
Itwasreported
thatmore
than200guerrillas
operating
thismonth.
earlier
hadsurrendered
leader
HillTracts
sincethedeathoftheir
revealed
former
President
thathe
AbdusSattar
toa BBCreport,
Bangladesh's
According
lastyear.
officers
tohandoverpcwer
hadbeenforced
bythearmy
Trudeau
visit.
arrived
inDhakaonanofficial
Prime
Minister
Perne
Canadian
disclosed
thattheASEAN
countries
toest
hadagreed
national
TheIndonesian
policechief
tomonitor
andcoordinate
lawenforcement
intheregion.
ablishanASEAN
policesecretariat
NewNation
21 : Bangladesh
thata Bangladesh
November
Liberation
Front
daily
reported
theestablishment
hadbeensetupinIndiademanding
ofa newterritory
under
thenomenformer
from
EastPakistan
clature,
, toaccomodate
Banglabhumi
expatriates
(Bangladesh).
Imelda
wifeofthePresident
ofPhilippines,
Marcos,
from
CommittheExecutive
resigned
teeandsaidthatshehadnointentions
forthePresidency.
ofrunning
Astate-wide
strike
intheIndian
wasobserved
stateofPunjabagainstthe killing
of six
Hindus,
allegedly
bySikhextremists.
22 : TheSriLankan
November
Parliament
the nationwide
extended
stateof emergency
178
until17 December.
oftheSouthAsianworking
Thethird
on telemeeting
groupon regional
cooperation
inIslamabad.
concluded
communications
will
three
memorandums
ofunderstanding
Under
separate
signedin Dhaka,Bangladesh
from
Canada.
Canadian
ofapproximately
a grant
receive
$ 87.28million
front
headedbyKhondkar
Ahmad
The10-party
Mushtaque
stageda demonstrapolitical
ruleinthecountry.
tioninDhakatoprotest
military
against
talks(conducted
23 : Reconciliation
November
throughIndianmediation)between
at an
leadersconcludeinNewDelhiwithout
andTamil
Government
SriLankan
arriving
agreement.
foran
inTokyo
GeneralHu Yaobang
arrived
The ChineseCommunist
PartySecretary
to
visit
official
Japan.
eight-day
the Indian
Prime
Minister
MrsIndiraGansummit,
oftheCommonwealth
Attheopening
chasm.
theNorth-South
dhicalledforbridging
ofleft-wing
about100,000members
front
forcesarrested
during
The Indiansecurity
state.
Maharashtra
demonstrations
anti
throughout
-government
inWashington
thattheUnitedStateshad
disclosed
official
A UScommerce
Department
ontheexport
tothePeoplesRepublic
ofChinaofhigh
restrictions
lifted
goods
technology
dollars.
billion
two
upto
aninvitation
to opposiErshad
extended
CMLAGeneral
26 : TheBangladesh
November
the
transfer
of
him
with
to
ensure
hold
talks
to
peaceful
power.
tionleaders
The
inBangladesh.
launched
JanoDalwasformally
27 : A newpolitical
party
November
in
future
role
a
the
to
intended
is
government.
protect army's
party
tostrento Bangladesh
thatthePRCwouldsupplyadvanced
equipment
Itwasreported
force.
its
naval
gthen
4 peoplewere
inwhich
demonstration
28' Aftera massive
anti-government
November
ban
a
authorities
200
atleast
and
re-imposed
complete
killed
military
injured,
Bangladesh
a 14-hour
curfew.
andclamped
activities
onpolitical
night
election
tosetthestagefora general
theParliament,
dissolved
Government
TheJapanese
on18 December.
curfew
inDhaka. Itwas
for violating
werearrested
300persons
29 : Atleast
November
ofMartial
Lawhadalsospread
toother
thatprotest
reported
againstthe continuation
citiesinBangladesh.
179
MIDDLEEAST
1 : Israeli
Minister
Yitzhake
Prime
Shamir
succeeded
Minister
MenaSeptember
Foreign
chemBegih,
as chairman
ofIsrael's
Herut
Party.
(Freedom)
Inaninterview
withPPIinLahore,
theMananging
of dailyTehran
TimesstatDirector,
edthatIranwillnothaltitswaragjamst
and anydecisionwould
Iraqat thisjuncture,
from
thebattlefield
emerge
only.
Itwasreported
thatafter
furious
clashesinWestBeirut
the Lebanese
was now in
Army
fullcontrol
ofthemajor
inthearea.
points
2 : TheEgyptian
Defence
Minister
AbdelHalimAbu GhazalaleftCairofor
September
talksinChinaandNorth
tostrengthen
Korea,
withthetwostates.
military
cooperation
TheJordanian
AI Dostour
thatorders
hadbeenissuedtotheAmerinewspaper
reported
toprepare
canforces
stationed
inWestGermany
threebrigades
to Lebanon
fordispatch
to reinforce
theUStroops
with
the
multi-national
force.
working
peace
theChairattheUnited
Nations
Conference
onPalestine,
beingheldinGeneva,
Speaking
manofthePalestine
Liberation
accusedthe United
Organization
(PLO), YasserArafat
allefforts
Statesofblocking
Nations
toresolve
thePalestinian
bytheUnited
questions.
3 : Itwasreported
thattheIsraeli
someof its
armyhadbegunwithdrawing
September
from
theShoufmountains,
southofBeirut.
equipment
toreports,
theFrench
had officially
thanked
Iranforthe measures
According
government
withthehijackers
ofanAirFrance
takenindealing
plane.
4 : RadioIsraelreported
hadbeenimposedon AlKhalilbecause
thatcurfew
September
inthecentre
ona former
Jewish
ofthetown.
ofa bombexplosion
hospital
thattheLebanese
hadgainedcontrolofa keyjunction
Radioreported
Beirut
close
Army
after
fierce
withDruzegunmen.
to Beirut
Airport,
fighting
totheFrench
DuDimanche'
theIsraeliPrimeMinisterInaninterview
paper'LeJournal
ItzhakShamirsaid thatthe Palestine
Liberation
Organization
Designate
(PLO) must
"disappear".
thatIran'sspiritual
leaderAyatollah
5 : Itwasreported
Khomeini
hadcalled
September
of believers"
of"tensofmillions
ofanarmy
forthecreation
composed
readyto defend
from
attack.
outside
Islamic
countries
thatina message
to the ArabLeagueSecretaries
in Tunis,Syriahad
Itwasreported
andcultural
all
Arab
countries
to
to
renounce
economic,
political
diplomatic,
appealed
s government
tieswithPresident
inLebanon.
Gemayel
hadthreatentheFrench
ina statement
7 : According
toreports
Government,
September
in
which
had
its
been
batteries
ed todestroy
bombarding military
positions
artillery
180
Beirut.
inTunisto commemorate
TheArabLeagueCouncilhelda meeting
thefirstanniversary
atthePalestinian
inLebanon.
ofthemassacre
refugee
campsofSabraandChatila
Consulate
Imam
attheIranian
General
a jointnewsconference
inNewZealand,
Addressing
that
Iran
would
Sharf
reiterated
Mohammed
Khomeini's
Mujavi,
strictly
representative
either
withtheWestorEast.
nolinks
ofhaving
follow
a policy
thattheIraqiPresident
SaddamHusseinhad urgedthat
TheIraqinewsagency
reported
toendtheGulf
shouldmakeefforts
hiscountry
Warbetween
Movement
theNon-Aligned
andIran.
of
issueditsfinal
andprogramme
inGeneva,
declaration
onPalestine,
TheUNconference
action.
thatabouta hundred
8 : Itwasreported
wereona hunpoliticalprisoners
September
townofDiyarbakir
Turkish
ina military
since2 September.
jailintheeastern
gerstrike
timesinceitsarrival
inLebanonattackedthe artillery
forthefirst
TheUS Navy,
positionsofDruzemilitia.
thata specialSaudi envoytrying
to mediate
9 : It was reported
inthe
September
to holdtalkswithLebanesePresident
forCyprus
Amin
crisisleftDamascus
Lebanon
WadieHaddad.
National
Adviser,
Security
Gemayel's
in Singapore
Bulend
Ulusuarrived
ona twodayofficial
visit.
Minister
Prime
Turkish
about2,000ShiiteMuslims
to reports
10 : According
joinedthe Lebanese
September
in
the
militia
Shouf
mountains.
Phalangist
against
fighting
Lebanese
to reports,
12: According
onthreefronts
in
troopswereattacked
September
the
in
Shouf
mountain
from
them
evacuatedby
to
bid
a
deploying
region,
recently
keep
sourcesin Lebanonaccusedforeign
forcesoflaunching
the
Israelitroops.Official
attacks.
at thecoastofLebanon.
moreUStroopsarrived
to reports
According
Nations
thattheUnited
Council
wentintoan emergency
sesItwas reported
Security
fora ceasefire
inthewartorncountry.
siontodiscussLebanon's
request
AliAkbar
heldtalksin Beijingwithhis Chinese
Minister
TheIranian
Viliayati
Foreign
WuXueqian.
counterpart
13: Itwasreported
thattheLebaneseGovernment
had rejecteda Syrian
September
to movethearmy
from
theShoufmountains.
peaceplanandrefused
RadioTehran
thatabout25 Iranians
wereinjuredin a clashbetweenSaudi
reported
181
in Makkah.
fundamentalists
andIranian
forces
Security
thattheSaudimediators
in Lebanonhad asked
14: Beirut
Radioreported
September
Statesformoretimeto achievea ceasefire
in Lebanon,
theUnited
beforeUS forces
ofthegovernment
forces.
wouldtakeanyactioninsupport
Stateswas planning
theSovietUnionallegedthattheUnited
to Tassreports
According
Lebanon".
action
a "military
against
to end
a formula
thattheUnited
Stateshadpresented
15: Itwas reported
September
between
andDruzemilitia.
Lebanese
forces
inandaroundBeirut
thefighting
hadformally
the IsraeliPrimeMinister,
Menachem
to BBC reports,
Begin
According
his
office.
from
resigned
thattwoUSdiplomats
had been expelled
from
onthe
RadioKabulreported
Afghanistan
ofspying.
charge
16: According
Lebanesewarplanes
severalhundred
to reports,
attacked
September
Palestinian
tocrossovera ridge
towardsBeirut.During
theencounter
guerrillas
trying
a Lebanese
hitby antiaircraft
fire. Meanwhile
the
planewasshotdownandanother
Statesannounced
thatitwassending
of ammunition
United
additional
to the
supplies
Lebanese
Army.
thatPLO leaderYasserArafat
TheUnited
ArabEmirates
newsagencyWAMreported,
and Lebanesedevelopthe
Palestinian
arrived
inTripoli,
review
to
Lebanon)
(Northern
ments.Meanwhile
had
saidthatSaudiattempts
to endthe fighting
inLebanon
reports
reached
a deadlock.
Itwasreported
thattheUNSecurity
Council
hadfailedtoagreeona proposed
members
which
inLebanon.
calledfora ceasefire
resolution,
17: It wasreported
thattheCommander
in the multiof US contingent
September
inLebanon
force
national
hadsaidthatUS warships,
offthecoastofBeipeacekeeping
ineastBeirut
andDruzemilitias.
rut,tookpartinthefighting
againstPalestinians
Itwas reported
thatKingHussein
ofJordan
inTokyo
helda meeting
withtheJapanese
PrimeMinister
YasuhiroNakasone.The two leadersdiscussedthe MiddleEast
situation.
to reports,
airattacks
onthePanjsher
in Afghanistan
hadbeenresumed
According
Valley
forces
after
tosubduetheMujahideen.
bytheoccupation
gapofsixmonths
tonewsmen
in Dhakabefore
forhome,
Ali
the IranianForeignMinister
Talking
leaving
Akbar
ruledoutprospects
ofimmediate
toendhiscountry's
Velayati
peacenegotiations
three
yearoldwarwithIraq.
19: Tehran
Radioreported
thattheIranian
leaderAyatollah
KhoRuhollah
September
countries
blockIran'soil
meinihadwarned
Iraq,thatiftheyhelpedBaghdad
supporting
182
Iranwouldcutofftheir
oilsupplies
from
theGulf,
where
abouta quarter
of the
exports,
comefrom.
world's
oilimports
Western
20 : According
to reports
theForeign
Minister
ofCyprus
NicosRolandis
had
September
hisresignation
to President
submitted
Kyprianou.
Spyros
thattheUnited
Stateshaddeclared
in ensuring
thatithadvitalinterest
Itwasreported
nearBeirut
doesnotfalltothe Muslim
forcesbattling
thatthetownofSoukEl-Gharb,
forces.
Government
theLebanese
A/ Jaziera
Ina statement
, the UnitedArab
bytheSaudiArabian
published
newspaper
ofstateforForeign
A. RashidAbdullah
saidthatefforts
Minister
Emirates
Affairs,
bythe
Council
warwerestillcontinuing
and
ArabGulfCooperation
(GCC)toendtheIran-Iraq
from
bothsidestostopthefighting.
wasencouraging
there
response
21 : Itwasreported
Council
hadbarthat,
Turkey's
rulingNational
Security
September
fromtakingpartin November's
red 672 candidates
independents
mostly
general
elections.
thatUS military
hadwarned
inLebanon
insupport
thatSyria
involvement
Itwasreported
couldendanger
andinternational
another
of onefaction
regional
peace.
against
forcesin Lebanon,
led bytanks,
hadmadea
to reports,
anti-government
According
townof Souk-el-Gharb
on the southern
onthestrategically
attack
important
strong
to Beirut.
approach
hadturned
downthe US
totheVoiceofAmerica
(VOA)Greeceand Turkey
According
for
the Lebanese
to
countries
in
the
two
the
support
facilities
to
use
provide
request
Army.
leaderAyatollah
KhothatIranian
Radioreported
22: Tehran
revolutionary
September
andmayeven
thatIranwouldretaliate
thegreatpowers,
warned
France,
meini
especially
to provide
iftheycontinued
ofHormuz,
Iraqwithweapons.
closethestrait
leawithLebaneseopposition
helda meeting
MacFarlane
Robert
TheUS specialenvoy
inDamascus.
derWalidJumblatt
forcehad
Statesanditsalliesinthe Beirutpeace keeping
thatUnited
Itwasreported
ofPresifortheGovernment
in"a showofsupport"
offLebanon,
a strong
fleet,
amassed
dentAmin
Gemayel.
statedthatthe FrenchSuper-Entendard
inBeirut
A French
fighter
Embassy
spokesman
Beirut.
inthehillsbehind
positions
anti-government
planesattacked
recommended
a debateon the
oftheUN GeneralAssembly
Committee
TheSteering
the38th
forpeace andsecurity,
in Afghanistan
and its implications
situation
during
the
General
of
session
Assembly.
At-Tadamon
PLO
Arabicweekly
withtheLondon-based
23 : Inaninterview
September
to partition
Lebanonas preliminary
hadwarned
ofa conspiracy
YasserArafat
Chairman,
183
ofthearea.
to'Balkanization'
inKabul"
sources
based
Press(AAP)quoting"authoritative
TheLondon
, Agency
Afghan
levelon the Sovietproposal
ona higher
werecontinuing
saidthatactiveconsultations
fortheformation
ofa "National
inAfghanistan.
Government",
three
to Lebaneseofficials,
weeksof
a longawaited
accordtoendalmost
According
ifSyria
in Lebanonwas in itsfinal
couldbe proclaimed
fighting
stagesanda ceasefire
anamended
draft
accepted
agreement.
24 : A Syrian
Government
hadaskedthemultinational
September
peacekeepnewspaper
force
to
inLebanon
orleavethecountry
ing
stayoutofthefighting
altogether.
a threeday
25 : Jordanian
after
leftKaulaLumpur
forBangkok
KingHussein
September
visitto Malaysia.
thata ceasefire
hadbeenannounced
Radioreported
inLebanon.
TheLebanese
thattheLebanese
Government
hadaccepted
anArabLeagueproposal
TheBBCreported
theheavy
in
the
with
and
Saudi-Arabia
summit
fora tripartite
hopeofending
Syria
inandaround
Beirut.
which
continued
fighting
thatthe Interior
Minister's
conference
ofthesixGCCmember
It was reported
states,
fornextmonth
hadbeenpostponed.
scheduled
Radioreported
thatLebanesePrimeMinister
26: Beirut
September
Shafiqal Wazzan
to President
Amin
but he was askedby the
hisCabinet's
offered
resignation
Gemayel,
tostayonuntil
"ournewcoursebecomes
President
clear".
sources
inLebanon
27: Thesecurity
disclosed
thatseventeen
September
peoplewere
ata refugee
factions
killedin clashesbetweenrivalPalestinian
campnearLebanon's
northern
cityofTripoli.
Command
was curtoa Baghdad
spokesman,
Iraq'ssupreme
Military
military
According
tobeatbackanexpected
offensive.
rently
preparing
largescaleIranian
28: It was reported
thatthe LebaneseArmy
andthewarring
September
Druzeand
had agreedto set up a jointliaison
Christian
militias
centre
totrytoconsolidate
the
ceasefire
threatened
violations.
byconstant
29 : According
to a BBCreport,
Beirut
Internationa!
had been reSeptember
Airport
a month
openedafter
longclosure.
About
200Afghans
outside
theUNbuilding
inNewYork,
stageda rally
to demandthe
immediate
withdrawal
ofSoviettroops
from
Afghanistan.
30 : UNSecretary
General
September
JavierPerezde Cuellar
hadexpressed
concern
at
theslowpaceofnegotiations
to resolve
theAfghanistan
andsaidthata settlequestion
mentwaspossible
onthebasisofwhathadalready
beenachieved.
toBeirut
RadiotheSecurity
Committee
in Lebanonformed
According
to consolidate
184
theceasefire
of
announced
newmeasures
tostabilise
thetruceandremovethe effects
war.
thetalksin Israelaboutforming
a government
of national
to BBCreports
According
Perezstated
hadcollapsed.TheleaderoftheOpposition
Labour
MrShimon
unity
Party
onallthemainforeign
issuesanda numthattheparticipants
inthetalksdiffered
policy
berofdomestic
onesas well.
weekvisitto
homefromMuscataftera "four
The Jordanian
KingHusseinreturned
andOman.
Thailand
SouthKorea,
Pakistan,
China,
Malaysia,
Singapore,
Japan,
oftheformer
therelease
announced
inTurkey
authorities
to BBC,themilitary
According
exile.
internal
from
Demirel
Prime
Minister
Suleman
and
citiesofDezful
ontheIranian
to Tehran
Radio,an Iraqirocketattack
According
240.
at least
andwounded
killed
55 persoris
Andimeshk
heldintensive
ofStateGeorgeShultz
thattheUS Secretary
1 : Itwasreported
October
in whichhe
Nations
at theUnited
headquarters,
officials
withSyrian
talksonLebanon,
to
of UnitedNationsobserver
tothe stationing
failed
toovercome
objections
Syria's
ceasefire.
theBeirut
monitor
itsdraft
toabandon
decided
Committee
National
a Kuwait
to reports
Assembly
According
inthecountry.
ofan armament
industry
lawontheestablishment
and Foreign
Lebanon'sDeputyPrimeMinister
theUNGeneral
Assembly,
Addressing
forcesfromLebaneseterritory,
ofall foreign
ElieSalemcalledfortheremoval
Minister
Liberation
(PLO).
Organization
withseparate
SyriaandthePalestine
appealstoIsrael,
warnAliAkbar
Minister
IranianForeign
Velayati,
theUNGeneral
Assembly,
Addressing
to
arms
of
through
Iraq
the
tolerate
passage shipscarrying
ed thatIranwouldnolonger
ofHormuz.
thestrait
heldan urgent
AminGemayel,
LebanesePresident
to reports,
2: According
October
the latest
consider
to
officials
and
other
Minister
Prime
with
Shafiq-al-Wazzan
meeting
in Beirut
totheGovernment
threat
byDruzeMuslims.
Island
Statesbegan"Operation
ForcesofsixArabGulf
theArmed
to reports,
According
everheldon UnitedArabEmirates
manoeuver
(UAE)
inthefirst
Shield"
jointmilitary
territory.
laws for
thecountry's
committee
extended
Parliament's
TheEgyptian
emergency
general
another
year.
of the
oftheAl-Qudscommittee
as thechairman
Morrocan
KingHassaninhiscapacity
the
of
Islamic
Conference
warned
UN
the
General
prolifeAssembly
against
Organization
and said that
settlements
inoccupied
Araband Palestinian
territories
ofJewish
ration
totheMuslim
worldmustbe met.
thischallenge
to reports
thethreat
ofIranian
interference
withinternational
inthe
According
shipping
185
Gulfincreased
after
attacks
ontwoWestern
Iranian
towns.
Iraqimissile
recently
3 : According
to reports
October
forcesexchanged
fire
IraqiandIranian
heavy
artillery
and launchedhitand runattacksagainsteach other'spositions
alongthe battle
front.
Itwas reported
thatSyriahadcloseddownalltheoffices
of the Palestinian
Liberation
Al-Fatahgroup
inDamascus
andother
cities.
Organizations'
4: According
October
to reports
theAl-Quds
Committee
oftheOrganization
ofIslamic
Conference
had
to
asked
its
members
maintain
close
contacts
withAfrican
states
(OIC)
inviewofIsrael's
to resume
relations
withthem.
attempt
October
5: Itwas reported
thatSaudiArabia
andthe UN Secretary
GeneralPerezde
inseparate
attheUNGeneral
Cuellar,
statements
hadwarned
thatthesituation
Assembly
inLebanon
wastaking
a dangerous
turn
andurged
thatimmediate
stepsshouldbetaken
to resolve
thecrisis.
Itwasreported
thatEgypt
hadfired
itsownversion
oftheSovietSAM-7missileforthe
first
a military
time,
during
display.
TheIsraeli
Prime
MrItzhak
Shamir
confirmed
Minister-designate,
thathe has formed
a
and has askedParliament
to meetin a specialsessiontoapprove
government
the
coalition.
6 : Itwas reported
October
thattheUS Defence
intends
to sell 253 more
Department
armoured
to theLebanese
Government.
troopcarriers
theUNGeneral
SaudiForeign
Addressing
Assembly
PrinceSaudAl-Faisal
Minister,
said
thatthethree
warcouldhavenovictor
yearoldGulf
andthere
was no justification
for
it.
continuing
ArabLeagueAmbassador
ClovisMaksoud
hailedtheUNSecretaryGeneralJavierPerez
de Cuellar'sproposalthatthe MiddleEastandPalestinian
issuebe taken
backtothe
Council
inan effort
to resolve
them.
Security
October
7 : According
totheKuwait
NewsAgency,
Kuwait
andAlgeriaurgedIraqand
Iranto endtheir
hostilities
andsaidtheywerewilling
tomediate
forpeace.
Omanese
Minister
of State,YousefAl-Alawi
warnedthe UN GeneralAssembly
that
Sovietoccupation
ofAfghanistan
threat
totheindependence
poseda direct
of statesin
theIndian
Oceanregion
andto international
ingeneral.
peaceandsecurity
Itwasreported
thatintwoseparate
statements
inWashington,
theAmerican
Administrationvoiceddisapproval
ofIsrael's
actionsinsouthLebanon.
theUNGeneral
a Libyan
Addressing
calledforthe expulsion
Assembly,
spokesman
of
theUnited
Israelfrom
Nations'
General
Assembly.
InhisFriday
address
broadcast
Radio.Iranian
President
byTehran
Hojatoleslam
SayedAli
Khamenei
accusedtheSovietUnionof facilitating
indirectly
Iraqiattackson Iranian,
186
withmissiles.
cities,
byproviding
Baghdad
backedthe
8 : TheForeign
inGeneva,
October
Ministers
oftheNon-Aligned
Movement
on the MiddleEastaimedat resolving
the
callforan international
peaceconference
intheregion.
conflict
prolonged
hadreiterated
forthestruggle
Itwasreported
andAlgeria
theirsupport
of
thatKuwait
the
of theirsole legitimate
theleadership
thePalestinian
representative,
peopleunder
ofan independent
andtheestablishment
state.
oftheir
PLOfortherestoration
rights
and the Organization
of Islamic
countries
of the Non-Aligned
Ministers
TheForeign
onAfghanistan
calledseparately
forthewithdrawal
Conference
(OIC)ad-hoccommittee
from
thatcountry.
offoreign
troops
left
bombers
thatfiveSuperEtendard
Itwasreported
equippedwithmissiles
fighter
for
withFrench
France
pilots Iraq.
EastandthePalestinian
issuewithRomandiscussed
theMiddle
Jordan's
KingHussein
inAmman.
Constantin
nianPrime
Minister
Dascalescu,
Prince
andNational
Guards
Premier
Abdallah,
SaudiArabian
Commander,
appealDeputy
to end thethree
ofmediation
ed toIranandIraqtoaccepttheIslamic
countries'
offers
Gulfwar.
years-old
YasserArafathad soughtSaudi helpto avert
thePLOChairman
to reports
According
Palestinians
andSyrian
between
hisforces
confrontation
troops,
backing
opposedto his
command.
issuedinParisbyan Iranianpolitical
thata statement
9 : BBCreported
October
party,
the
had
claimed
that
Kurdish
theKurdish
Democratic
captured
guerrillas
Party
(KDP)
theIranian
forces.
from
townofBuqanh
government
Al-Anbaa
Minister
to Kuwaiti
Inaninterview
TareqAziz,warnedthat
daily,
IraqiForeign
the
of its oil through
thesmooth
enjoying
export
IraqwouldnotallowIrantocontinue
natural
GulfwhileIraqwasbeingdeniedits"similar
rights".
in Damascus,
fortalkson
arrived
McFarlane
EastEnvoy
Robert
TheSpecialUS Middle
andForeign
Minister
AbdulHalim
withSyrianDeputyPremier
the Lebanonsituation,
Khaddam.
leader
Yasser
ontherepeated
statements
A Syrian
byPalestinian
commenting
spokesman
statedthatSyriawould
Lebanese
onthealleged
Arafat
portofTripoli,
siegeofnorthern
Movement.
orgroupwithinthePalestinian
notlightagainst
anyindividual
Radioreported
thatFranceregardsitscontroversial
to
TheFrench
ofjetfighters
delivery
factorthatcouldpersuadeIranto end the Gulfwar,through
Iraqas a deterrence
negotiations.
attherecent
interoftheKuwait
Conference
inSeoul,theSpeaker
Speaking
Parliamentary
National
theSovietUnion
torespond
to UNresolutions
Assembly,
calling
urged
positively
187
forthewithdrawal
offoreign
from
troops
Afghanistan.
on
inSaudiArabia,
Chancellor
Kohlarrived
Helmut
Itwasreported
thattheWestGerman
nation
Easttour.
thelastlegofhisthree
Middle
in
The UnitedArabEmirate's
arrived
President
SheikhZayedBin SultanAl-Nahyan
Arabdifferences.
atthestart
ofa three
nation
touraimedatclearing
Baghdad
upinter
October
10: Beirut
andthree
others
woundRadioreported
thattwopersons
werekilled
near
ed infighting
ofPLO leaderYasserArafat,
thesupporters
andopponents
between
theElBaredrefugee
ofthetownofTripoli.
campontheoutskirts
forAlgiers
after
President
SheikhZayedBin SultanAlNahyanof UAEleftDamascus
between
SyriaandIraq,priorto a scheduled
holding
topleveltalksaimedatmediating
ofArableaders
inRiyadh
nextmonth.
meeting
October
11: Asenior
itwouldnotbepossible
Kuwaiti
official
thattechnically
disclosed
forIranto blockthestraitof Hormuz
lifeline
for most
whichwas the economic
countries.
Inaninterview
toArabNews,former
Carter
American
President
Jimmy
opposedUS troop
involvement
inthefighting
force"acceptable
inLebanon
neutral
andsupported
a "moral
toallparties
inLebanon
topolicetheceasefire.
Itwasreported
sufthatefforts
conference
toconvene
reconciliation
a Lebanese
national
fered
a setback
duetotherejection
tomeetat the presidential
ofa government
proposal
leaderWalidJumblatt.
palacebytheopposition
Itwasreported
thattheconference
ofIslamic
endedinNew
Ministers
countriess'
Foreign
Yorkafter
a draft
resolution
onAfghanistan
approving
submitted
Foreign
by Pakistan's
Minister
Sahabzada
which
callstorthewithdrawal
of "foreign
YaqubKhan,
troopsfrom
thatMuslim
andvoluntary
ofrefugees
return
country''
totheirhomeland.
RadioTehran
thattheparliamentary
reported
Hashemi
speaker
Hojatoleslam
Rafsanjani
statedinTehran
thatIranhadthemeanstoblockthestraitofHormuz
"evenifthisleads
tothird
world
war."
BBC reported
thatthe SovietUnionhad claimed
thatitsforces
hadkilled
about500
ina mountainous
Afghan
Mujahideen
north
ofKabul.
region
A Xinhua
from
Kuwait
report
disclosed
thatmilitary
units
from
sixGulf
statesbegantheir
first
everexercises
inAbuDhabi,
which
weredescribed
as a step towardscreating
a
'GulfRapidIntervention
Force'.
October
12: TheSaudiDefence
Minister
Prince
SultanBinAbdulAzizstatedthatthe
Gulfnations
woulddefend
intheGulf
ifitis disrupted
shipping
byIran.
Itwasreported
thatfour
IraqiUyushin
transport
planeswerebeingloadedwithmilitary
suppliesat French
amidrenewed
airport
overthedelivery
uncertainty
of fiveSuper
188
Etendard
totheGulfnation.
'Narp'ar'es
Itwasreported
infierce
thatatleast50 peoplewerekilledand many
others
injured
fightandSunni
Communists
Muslim
fundamentalists
intheLebanese
cityofTripoli.
ingbetween
oftheTurkish
Federated
ThePresident
State,RaoufDenktask
Cypriot
gaveanultimatum
to the GreekCypriot
President
ofCyprus,
to respond
to hisoffer
ofa summit
meeting
orfacea Turkish-Cypriot
declaration
ofindependence
beforethe general
latethismonth
inTurkey.
elections
accusedIranofflying
Government
TheSoviet-backed
forMujasupportmissions
Afghan
ofNeemroz.
hideen
inthewestern
province
in Lebanonhad
oftherival
factions
to reports,
13: According
October
representatives
onnational
which
reconciliation
is due to take
agreedonanagendafortheconference
placeshortly.
Atomic
thecurrent
sessionoftheInternational
annual
Energy
Agency(IAEA)in
During
intheagency.
forcurbsonIsrael'srights
a resolution
Vienna,
Iraqdrafted
calling
thatthefiveFrench-made
SaddamHusseinreported
French
Radioquoting
IraqiPresident
aircraft
soldtoIraqhavenotyetbeendelivered.
SuperEtendard
Aridorhad resigned,
Minister
Yoram
BBCreported
Finance
amida big
thattheIsraeli
in
an
effort
to
to
the
ease
the
rowoverhisplantolinktheIsraeli
US,
economy
country's
economic
crisis.
TheVoice
ofAmerica
thatIraqhadclaimedto havesunktwo Iranianwarships
reported
nearthenorthern
coastoftheGulf.
thePrime
Minister
of
October
withtheAHIndiaRadioinKabul,
14: In an interview
was fighting
an '-undeclared
statedthatAfghanistan
AliKishtmand
Sultan
Afghanistan,
itstranquility.
anddisturbing
lossesto thecountry
wascausing
war"which
hadbeen appoinanda justiceminister
Premier
thata newdeputy
RadioKabulreported
ofthree
Cabinet
ed ina reshuffle
postsinAfghanistan.
ofIranian
Radiothespeaker
to Tehran
15: According
October
MajlisSyedAliHashmi
ifit was denied
ofHormuz
thatIranwouldclosethe strait
hadagainwarned
Rafsanjani
itsoil.
toexport
theright
of Lebanon's
factions
had
thatthe Security
Committee
BeirutRadioreported
warring
the country's
forItalyandGreecetosendobservers
tomonitor
20ona proposal
agreed
dayoldceasefire.
defencecapability
hadsought
to bolster
Jordan's
thatUS policy
makers
Itwasreported
insistence
buthadbeenvetoedbytheJewishlobbyin America
despitetheformer's
interest
tostrengthen
Jordan.
thatitwasinUnited
Statesnational
Lacazeheld
Chiefof StaffGen.Teannov
thattheFrench
16: Itwasreported
October
189
talkswithKuwaiti
thetalks
as wellas
extensive
centred
onmilitary
officials;
cooperation
interest".
issuesofmutual
"military
anindefinite
to BBCreports,
Lebancurfew
hadbeenimposed
inthesouthern
According
a serious
clashbetween
inan
esetownofNabatiya
ShiiteMuslims
following
participating
andIsraeli
forces.
Aahura
occupation
procession
within
thePLO,
thatthetworadical
therift
BBCreported
hadwidened
Palestinian
groups
basic
reforms
in
the
bydemanding
Organization.
witha Kuwaitnewspaper,
In an interview
oftheOIC,MrHabib
General
theSecretary
toinvolve
other
countries.
Chatti
saidthatGulfwarmayescalate
YassamtoldFrench
General
Mohammad
inParisthat
commander
journalists
Iraqimilitary
reasons
ofFrench
planestoIraqhadbeendelayedfortechnical
SuperEtendard
delivery
of
the
nobably trainingIreqipilots.
thatSovietand Afghan
inNewDelhireported
18: Western
October
diplomats
troops
inAfghanistan
a majoroffensive
had launched
ina bidto
againstresistance
positions
crush
before
theonsetofwinter.
opposition
anti-government
Irandenied
ofviolation
ofAfghan
andallegedthatviolations
of Iranian
charges
airspace
hadincreased.
byAfghanistan
airspace
and Iraqsignedan accordin Ankara
fortheconstruction
ofa newpipeline
to
Turkey
Gas(LPG)from
totheTurkish
MediterLiqueFieldPetroleum
transport
Iraqioilrefineries
Talik.
ranean
portofYumur
19; According
to reports,
October
the USTaskForceintheIndian
Oceanhadquietly
beenaltered,
tothepossibility
ofitshaving
toacttokeeptheGulf
oillanesopen.
Beirut
Radioreported
thattheLebanese
hadpostponed
Government
thefirst
of a
meeting
national
reconciliation
conference
for20 October,
scheduled
after
therefusal
of the politicians
tomeetat Beirut
airport.
October
20: According
to BBC reports
theLebanese
Government
hadannounced
that
had
been
reached
on
a
new
fortalksonnational
venue
agreement
reconciliation.
Thevisiting
Canadian
AllanMac-Eachen
had said in Damascus,
that
Secretary
Foreign
topeacesettlements
inLebanon
andtheMiddle
Syriawasnotanobstacle
East.
October
21 . According
toRadioTehran,
Iranhadcaptured
thestrategic
townofPunjwin,
about30 kilometres
eastoftheoilproducing
inIraqiKurdistan,
the
cityofKirkuk
during
latestoffensive
named
AIFajrIV.
October
22 ; According
toRadioTehran,
SaddamHussainhad suspended
IraqiPresident
a seniorofficial
of the Iraqisecretpolice,following
thedisclosure
ofa conspiracy
to
assassinate
him.
RadioBaghdadreported
thatIraqhad minedthe entrance
totheIranian
portofBandar
attheheadoftheGulf,
Khomeini
andhadretaken
a strategic
hillonthenorthern
warfront
an Iranian
offensive
there.
following
190
23: Kuwaitofficially
October
deniedknowledge
of a reported
8000 menJordanian
Force(RDF)trained
Statesforassistance
in defending
RapidDeployment
bytheUnited
intheGulf.
oilinterests
Western
TheleaderoftheIranian
tolda foreign
ImamKhomeini
in Tehran
revolution,
delegation
thatall the opponents
of Iranhad gangedupandwereproviding
to Iraqto
weapons
launch
civilian
attacks
onIranian
targets.
to reports,
forIranian
attacks
townshad
on Iraqiborder
According
Iraq in retaliation
mounted
its airforce
and missileunits'raidsand rocketattackson selectedIranian
targets.
marines
andFrench
over160 American
to BBC reports
soldiers
ofthemultiAccording
killed
in
were
in
Lebanon
two
force
rate
national
bomb
on
attacks
sepa
peace-keeping
inBeirut.
buildings
24 . VOAreported
thattheJordanian
Ambassador
to Romehadbeenseriously
October
after
an attack
wounded,
person.
byanunknown
thatitwasinvolved
inbombattacks
and French
IrandeniedUS allegations
on American
Beirut.
in
troops
25 : A US Marine
statedinBeirut
October
thattheywereon fullalertafter
spokesman
thattheir
be attacked
ina manner
similar
to
reports
positions
receiving
intelligence
might
attack
onFrench
therecent
andUS bases.
oftheUNSecurity
thattheWestern
members
Councilhadprivately
circuItwasreported
cessation
ofhostilities
inthe Gulf
calledfortheimmediate
lateda draft
resolution
which
region.
ofArabPetroleum
thatthe Organization
The KuwaitNewsAgency
Exporting
reported
their
in
Kuwait
to
Executives
met
Countries
prepare budget.
(OAPEC)
thattheFrench
A!Shaabclaimed
TheCairoweekly
SuperEtendard
warplanes,
longrumoatan Egyptian
uredtobe ontheir
airport.
waytoIraqhavearrived
andmany
had beenkilled
26: Iraq claimedthatmorethan19,000Iranians
October
inthe5-dayfighting
battlefront.
onthenorthern
others
injured
theKarmal
toRadioPakistan
tosetup television
27 According
October
regime
planned
ofIranandPakistan
witha viewtocarrying
outpropaganda
neartheborder
station
against
countries.
thesetwoneighbouring
orwoundedmorethan400IraqisoldthatIranian
hadkilled
Radioreported
forces
Tehran
ofthebesieged
and had crosseda river
northwest
iersin freshfighting
Iraqitownof
Punjwin.
EastNewsAgency
thatEgyptian
TheMiddle
Minister
KamalHassanAli
reported
Foreign
191
fortalkswithhiscounterpart
inBaghdad
arrived
TareqAziz.
totheLebaItwasreported
thatSyrian
President
Hafezal Asadwouldsendan observer
nesetalksduetobe heldshortly.
Turkish
a military
courtin thesoutheastern
28: According
to reports
October
cityof
had
of
Bakir
94
Kurdish
a
former
the
militants,
jailed
city,charged
Diyar
mayor
including
ofa bidtoestablish
anindependent
state.
TheleaderofLebanese
National
andDruzeleader,
WalidJumbFront
Salvation
opposition
toattend
theLebanesereconciliation
inGeneva
duetobe heldon
conference
lattarrived
31 October.
Itwasreported
mootinParisconcluded
thata four
nation
withthe decisionof keeping
their
inBeirut.
troops
mattoXinhua
theChinese
Government
toprovide
decided
reports,
emergency
According
toanappealbyYasserArafat.
erialaidtothePLOinresponse
had beenattacked
thattheTurkish
October
29 : Itwasreported
in Beirutby
Embassy
twogunmen.
thatLibya
inTunisreported
had ordered
theexpulsion
ThePLOsources
ofallPLOrepresentative
whoremained
loyalto PLOleaderYasserArafat.
a draft
finalised
Council
resolution
TheSecurity
fora ceasefire
IranIraq
inthe on-going
war.
that
theIranianPrimeMinister
HosseinMussavihad once
30 : BBCreported
October
theUNpeaceplanto endtheGulf
war.
againrejected
ofArabandEuropean
Ata meeting
inBaghdad,
parliamentarians
Iraq,calledontheEuroto impose
a general
onIran.
parliament
boycott
toWestern
sources
theLebaneseArmy
andDruzeledmilitias
a
According
military
fought
battle
nearBeirut.
fierce
October
31 : TheJordanian
Minister
Marwan-EI-Kassem
deniedthatJordan
was
Foreign
a
force
and
hadbeenspread
said
thatrumours
tothiseffect
rapid
establishing
deployment
byIsrael.
Thereconciliation
talksamong
ofLebanon,
factions
warring
beganinGeneva.
The UN Security
Counciladopteda resolution,
cessation
of
callingforanimmediate
hostilities
intheGulfregion.
November
1 ; Amnesty
International
named
centres
inKabul,
where
theAfghan
eight
prisonershaddiedorsuffered
serious
injury.
192
a UNSecurity
Council
calltoendtheGulfwar.
Iraqaccepted
Itwasreported
ofKuwait
thattheGovernment
andBritish
had signeda conAerospace
tract
forthepurchase
of12 HawkMK64 ground
attack
aircraft.
training
2 ; Curfew
November
wasimposed
onfourPalestinian
refugee
campsontheWestBank
of
andonthemarket
Nablus
serious
clashesbetweenstudent
demonsquarters
following
trators
andIsraeli
force.
security
Itwasreported
that4 persons,
a clergyman
had beenkidnapped
including
by Kurdish
Iran.
rebelsinnorthwest
thatpro-Arafat
3 : TheBBCreported
November
forces
hadlostanother
in
keyposition
and
in
around
fierce
Tripoli.
fighting
thatthe representatives
oftheLebanese
andpolitical
BBC reported
factions,
religious
inGeneva,
hadreached
issueof troopwithonthecontroversial
anagreement
meeting
drawal
withIsraellastMay.
agreement
signed
the heights
thethird
Iranlaunched
aimedat liberating
operation,
stageoftheAI-Fajr-IV
westofPenjwin
border.
routesalongnortheastern
cityanddisrupting
Iraq'slogistic
November
4: TheFrench
inIraq.
supplied
SuperEtendard
planesarrived
fighter
TheIranians
in their
claimed
thatthey
hadcaptured
of Iraqiterritory
20 squaremissiles
latestoffensive
around
theborder
areaofPenjwin.
Inretaliation
foranattack
Israeli
onanIsraeli
in southern
Lebanon,
security
headquarter
bombed
Palestinian
areasofcentral
Lebanon.
TheInternational
RedCrosscondemned
theindiscriminate
onPalestinian
refugee
shelling
PLOinfighting
intheLebanese
campsduring
cityofTripoli.
November
5 : Iranian
Radioreported
that11 peoplewerekilledand another
97 were
wounded
whenan Iraqimissile
hittheIranian
townofAndimeshk.
November
6 : Saudi KingFahd,in a messagetotheSyrian
Hafezal-Assad,
President
calleduponSyriatointervene
andstoptheinfighting
inPLO'sFatahgroup.
Inaninterview
withArabNews,theUS Commander
forthe MiddleEast,John
in-Chief
wouldintervene
Adams,said thatAmerica
in theGulfwarifIranmadeanattempt
to
blockade
thestrategic
strait
ofHormuz.Hefuither
on
saidthatUS actionwoulddepend
aninvitation
from
"oneormore"
GulfCountries.
toRadioTehran,
Iranian
initsattack
According
on southern
Iraqhadusednapalm
bombs,
left55 civilians
townswhich
deadand230 wounded.
TheSecretary
General
oftheGulfCooperation
CouncilsaidinGeneva,
thattheGCCwill
193
notbesilent
ifinternational
lawsonwaterways
wereviolated
ofHormtiz.
inthestrait
7 : Speaking
in Doha,Qatar'sInformation
at a pressconference
Minisrer
September
said thatthe Gulf
stateswouldnotasktheUStointervene
ifIrancarriedout
militarily
itsthreat
toclosethestateofHormuz.
calledforgeneral
mobilisation
amidanimplied
US threat
Syria
military
(sometwoweeks
inBeirut.
thebombing
oftheheadquarters
ofUSmarines
against
ago),toretaliate
TheBBCreported
Premier
MrsThatcher,
warned
the visiting
thattheBritish
US Deputy
ofretaliation
ofState,Cannith
Damm
ofthedangers
overtheBeirut
Secretaty
bombing.
8 : TheTurkish
November
President
Kenan
Evern
saidthatthearmed
forceswillrespect
theresults
oftherecent
inTurkey,
elections
which
to
general
gavean absolutemajority
Motherland
Party.
A GCCdelegation
wassentto Damascus,
after
thevirtual
takeover
ofthe PLO Chairman
last strongholdat the Baddawirefugee
YasserArafat
campnearTripoli
bya faction
tohim.
opposed
UNUnder
Inanexclusive
interview,
saidthattalksonAfghanSecretary,
DiegoCordovez
toa stagewhere
"thecrucialissuesinvolved
istanhadadvanced
must
betackled".
GCCsummit
November
9 : Athree-day
conference
concluded
inDoha,withanappealto
innorthern
warandPLOin-fighting
endtheGulf
Lebanon.
10: RadioTehran
November
thatseveral
schoolchildren
werekilled
andwounreported
forces
intheoccupied
dedduetoindiscriminate
townofAUKhalil.
byIsraeli
firing
fourUS F-14 jetfighters
wereattackedby Syrianground
to reports,
forces
According
mission
inLebanon.
whileona reconnaissance
Syrian
against
military
positions
Council
extended
martial
lawforfourmoremonths.
National
Security
Turkey's
ruling
Itwas reported
thatIranhadclosedtwoFrench
offices
inTehran
inretaliagovernment
Etendard
aircraft
toIraq.
tiontothesupply
ofSuper
its "profound
: The UN Security
Councilexpressed
overthe
NovemberU
", concern
of
the
the
PLO
around
Lebanese
rival
factions
between
bloody
cityofTripoli.
fighting
calleduponIsraelto "withdraw
Aresolution
forthadopted
Assembly
bytheUNGeneral
inIraqandother
nuclear
facilities
anddestroy
toattack
countries".
withitsthreat
concluded
inTunis,
ofPLO'sFatahgroup
conference
after
A two-day
regional
reiterating
ofthePLO.
tothelegitimate
itssupport
leadership
12: It was reported
November
thatIsraelifrontier
twoPalestinian
policehad killed
in
the
Arabs.
West
Bank
demonstration
occupied
by
youths
during
said in
talksinMoscow,
AbdelHalimKhaddam
After
theSyrian
Minister
holding
Foreign
194
be withdrawn
thatthefour-nation
fromBeirut
Western
should
as
Damascus
peaceforce
to peaceintheMiddle
East.
itwasa threat
Council
of Resistance
thattheNational
TheBBCreported
(NCR)ofIran,basedin Paris,
forKurdistan.
a planforgreater
hadsuggested
autonomy
territointheIsraeli
thatliving
condition
November
13: A UNreport
disclosed
occupied
was
of
civilians
treatment
and
rieswerecontinuously
worsening.
deteriorating
AliAkbarHashtheSpeaker
oftheIranianParliament,
withTehran
InanInterview
Radio,
of Hormuz.
toclosethestrait
miRafsanjani,
thethreat
reiterated
theTurkish
stateinnorthern
November
15: Turkey
(See also
Cyprus.
recognized
Cypriot
under
Western
Europe
).
Ai-Fatah's
hadoccupied
PLO forces
security
Radioreported
thatSyrian-backed
Beirut
inBaddawi
Camp.
headquarters
settlehaddecidedtosetupfivenewIsraeli
Government
thattheIsraeli
Itwasreported
WestBank.
intheoccupied
ments
hadinvited
MrShamir,
KingHusseinof
thatIsraeliPrimeMinister
The BBC reported
betweenthe two
fortalkson a peace settlement
to occupiedJerusalem,
Jordan
counrries.
timeforrejecting
Iranforthefirst
condemned
Pravda
Communist
Soviet
newspaper
party
War.
toendtheGulf
allIraqioffers
thespeakerof the Iranian
border,
nearChahbaharnearPakistan
a meeting
Addressing
the Islamicrevolusubvert
to
of
Baluchistan
Iranian
in
trying
MajlisaccusedtheSardars
Iran.
in
tion
the positions
ofthe
hadbombed
thatIsraeli
16: TheBBCreported
warplanes
November
Lebanon.
in eastern
Shiite
fighters
pro-Iranian
had acceptedan
YasserArafat
thatPLO Chairman
Radioreported
17: Beirut
November
his troopsand verbalforcesundercommander
Abu
ceasefire
between
Arab-mediated
Musa.
to BBC,14 French
carried
outmassive
raidson the posiAccording
warplanes
bombing
ineastern
tionsoftheLebanese
Lebanon.
Shiitemilitia
18: According
Radiothere
werefiercebattles
insideBaddawi
toBeirut
November
Camp
elements.
intheoutskirts
ofTripoli,
between
proandantiArafat
the US SpecialEnvoyon
heldtalkswithDonaldRumsfield,
KingFahdofSaudiArabia
195
theMiddle
inLebanon
andtheGulf
war.
East,onthesituation
courtinIzmir
sentenced
ATurkish
fourpeopletodeathandanother
fourto life
military
at a masstrialof 183 peopleaccusedof trying
the
to overthrow
imprisonment
government.
November
19: A resolution
calledon theTurkish
Council,
adopted
bytheUNSecurity
towithdraw
their
authorities
declaration
ofindependence.
Cypriot
The Turkish
Cypriote
thecall and Turkey
said thatitwouldcontinue
to recognise
rejected
thenewTurkish
state. (Seealsounder
Western
Cypriot
Europe).
Itwasreported
thattheBaddawi
wasincontrolof the forces
refugee
campnearTripoli
PLOChairman
YasserArafat.
opposing
KingHassanof Moroccoappointed
Mohammad
KarimLamrani
as the new Prime
Minister.
November
20 : IraqiDeputy
Premier
andForeign
Minister
left
forMoscowon a visitto
theSovietUnion.
A Syrian
claimed
thatSyria
hadshotdowntwoIsraeli
military
spokesman
fighter
jetsover
Lebanon
a 'revenge'
raidbyIsraeli
during
bases in Syrianheld
planesagainstguerrilla
areas.
TheIraqiSupreme
Command
announced
thatIraqitroopshad repulsed
a new Iranian
offensive
at Penjwin
onthenorthern
front
intheGulf
war.
November
21 : A four-nation
mission
ledbyIndian
Non-Aligned
External
Affairs
Minister
Narasimha
Rao leftNew DelhifortheMiddle
tobring
East,in aneffort
anendtothe
crisis
within
PLO.
TheUNGeneral
Economic
Committee
Assembly's
adopteda draftresolution
focussing
attention
onthedeteriorating
condition
of the Palestinian
living
peoplein the Israeliterritories.
occupied
thatitsforces
Iraqclaimed
haddestroyed
sevenIranian
shipsnearthe Khargislandoil
terminal
andhadshotdownanIranian
fighter
plane.
Turkish
TheNearastBriefing
Magazine
thatTurkey
haddecidedto manufacture
reported
theAmerican
F-16typefighter
bombers
under
a contract
worth
$ 5 to10 billion.
November
22: ThePLOChairman
Yasser
Arafat's
senior
aidearrived
inMoscowfortalks
withSovietleader.
November
23 : A PLOsourcein TunisdisclosedthatPalestinian
guerrillas
loyalto
YasserArafat
hadreached
anagreeriient
withSyriato endfighting
innorth
Lebanon.
itwasreported
thatLebanon
hadbroken
itsdiplomatic
tieswithIranand had "frozen"
196
tieswithLibya.
UN GeneralAssembly
forthefifth
timepasseda resolution
whichcalledforthe
immediate
withdrawal
ofthe"foreign
from
troops"
Afghanistan.
24 : Itwasreported
thatSyriahadshotdownan unmanned
Israeli
November
aircraft
in
theBekaaValley.
Israelfreedabout4,500 Palestinian
andLebanese
forsixIsraeli
inexchange
prisoners
soldiers
heldbythebesieged
ofPLOChief
YasserArafat.
forces
and Iraqhadagreedtostrengthen
November
25 : Itwasreported
thattheSovietUnion
their
economic
andtechnical
cooperation.
the announcement
ofan
Leaders
refused
toquitTripolidespite
oftheanti-Arafat
forces
forallsidesto pulloutofthearea.
agreement
haddestroyed
the secretserviceheadquarItwasreported
thattheAfghan
Mujahideen
ina fierce
ambush
lastweek.
tersofFaizabad,
province,
capitalofBadakhshan
RadioMoscow,quotingArabdiplomatic
thatIsrael
wasplanning
to
sourcesreported
attack
inLebanon.
SyriaandSyrian
positions
26 : Itwas reported
November
in and aroundTripoli
had
thatrivalPalestinian
groups
Arabia
and
to
abide
Saudi
oftheceasefire
arranged
Syria.
by
agreed
bytheterms
inTripoli,
helda series
Committee
28 : TheheadoftheSupreme
Coordination
November
withthem
withrebelPalestinian
leadersanddiscussed
inDamascus
ofmeetings
waysof
theceasefire
agreement.
implementing
a contract
hadsigned
thattheIraqiGovernment
with
30 : TheBBCreported
November
at
the
head
of
the
Gulf.
terminal
oil
build
a
firm
to
a British
floating
engineering
nearthe base of 1,500
shellscrashed
on totherunway
wasclosedafter
Beirut
airport
US marines.
USPresident
to the VoiceofAmerica,
Reaganannounced
planstoincrease
According
activities
in the
Sovietmilitary
withIsraelinviewofthegrowing
military
cooperation
Middle
East.
will
Nationsspecialenvoy
A UN spokesman
DiegoCordovez
disclosedthattheUnited
the UN diplomatic
1984tocontinue
inApril
KabulandTehran
process
visitIslamabad,
theAfghanistan
aimedatsettling
question.
north*
between
Western
thattradeoverthepastsixmonths
inKabuldisclosed
embassies
the same
ernAfghanistan
Asiawas250per centmorethanduring
andSovietCentral
Jeriodlasttime.
197
AFRICA
to the Security
theUNSecretary
Council
1 : In a written
report
General,
September
disclosed
thatSouthAfrica's
ontheremoval
insistence
PerezdeCuellar
of Cuban
Javier
theonlyremaining
a longdelayed
from
obstacle,blocking
Angolawasvirtually
troops
planforNamibia.
independence
at the UnitedNationshad begunconsultations
thatAfrican
Itwas reported
diplomats
General's
on Namibian
overtheUNSecretary
independence.
report
hadresumed
inthetownofOumChalouba
2 : According
to reports,
fighting
September
weeks.
a lullofthree
inChadafter
theGovernment
of President
Hissene
Habre
inChad
to reports,
5 : According
September
a
attack
on
had
launched
violent
the
thatLibyan
announced
bombing
governjetplanes
and casualtiesamong
thecivilian
ofOumChalouba
ment
causing
damage
popuoutpost
at the northern
Chadoutpost
to journalists
ofBardai
the
lation.Meanwhile
talking
ruledout negotiations
so longas French
Oueddei
Goukouni
Chadrebelleader,
troops
inChad.
remain
thatthe rebelEritrean
8 : RadioMagadishu
reported
People'sLiberation
September
inflicted
that
its
forces
on
Front
losses
had
heavy
Ethiopian
government
(EPLF) claimed,
forces
ina battle
on28 August.
thatEthopia's
Marxist
had granted
9 : Itwasreported
amnesty
government
September
the ninthanniversary
oftheoverthrow
ofEmperor
to nearly1,170prisoners,
marking
Haile Selassie.
thatTunisia
andMaldives
12: Itwasreported
haddecided
toestablish
diploSeptember
the
level.
ambassadorial
on
relations
matic
sessionofa three
16: Intheopening
ConferdayLatinAmerican
Regional
September
a representative
of the NonAligned
onApartheid,
Movement
statedthat
enceforAction
hadcontravened
United
Nationsresolutions
assistance
theWestern
powers
by granting
Government.
totheSouthAfrican
overKenya
Radio
Ina starement
Minister
RobertOukuwelcom, Kenyan
relayed
Foreign
between
forimproved
relations
EastAfrican
Countries.
edtheTanzanian
suggestions
to reports,
17: According
UpperVoltaleaderThomasSankaraandMali
September
atthe Hague,
tolettheInternational
Court
ofJustice
hadagreed
President
MoussaTrare
border
tosettletheir
dispute.
in Pretoria
thathe
P W.Bothatoldforeign
Prime
Minister
SouthAfrican
correspondents
limited
hiscontroversial
voters
ifwhite
power
wouldnot resign
plantoprovide
rejected
andcoloureds.
toIndians
sharing
thattheDefenceMinistry
21 : BBCreported
thatItalinRomehaddisclosed
September
198
two Soviet-built
bombers
oftheLibyan
in
ian fighter
Airforce
planeshad intercepted
Italian
airspace.
leadersin AddisAbaba,
22 : Itwasreported
thata mini
of African
summit
September
betweenMoroccoand the
which
wasseeking
totheWestern
Saharaconflict
a solution
talksbetween
thetwosides.
overtheissueofdirect
Polisario
collapsed
guerrillas,
at the United
Nations
a pressconference
23 : Addressing
Headquarters,
September
nationswhich
the African
criticised
Robert
Zimbabwe
Prime
bitterly
Minister,
Mugabe
established
withIsrael.
relations
diplomatic
had been removGabheni
Minister
Prince
Itwas reported
Prime
former
thatSwaziland's
ed from
oftheState.
theSupreme
Council
in the Kenyan
declared
halftheresults
thatwithalmost
27 : Itwasreported
September
MinisthatfiveGovernment
and10 Assistant
Ministers
itwasdisclosed
elections,
general
tersweredefeated.
PrimeMintheformer
from
the Sudanese
to reports
30 : According
capital,
September
hadbeenarrested.
MrSadiq-AI-Mehdi
ister,
was shot
of parliament
member
thata Ugandan
October
3: Itwasreported
opposition
deadinKampala
gunmen.
byunidentified
washeldinAlgiers
minisummit
bytheheadsofstateofAlgeria,
A fourmanregional
andUpper
Volta.
Mali,Niger
ofNiger,
Minister
the Prime
in Abidjan,
monitored
6 : In a Radiobroadcast
October
an
foiled
disclosedthatforcesloyalto President
SeyniKountche
OumarooMarnane
coupinNiger.
attempted
ofChad,HisseneHabrehadstatedthathe was
thePresident
to BBCreports
According
inaneffort
Oueddei
MrGoukouni
former
the
President,
rebel
the
leader,
meet
to
prepared
tosolvetheChadproblem.
fivemenas
hadnamed
ofNiger
Kountche
thatPresident
7 : TheBBCreported
October
in
the
abortive
recent
the
in
country.
coup
leaders
the
ring
being
had placedits 20
Numeiri
Jaafar
thatSudanesePresident,
14; Itwasreported
October
fromcrushto rescuethe country
Islamic
strict
laws,as a measure
million
peopleunder
strife.
andrecurrent
ingpoverty
PieterBothaadmitMinister
Prime
SouthAfrican
interview.
16; Ina magazine
October
fiveyearsago.
insecret,
sincehecameto power
severalcountries
tedvisiting
SamoraMachelhad arrivthattheMozambique
President,
20 : Itwasreported
October
fora three
ed inLondon
dayvisitto Britain.
issuewithSngalcallingformore
Namibian
Council
TheUNSecurity
begandebating
199
.
totheterritory
efforts
tobring
independence
27: According
October
toelecta newParliato BBCreports,
pollswereheldin Zambia
DrKaunda
should
begivena newfiveyearterm
ofoffice.
andtodecidewhether
ment
Minister
Prime
Zimbabwean
AbelMuzothatformer
1 : Itwas reported
November
Bishop
hishome
town.
inHarare,
rewahadbeenarrested
in
voters
a newconstitution
2 : Itwasreported
thatunder
November
byWhite
approved
overall
theWhite
willretain
SouthAfrica,
power.
political
minority
ofhis
in a major
reshuffle
Mobutudropped
ZaireanPresident
eightcabinetministers
government.
creditors
had agreed
thattheWorldBankand Western
11: Itwasreported
November
tohelpeaseits
SDRto Morocco,
of500million
anaidpackage
to provide
(tentatively)
tradeproblems.
a resolution
which
condemned
South
15: TheUNGeneral
Assembly
November
adopted
as a "fraud"
destined
to perpetuate
constitutional
Africa's
apartheid.
changes
proposed
inSenegalatthebeginning
of an Afriarrived
HabibChatti,
General,
TheOICSecretary
Mali
and
him
to
take
will
Guinea,
Gambia,
that
Niger.
tour
can
the Presidents
in Tanzania,
of
ofa summit
17: Attheconclusion
meeting
November
the
the
of
closannounced
and
border,
Kenya-Tanzania
Tanzania
opening
Uganda
Kenya,
ed since1977.
PrimeMinister
RobertMugabe
Zimbabwean
toa BBCreport,
19: According
November
the
that
had
in
Zatun
should
Nkomo's
Joshua
principle
Mr
agreed
country
that
Party
said
state.
a one-party
become
in Dhaka,
theZambian
President
a pressconference
Kenneth
21 : Addressing
November
the
to
racist
of
South
Africa
enablof
US
the
accused
support
regime
extending
Kaunda
of
the
its
Namibia
and
to
continue
it
people
against
Angola,
oppressions
ing
Mozambique.
wasputon alertafterKhartoum
22: TheSudanese
charged
Ethiopia
November
army
its
border.
near
ofmassing
troops
formorerelief
aidforabout750,000peopleaffected
25 : Uganda
appealed
November
ofLuwero,
andMubende.
thisyearinthedistricts
earlier
Mpigi,
byunrest
theOrganization
ofAfrican
ofthetalkswith
Attheconclusion
Unity
(OAU) the Governitsdecision
totakepartinthereconciliation
of Chadannounced
talks
mentdelegation
inAddisAbaba.
Goukouni
President
offormer
withtheforces
theLiberian
Ambassador
in retaliation
thatMoscowhadexpelled
for
TheBBCreported
Liberia.
from
theSovietAmbassador's
expulsion
in Surinam
announced
thatithadfoiled
a
Government
29 : The left-wing
November
coupattempt.
anTheInternational
alongwithWorldFood Programme
LeagueofRedCrossSocieties
200
African
countries.
a jointcrashaidto22 drought-hit
nounced
a newcabinet
headedbyKacim
30 : KingHassanIIformed
Lamrani.
November
SOVIETUNIONAND EASTERNEUROPE
1 : A Western
sourceinBangkok
revealed
that nineSovietmilitary
military
September
inthe Kampong
inanambush
Champroadvisers
werekilled
byKampuchean
guerrillas
vince50 Kmnorth-east
Penh.
ofPhnom
AndreiGromyko
told
thatthe SovietForeignMinister
: Itwasreported
September?
its bordtodefend
hadtheright
inMadrid
thattheSovietUnion
Ministers
NATOForeign
for
was"on a spyingmission
airliner
SouthKorean
ers. Healsosaidthatthedowned
theUnited
States".
inParisfortalkswith
arrived
Andrei
Minister
9 : TheSovietForeign
Gromyko
September
disaster.
airliner
theKorean
President
Francois
Mitterrand,
concerning
in Brussels
ofthe NATOnations
thattherepresentatives
10: Itwasreported
September
for
theSovietUnion
could not reacha consensus
on the actionto be taken
against
airliner.
downa SouthKorean
shooting
onthe
had expelledtwoSovietdiplomats
It was reported
thatthe IrishGovernment
inIreland.
of"unacceptable
activities"
charge
backed
thatthe SovietUnionhadvetoeda Western
13: It was reported
September
downof a
theshooting
which
condemned
intheSecurity
resolution
Council,
strongly
aircraft
on1 September.
Korean
airliner
bya Sovietmilitary
hadstatedthattheantiSoviet
thata topSovietofficial
15: Itwasreported
September
the talkson arms
noteffect
would
airliner
a
of
Korean
South
furor
overthedowning
Geneva.
in
control
banonaviationtieswithMoscowhad
a 15-nation
toreports
16: According
September
down
Boeing747.
the
a
as
beenimposed, protest
against shooting oftheSouthKorean
MinisTass SovietForeign
newsagency
totheSovietofficial
17: According
September
General
UN
the
38th
attend
decided
not
to
had
Andrei
Premier
terandDeputy
Gromyko
sessioninNewYork.
Assembly
Pravda
totheSovietCommunist
, theSouth
20 : According
Partynewspaper
September
offcoursein an operation
shotdownbySoviet
airliner
Korean
strayed
jetsdeliberately
to testSovietdefence
andwarships
a spysatellite
US reconnaissance
planes,
involving
capabilities.
Civil
oftheInternational
oftheaviationexperts
22 : Atthegeneral
assembly
September
an airAviation
(ICAO),theSovietUnioncalledfor new rulesrequiring
Organization
whenintercepted.
tolandimmediately,
craft
violating
airspace
carried
Inanarticle
bytheSovietagency7ass, SovietarmedForcsChiefof General
201
Marshall
Nikolai
Minister
andDeputy
Defence
Staff
chargedthe UnitedStates
Ogarkov
strike
a first
withthegoalofhaving
ofbuilding
capability.
weapons
upitsstrategic
AndreiGromyko
Minister
28: SovietForeign
rejectedPresident
Reagan's
September
thattheUS proposals
medium
oncurbing
latestinitiative
weapons,
saying
rangenuclear
talks.
missile
theGeneva
andwereaimedat blocking
were"lop-sided"
what
toeliminate,
calledfora systematic
Pravda
Sovietnewspaper
Theofficial
compaign
ofthe centralAsianRepublic
thepast",intheMuslim
itcalled'hangovers
from
society
ofTurkmenistan.
30: It was reported
begana
thattheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion
September
missiles.
oftalksinGeneva
onlimiting
round
fresh
European
tolifta 60day ban on
decided
Association
Pilot's
ofAirline
Federation
TheInternational
to Moscow.
flights
YuriAndropov
theSovietLeader
issuedinMoscow,
1 : Ina statement
expressed
October
ofnewUS missileswas unstoppthatdeployment
conviction
overthegrowing
dismay
able.
Statesof a lack
hadaccusedUnited
thattheSovietUnion
3 : Itwasreported
October
Talks(START)inGeneva.
Arms
Reduction
at theStrategic
offlexibility
an additional
Minister
item
Andrei
5 : TheSovietForeign
October
Gromyko,
proposed
thetitleof "condemnation
under
of nuclear
fortheagendaoftheUNGeneral
Assembly,
a nuclear
tocurbthearmsraceat a
as a measure
freeze,
weapons
war",which
proposed
tension".
international
timeof"aggravated
tradeunionwonthe 1984 Nobel
banned
theleaderofPoland's
Solidarity
LechWalesa,
PeacePrize.
accusedWashington
of duplicity,
8 . TheSovietCommunist
October
Party
dailyPravda
offers
as propaganda
andpartofa
the UnitedStates'armsreduction
and described
bottomed"
"double
policy.
thata former
9 : RadioMoscow
October
reported
agentof the US Central
Intelligence
thattheshotdown
thathehadproof
airliner
SouthKorean
over
(CIA)hadclaimed
Agency
mission.
wasona spying
theSovietairspace
a senior
member
to reports,
ofSovietCommunist
Cen12: According
Party's
October
thattheSovietswouldwithdraw
hadconfirmed
from
the
LeonidZimyatin
tralCommittee,
medium
missilesifAmericans
Geneva
talksonlimiting
rangenuclear
go aheadwiththeir
A' andCruise
missiles
inEurope.
Pershing
planstodeploy
14: A communique
a meeting
ofForeign
Ministers
of the Warsaw
issuedafter
October
wasstilla chancethatagreement
wouldbe reachedat
PactinSofia,hadsaidthatthere
202
talkson"limiting
medium
missiles".
theGeneva
rangenuclear
18: A SovietGeneralin a statement
ina WestGerman
October
published
magazine
thatMoscowhadstationed
nuclear
armsbeyond
admitted
itsborders
inEastEurope.
beforesetting
offon a fourwithan Egyptian
October
19: Inaninterview
journalist
andtheMediterranean,
Romanian
President
Nicolae
Africa
Ceausesnation
tourofNorth
theSovietUnion
from
torefrain
cu statedthathehadurged
sitingnew nuclearmissiles
talks
oldoneswhilesuperpowerdisarmament
andeventodismantle
inEastern
Europe
continue.
Minister
issuedaftera visitto EastBerlin
In a jointcommunique
bySovietForeign
that
a
new
to
issued
the
West
two
states
the
Germans,
Andrei
agreewarning
Gromyko,
talkscouldonlybe reachedbeforethe planneddeployment
attheGenevamissile
ment
begins.
statedinMoscow,thathis country
Sovietofficial
thata leading
TheBBCreported
may
whichit has sent nearthe
missiles
nuclear
ofsubmarines
thenumber
increase
carrying
American
coast,ifWashington
goesaheadwithitsplanto deploynew US missilesin
Western
Europe.
YuriAndropov
had postponed
thattheSovietPresident
21 : TheBBCreported
October
hisvisittoSofia(Bulgaria).
oftheInternatheSecretary-General
had invited
theSovietUnion
to reports,
According
theSovietdowning
a teaminvestigating
CivilAviation
whois heading
tional
Organization
airliner.
oftheSouthKorean
thatit had
thattheSovietDefence
announced
October
24: TheBBCreported
Ministry
inEastGermany
andCzechoslovakia.
todeploy
newmissiles
started
preparations
accordeon
to the Helsinki
of the 35 states,signatory
25: Representatives
October
to prepare
inHelsinki
weekmeeting
hadbeguna three
andCooperation
Security
European
conference.
Stockholm
fornextJanuary's
Communist
ofthe official
witha correspondent
26 ; Inaninterview
October
Party,
daily
off
hadthreatened
thattheSovietUnionwouldbreak
SovietPresident
Pravda.
Andropov
inWestern
aredeployed
ifnewUS missiles
talksinGeneva
disarmament
Europe.
to be
missiles
thatthenewSovietnuclear
Theofficial
SovietnewsagencyTassreported
andWestGerminBritain
wouldbe capableof hitting
inEastern
targets
Europe
deployed
oflaunching.
fiveminutes
anywithin
withthe UnitedStatesfor
hadlodgeda strong
28 : TheSovietUnion
October
protest
inGrenada.
onitsembassy
thefiring
have
offences
thatabout1,500peopleaccusedofpolitical
3 : Itwasreported
November
203
sincethelifting
beengranted
authorities
lawon22 July.
ofmartial
byPolish
amnesty
7 : TheSovietDefence
November
Marshal
warnedthatif Cruiseand
Ustinov
Minister,
weredeployed
missiles
inWestern
simithe SovietUnion
woulddeploy
Pershing
Europe,
andCzechoslavakia.
inEastGermany
larweapons
Western
(See alsounder
Europe).
Min10: TheBBCreported
thattheUS hadprotested
November
totheSovietForeign
bombardment
ofitsembassyinMoscowwithlowlevelmicrowave
frequent
against
istry
beams.
of
in Bucharest
12: Some30,000Romanians
November
againstdeployment
protested
nuclear
weaponsinEurope.
the
the Congress,
totheUSAdministration's
16: According
before
November
testimony
theatre
southern
tactical
aircraft
in
their
divisions
and
800
over
29
hadupgraded
Soviets
and1,700aircraft
morethan50 divisions
theGulf
againstthe
region;
deployed
opposite
the
Oceansduring
navalpowerin the IndianandPacific
built
Chinese;
upa formidable
lasttwodecades.
25 : Ina statement
thatthedeptheSovietPresident
warned
November
YuriAndropov
ofUS Cruise
andPershingli missiles
inWestern
hasgreatly
exposedthe
loyment
Europe
tothedanger
ofnuclear
war.
region
November
26 : Japanese
national
thattheSovietUnion
UriShimbun
disclosed
dailyYomi
117 SS-20 medium
had deployed
rangenuclearmissilesat 13 bases initseastern
region.
WESTERNEUROPE
1 : United
Nations
General
Javier
PerezdeCuellar
metthe British
Secretary
September
HoweinLondon
SirGeoffrey
fortalksontheinternational
situation.
Secretary,
Foreign
2 : Itwasreported
thatthe meeting
of seniorNATOOfficials
whichwas
September
for7 September
inBrussels,
toconsider
thelatestSovietoffer
on destroying
scheduled
hadbeenpostponed.
missiles
somenuclear
16: WestGermany
accusedtheSovietUnion
ofhardening
itsposition
atthe
September
Geneva
talkson reducing
medium
nuclear
missiles
inEurope.
range
17: According
toreports,
Britain
hadpostponeda visitby SovietDeputy
September
Minister
becauseoftheshooting
downof theSouthKorean
Foreign
Georgy
Komienko,
airliner.
20: At a conference
in Geneva,toreview
the1972treat/
September
thatadvanced
seabedmissile
mobile
Swedencalledfornew talkson seabedarms
launching
systems,
thatnewcivilian
andmarine
control,
oilexploration
saying
have
technologies
techniques
thedanger
increased
ofthearmsracespreading
totheoceanfloor.
204
22 : According
totheWestGerman
sources,
stepsweretakenby Westand
September
after
toavoidEast-West
inanattempt
tensions,
their
relations
toimprove
EastGermany
missiles
in
medium
Western
of
US
banned
Europe.
range
deployment
thatsix underground
Service
24 : TheSwissNational
Seismological
reported
September
intheCaspianregion.
uclearblastshadoccured
MrsThatcher,
British
Prime
to BBCreports,
Minister,
during
29 : According
September
thatBritish
and Frenchmissilesshould
a suggestion
dismissed
iervisit
toWashington,
talkswiththeSovietUnion.
inarmscontrol
considered
ofa Soviettrade
had orderedtheexpulsion
thatBritain
1 : It was reported
October
ofspying.
ona charge
official
theirworkfor
interrupted
5 : Morethan100,000peopleacrossWestGermany
October
holonuclear
avoid
to
an
ofreaching agreement
infavour
ina demonstration,
fiveminutes
caustinEurope.
who
Social Democrats
thattheleaders
ofWestGermany's
9 : Itwasreported
October
were
missiles,
nuclear
American
rapidly
of
new
werespliton the projected
deployment
andfileovertheissue.
rank
oftheir
control
party's
losing
to
thatNATOwasplanning
PressAgency(GPA) reported
12 : The German
October
unconditionand
in
"unilaterally
nuclear
Europe
its
field
weapons
continuereducing
ally".
to suspendagriculdecided
Ministers
theEuropean
inAthens,
Community
Ina meeting
Community.
ofcashintheEuropean
fortwoweeksduetotheshortage
subsidies
tural
thattheFrench
disclosed
a French
newspaper
13: TheVoiceofAmerica
October
quoting
on terrorist
information
share
to
PLO
the
with
an
have
services
agreement
Intelligence
inEurope.
activities
Mr Hans Dietrick
ForeignMinister
thattheWestGerman
15: BBCreported,
October
oftwo
round
the
held first
MrAndrei
Minister
Gromyko
andtheSovietForeign
Genscher
daystalksinVienna.
ended
andhisSovietUnioncounterpast
ofGermany
Minister
16: TheForeign
October
of
issue
the
over
differences
of
no
narrowing
with
apparent
twodaysoftalksinVienna,
inEurope.
missiles
nuclear
had
Britain
including
thatthe leadingNATOcountries
19: It was reported
October
soldiSoviet
200
than
more
to
togranting
asylum
themselves
political
tocommit
refused
Mujahideen.
byAfghan
erswhowereheldprisoners
demonstrators
begana sitdownblockade
thatanti-nuclear
21 : Itwas reported
October
to deployUS nuclear
NATO
plans
in
a
in
Bonn
against
protest
Ministry
oftheDefence
205
inthecountry.
missiles
Itwasreported
Prime
Thatcher
thattheBritish
Minister
and FrenchPresident
Margaret
thatBritish
and
demand
Francois
Mitterrand
ata meeting
Moscow's
inLondon,
rejected
on European
missile
French
beincluded
nuclear
missiles
intheUS-Sovietnegotiations
reductions.
andthe
inEurope
October
22 : Itwasreported
thatmillions
ofpeopletookpartinrallies
their
on
missiles
UnitedKingdom
of thenewUS
to protestagainstthe deployment
soils.
thatNetherOctober
28 : Itwasreported
thattheDutchForeign
Minister
hadinformed
landsParliament
to Turkey.
thatthegovernment
wouldsell 237.104jetfighters
at MontiTheNATOMinisters
ina communique
announced
at theendoftheirmeeting
of 572 Persi
belonearOttawa,
thattheyhadplanned
togo aheadwiththedeployment
andCruise
inEurope
inDecember.
missiles
ing-il
October
29 : TheBBCreported
theproposed
wereheldagainst
thatmoreprotest
rallies
oftheUS Cruise
II nuclear
andPershing
inWestern
deployment
missiles
Europe.
Britain
andFrance
oftheUS invasion
ofGrenada.
disapproved
October
31: Itwasreported
in a radio
thatBritish
Thatcher
Prime
Minister
Margaret
abouttheUS invasion
the notionthat
ofGrenada,
attacked
phone-in
programme
bitterly
wherever
communism
ruledagainstthewillof the peoplethe United
Statescould
enter.
Ina radiointerview
inLondon,
theBritish
Prime
Minister
described
the latestnegotiationsbetween
Britain
andChinaonthefuture
ofHongKongas very
"constructive".
November
3 : Denmark's
Parliament
overwhelmingly
passeda resolution
againstthe
ofanynewmissiles
ineither
theEastortheWest.
stationing
4 : TheWestGermanChancellor
November
Helmut
KohlleftJapanaftera four-day
visit.
November
7 : TheWestGerman
Chancellor
Helmut
Kohlstated
thatanySS-20 nuclear
missiles
thattheSovietUnion
movefrom
theEuropean
might
should
notbestatioregion
nedintheFarEast.
November
8 : TheGreek
Parliament
ratified
anagreement
whichextendsforfiveyears
theright
oftheUnited
Statestocontinue
basesonGreek
usingfour
military
territory.
November
15: French
Minister
saidthatFrance
Foreign
willcontinue
its nucleartests
inthesouthPacific
despite
from
strong
nations
intheregion.
objections
TheBritish
Defence
announced
thattheUS Cruise
Secretary
missiles
hadstartedarriving
206
Turkish
declaredan independent
statein northern
Cypriots
Cyprus.(See alsounder
Middle
East).
November
16 : Itwasreported
thattheEuropean
hadcondemned
thedeclaCommunity
ration
ofindependence
innorthern
bytheTurkish
Cypriots
Cyprus.
November
17: TheVoiceofAmerica
thattheSovietUnionhad calledon the
reported
their
ofan independent
Turkish
toreverse
stateinnorthern
declaration
Cypriots
Cyprus.
November
20 : WestGermany's
Social Democratic
opposition
Party(SPD) officially
renounced
NATOnuclear
for
strategy Europe.
November
21 : TheReaganadministration
hadtalksinWashington
withbothsides in
theCyprus
dispute.
22 : TheEECsourcesinBrussels
November
disclosed
thatthe GreekGovernment
had
downitsearlier
tonned
demands
forsanctions
Turkish
thenewly
created
against
RepublicofNorthern
Cyprus.
November
23 : The WestGerman
ofthe
Government
announced
thatthecomponent
newUSPershing-ll
wouldbeginarriving
missiles
today.
November
25 : After
their
talksinBonn,
and the West
theFrench
Mitterrand
President
German
Chancellor
MrKohlappealed
to the SovietUnionto resumenegotiations
on
armsreduction
as soonas possible.
November
26 : Commonwealth
leaders
inNewDelhiagreedto set up a fivemeeting
nation
toworkwiththeUNinan effort
tosolvetheCyprus
issue.
group
November
27 : Thefirst
ofthe112US Cruise
arrived
missiles
inItaly.
parts
November
28: Speaking
at a newsconference
in Bonn,the WestGerman
Chancellor
Kohldisclosed
thathehadreceived
a letter
from
theSovietPresident
YuriAndropov
in
which
hehadindicated
thattheUSSRmayreview
to breakoffthe Geneva
itsdecision
talksonreducing
themedium-range
nuclear
missileinEurope.
NORTHAND SOUTH AMERICA
1 : Itwasreported
thata Muslim
September
hadsharply
criticised
groupinWashington
Walter
Mondale's
candidate,
presidential
ofthesaleofF-16sto Pakistan
as
description
a "mistake".
Itwasreported
thattheUnited
Stateshadannounced
thatitwouldsell 500,000tonnes
ofwheatand400,000tonnes
ofcorntotheSovietUnionunder
a newgrain
agreement.
4 : Itwasreported
thatUS armsnegotiator
Paul Nitzafterconferring
September
with
President
to use flexibility
Reaganhadstatedthathehadbeengiventhepermission
in
207
in talkson reducing
in
medium
anySovietmoveforprogress
meeting
rangemissiles
Europe.
5 : A White
Housespokesman
admitted
thata US reconaissance
September
planehad
beenintheareajustbefore
theSouthKorean
wasshotdownby the
airliner
passenger
Sovietfighter
planesoverthesea ofJapan.
7: According
toreports,
SovietandUS negotiators
had resumed
September
European
missile
talksinGeneva.
had beenclosed
8 : BBCreported
thattheManaguaairport
in Nicaragua
September
rebels.
carried
outbyantigovernment
downduetothebombexplosions
on maximum
9 : According
to reports,
had putits air defences
Nicaragua
September
alertafter
antlGovernment
rebelshadbombed
airport.
Managua
to reports
two peoplewereshotdead ina clashbetween
policeandthe
According
inChile'sfifth
rule.
demonstrators
month
ofprotest
against
military
Itwasreported
thatanother
onmedium
rangemissilesin Europewas heldin
meeting
between
Geneva
theUnited
StatesandSovietUnion.
theUS Senateapproveda 187.5 billiondefence
13: According
to reports
September
budget.
in
16: During
histalkswiththe YugoslavVice-President,
VidojeZarkovic,
September
BushsaidthattheUnitedStateswas prepared
to
USVice-President,
Belgrade,
George
thedowning
seekanagreement
onallkeyproblems
ofthe
withtheSovietUnion
despite
SouthKoreanairliner.
BushdenounMrGeorge
theUS VicePresident,
21 : According
totheVOAf
September
in
Eastern
cedinVienna,
theroleplayed
the
Soviet
Union
Europe.
by
reachedwithCongressional
deal tentatively
under
a compromise
to reports,
According
to keepUS
inWashington
President
leaders
by Congress
Reaganwouldbeauthorised
1985.
in
until
marines Lebanon early
TheWhite
PressSecretary
HouseDeputy
LarrySpeakesdisclosedthatUS President
tothePhilipa visit
Ronald
intends
to
includes
still
launch
his
Asian
tourwhich
Reagan
of
leader
the
assassination
pines,in earlyNovember,
opposition
Philippines
despite
Aquino.
Benigno
Affairs
Com22 : Itwasreported
thattheHouseofRepresentatives
Foreign
September
in Lebanon
hadoverwhelmingly
mittee
a compromise
approved
plantokeepUS marines
foranother
18 months.
onanAsiantrip.
TheUS Defence
leftWashington
Secretary
CasparWeinberger
Stateshadconducted
inWashington
announced
thatthe United
TheEnergy
department
208
an underground
nuclear
testintheNevadadesert.
Itwas reported
formore
thatthePentagon
forthe fiscalyear1985,
hadprovided
funds
ofstaging
fortheupgrading
facilities
inMorocco,
OmanandDeigoGarcia.
toreports,
to Cuba,
anAmerican
According
planewith112peopleonboardwashijacked
after
ittookofffrom
JohnF Kennedy
NewYork's
shortly
Airport.
whichwas set up
24 : Itwasreported
thatanArmed
ServicesCommission
September
toinvestigate
submitwith
defeat
Falkland
conflict
in
the
Britain,
Argentina's
(Malvinas)
teditsreport
thatthereport
tothejuntainBuenosAires.Themilitary
disclosed
sources
wasextremely
critical
ofArgentina's
to invade
theislandin April1982 and its
decision
todefend
them
failure
from
Britain.
subsequent
ofextensive
talksbetweenUS DefenceSecretary
26 : After
thefirst
round
September
American
andChineseDefenceMinister
CasparWeinberger
ZhangAipingin Beijing,
officials
to buy32
disclosed
thattheUnited
togrant
Chinaapproval
Stateswaswilling
itemsofdefence
11 items.
andmayaddapproval
foranother
technology
theUnited
Nations
GeneralAssembly,
US President
Addressing
Reagansaid thatthe
United
Stateswouldacceptanyacceptableand verifiable
on controlling
agreement
arms.
nuclear
t
atthestartof its annualdebate,
theUNGeneral
27: Addressing
Assembly
September
theoriginal
idealsof the UnitedNations;he also
touphold
President
Reaganpleaded
in combating
towork
calledontheinternational
lawinternational
together
community
lessness
andpromoting
human
dignity.
1 : The US Department
October
of Energy
announced
thatitsdetection
deviceshad
recorded
which
siesmic
werethought
to havebeenproduced
signals,
bya Sovietundernuclear
ground
explosion.
October
2 : TheDefenceMinisters
in LatinAmerica,
ofthree
rightwinggovernments
heldtalksin Guatemala
to discusssettingup an allianceagainstthe left wing
Nicaragua.
3 : A spokesman
October
fortheWhite
inWashington
House,Darry
Speakesconfirmed
thatPresident
Ronald
hisvisitto Manilawhichwas planned
for
Reaganhadcancelled
thenextmonth.
4 : Itwasreported
October
thata 24 hourgeneral
strike
calledbytwomaintradeunion
inprotest
confederations
Government's
economic
againstthe military
policiesand in
ofa seriesofwagedemands
hadparalysed
support
Argentina.
6 : Thefifth
October
round
oftheStrategic
Arms
Talksbetweenthe Soviet
negotiating
andtheUnited
Union
Stateshadbegunin Geneva.
totheNicaraguan
Defence
a US transport
According
Ministry,
to
planecarrying
supplies
209
wasshotdowninnorthern
antiSaudinista
forces
Nicaragua.
subcommittee
7 : A US HouseofRepresentatives
October
legisunanimously
approved
andinthe
aid economic
lationthatwouldprovide
$ 11.2 billionin foreign
military
current
financial
year.
ofNATO'
October
a meeting
8 : Addressing
after
specialconsultative
a newsconference
a noteof cautionsoptimism
Richard
sounded
inBonn,a senior
US official
Burt,
group
nuclear
medium
ontheoutcome
oftheGenevatalksonreducing
weapons,
despite
range
latest
Moscow's
President
of
proposal.
Reagan's
rejection
in Washington
concern
wasgrave
thatthere
disclosed
October
11: TheFinancial
Times
five
Etendard
aircraft
of
to
andother
France's
Western
over
super
Iraq
delivery
capitals
missiles.
withExocet
equipped
in its
Itwasreported
thatit woulddo everything
thattheUnited
Stateshadindicated
Atlantic
if
North
the
even
tokeepthearmscontrol
talksinGeneva
Treat/
power
going,
ofmedium
rangenuclearmissiles
Organization
(NATO)goesaheadwiththedeployment
inWestern
Europe.
in Santiago
October
20 : About
demonstration
100,000peopleheldanantiGovernment
(Chile).
from
BBCreported
all25,000residents
thattheNicaraguan
wereevacuating
authorities
theportofKorimpto
ona bigfuelstorage.
attack
becauseoftheguerrilla
thatitwouldsoon
October
13: TheDefence
hadannounced
inWashington
Department
deliver
both
Greece
and
to
Turkey.
military
equipment
statedin WashingOctober
14: President
ScienceAdviser,
Keyworth,
George
Reagan's
basedlaserweapons
ableto
ton thatby 1990 the UnitedStatescouldhaveground
orbits.
evenindistant
Sovietsatellites
destroy
menintheReaganAdminisItwasreported
oneofthemostpowerful
thatWilliam
Clark,
natural
in chargeof America's
hadbeennamed
tration
forthepostofInterior
Secretary
ofa powerstruggle
thathewasa victim
resources
ina movethatprompted
speculation
intheforeign
establishment.
policy
had beguna high
thattheReaganAdministration
disclosed
TheUS StateDepartment
toitsyear-old
butremains
levelreview
ofMiddle
Eastdevelopments
committed
proposal
forPalestinian
withJordan.
selfruleinassociation
Itwasreported
Awrence
ofCommerce
thata US Deputy
Brady,who favoured
Secretary
stiff
fromhis officedue to
hadresigned
US traderestrictions
theSovietUnion,
against
thenoncompliance
RonaldReagan.
ofhisproposals
byPresident
on Central
October
16- Itwasreported
thatPresident
Reagan'sspecialcommission
a whirlwind
America
ofStateHenry
headedbyformer
hadconcluded
Secretary
Kissinger
which
hadaccused
tourof the regionhaving
a cool reception
received
from
Nicaragua
210
it.
theUnited
Statesofwaging
openwaragainst
itwasreported
fifth
thattheUS navy's
Trident
nuclear
was launchedin Grosubmarine
ton,Connecticut.
October
18: According
to reports
inGuatemala's
El
northern
erupted
heavyfighting
Quiche
between
forces
andleftwingguerrillas.
province,
government
President
the appointment
of MiddleEastnegotiator
Robert
Mac
Reaganannounced
Farlane
as White
HouseNational
Affairs
William
Clark.
Adviser,
Security
replacing
October
19: TheReaganAdministration
concern
overtheincreasein Soviet
expressed
offensive
Statesanditsregiomilitary
powerinAsiaandsaiditwasaimedat theUnited
nalfriends
andallies.
October
20 : According
to BBC reports,
of the Caribbean
the PrimeMinister
island
ofGrenada,
Maurice
hadbeenkilled
Republic
ina military
three
Bishop
coup alongwith
ministers
ofhiscabinet
andseveral
other
people.
October
21 : TheUS armscontrol
chief
Kenneth
had statedat the
Adelman
negotiator
UnitedNations'mainpolitical
committee
thatthe Western
allieswouldnotdeploy
andground-based
Cruise
missiles
iftheSovietUnion
in Europe,
its
Pershing-U
destroyed
arsenal
ofSS-20missiles.
Itwasreported
thata keyUnitedStatesCongressional
committee
in Washington
had
a 1984defence
thatdeletesmoneyforchemical
approved
spending
package
weapons
butretains
forPershingfunds
/IandCruise
missiles.
October
22 : BBCreported
thatthenewrevolutionary
council
inGrenada
denied
military
thattheformer
reports
MrCoardhadbeenkilled
inthecoup
DeputyPrimeMinister
operations.
to BBC,over160American
marines
andFrench
soldiersof themultinational
According
inLebanon
force
werekilled
intwoseparate
peacekeeping
bombattacks
on buildings
in
Beirut.
October
23 : Ina television
interview
broadcast
the US SecrebytheVoiceofAmerica,
taryof Defence,
blamedthe IranianGovernment
forthebombing
CasparWeinberger
attacks
ontwoUS andFrench
inBeirut,
over160persons.
targets
killing
ThenewGrenadan
leaderGeneral
to British
HudsonAustinin a telephone
interview
TheObserver,
stated
thatGrenada
to defenditselfif the islandwas
wasready
weekly
invaded
andAmerican
forces.
byBritish
October
24 : According
toreports.
ofState
President
theUS Secretary
instructed
Reagan
MrGeorge
toimmediately
calla meeting
oftheForeign
of Italy,France
Ministers
Shultz,
andBritain
todiscusstheLebanon
issuefollowing
thebombattacks
in Beirutin which
211
andFrench
werekilled.
over200US marines
paratroopers
wereheldin manypartsof the United
BBCreported
demonstrations
thatanti-nuclear
States.
Grenada
and
theUS forceshadinvaded
totheVoiceofAmerica,
October
25 : According
hadlandedontheisland.
1,900troops
andthe US forces
islandofGrenada,
ontheCaribbean
continued
26 : Fighting
October
forces.
resistance
withstiff
byGrenadan
weremeeting
thatresistance
by Cuban
RadioHavanahaddeclared
ofAmerica,
totheVoice
According
hadendedinGrenada.
soldiers
Grenada's
hadcaptured
thatthe US-ledinvasion
troops
27 : It was reported
October
at
St
Georges.
headquarters
military
Sovietleader
as "totallyunjustified",
Stateshadrejected
thattheUnited
Itwasreported
were
if
missiles
new
US
talks
reduction
arms
Geneva
the
to
end
threat
YuriAndropov's
Western
in
Europe.
deployed
that
Councildraftresolution
a UNSecurity
Stateshadvetoed
28 : TheUnited
October
withdrawal
the
immediate
for
called
and
in
Grenada
intervention
armed
the
condemned
thatcountry.
from
troops
oftheforeign
inGrenada
hadended.
forces
totheinvasion
resistance
toa BBCreport,
According
thatUSforcesin Grenadahad
disclosed
inWashington
officials
30 : Pentagon
October
Minister
Prime
Bernard
Coard.
as marines
captured
Deputy
attacks,
comeunder
sporadic
tosetupanantiCommuStateswasplotting
thattheUnited
revealed
Times
TheSunday
inside
somewhere
Nicaragua.
nistprovisional
government
shortthattheleaderof Grenada's
announced
Government
31: TheBarbados
October
been
had
US
Austin
Hudson
General
troops.
captured
by
livedmilitary
government,
ofKhariakoo,
Island
landedon theCaribbean
of US marines
1 : Hundreds
November
thatCubantroopswerespotted
reports
following
about20 milesnorthof Grenada,
there.
fourSoviet
thatJamaicahad ordered
reported
2 : The Voiceof America
November
ofespionage.
oncharges
toleavethecountry
anda Cubancorrespondent
diplomats
RaulAlPonsin
electionsin Argentine
resultsof presidential
to official
According
(Radical)hadwonanabsolutemajority.
of Grenadahad severed
thattheGovernor-General
Press
TheCanadian
reported
Agency
the CubanAmbassador
asked
had
and
and
Union
tieswiththeSoviet
Libya
diplomatic
212
to leave.
TheUS HouseofRepresentatives
a record
bill.
$ 247billion
defence
approved
November
3: US President
RonaldReagannamedformer
Donald
DefenceSecretary
Rumsfeld
as thenewAmerican
totheMiddle
East.
envoy
TheUNGeneral
theUS-ledinvasion
of Grenadaand calledforthe
Assembly
deplored
ofarmed
cessation
and the withdrawal
immediate
intervention
of foreign
troopsfrom
Caribbean
Island.
at a newsconference
inWhite
House,President
Speaking
ReagansaidthattheUS action
inGrenada
was "a rescuemission
notaninvasion".
4 : The US Government
armsdeal
released
documents
onGrenada's
November
captured
withtheSovietUnion,
CubaandNorth
Korea.
thatthefirst
the
5 : Itwasreported
batchof 630 Cubans,captured
November
during
ofGrenada,
hadlefttheIsland.
US-ledinvasion
MrPierre
8 : TheCanadian
Prime
November
Minister,
Trudeau,
begana tourofWestern
East-West
tensions.
todiscusshisideasforreducing
Europe
TheUS President
triptoJapanandSouthKorea,
begana six-day
whichhousesboththeSenateand
inWashington,
A bombexplodedin the building
inGrenada
A group
andLebanon
HouseofRepresentatives.
opposedto US intervention
the
claimed
for
blast.
responsibility
General
Sir PaulScoonnamed
9 : Grenada's
Governor
aninterim
November
administracalledtheAdvisory
ofGrenada.
Council
tion,officially
11: Speaking
beforethe JapaneseParliament,
November
the visiting
US President
accusedUSSRofrefusing
tonegotiate
ingoodfaithat armscontrol
talks. He
Reagan
foranagreement
saidthattheoutlook
wasbleak.
thateightmembers
RadioMoscowreported
of theUS Houseof Representatives
had
moved
animpeachment
motion
President
forinvading
Grenada.
against
Reagan
12: AnHonduran
November
disclosed
thatitsforces
hada fourhour
Army
spokesman
withNicaraguan
ontheir
border.
gunbattle
troops
13: InPeru'slocalgovernment
November
totheleftwon a
elections,
parties
belonging
landslide
victory.
TheUS cancelled
aidworth
toSyria,
$ 25 million
anamendment
totheForeign
following
AidBilladopted
which
bansallaidto countries
bytheUS Congress
whichconsistently
opposeUS foreign
policyobjectives.
14: According
November
to BBC,over20,000marchers
in
stageda demonstration
213
to protest
andtheUS policies
inthe
Washington
againstthe US invasionofGrenada
Middle
East.
November
16: A US Administration
said that all US combattroopsin
spokesman
willbewithdrawn
Grenada
23
December.
by
November
17: TheUNGeneral
to resume
andtheArgentine
calledonBritain
Assembly
talksontheFalklands
dispute.
Itwasreported
thatfourLatinAmerican
countries
Colombia
and
(Mexico,Venezuela,
hadworked
outa newplanforpeaceinCentral
America.
Panama)
November
18: The US Senateapproved
a planto provide
inadditional
$ 8.4billion
fortheInternational
Fund(IMF).
Monetary
financing
Canadian
Minister
Prime
Trudeau
arrived
inTokyo
ona onedayvisit
toJapan.
20 : ThePresident
November
oftheNational
AtomicEnergy
Commission
of Argentine
thathiscountry
disclosed
hadmastered
of enriching
uranium
and was
thetechnology
a commercial
in1985.
enrichment
building
plantduetoenter
production
November
28: TheCanadianPrimeMinister
heldtalkswithhisChinese
counterpart
EastandWest.
as partofhismission
ZhaoZiyang,
to reduce
between
tensions
command
November
30: TheUS Defence
thatthe US central
announced
Department
willhavea ship-based
Sea.
intheIndian
OceanandtheArabian
headquarters
Minister
Prime
statedthathe
After
theIndian
Premier
inNewDelhitheCanadian
meeting
toconvene
inhisefforts
a five-nation
wouldpersist
on disarmament.
conference
GENERAL
1 : TheUNDecolonization
a resolution
whichcalledfor
Committee
adopted
September
andArgentine
Britain
to resolvethe "sovereignty
talksbetween
renewed
dispute"over
Islands.
theFalkland
thattheUN Security
2: Itwasreported
Councilhad scheduled
an urgent
September
onthereported
ofa SouthKorean
planeofftheSovietcoast.
shooting
meeting
11: TheInternational
Fund(IMF)inits Annual
releasedin
Report
Monetary
September
but it
of
world
and
that
there
were
of
said
trade,
recovery
signs
production
Washington,
andforeign
withinflation,
debts,particularofcontinuing
warned
protectionism
problems
countries.
lyinthedeveloping
Exthata committee
of Petroleum
oftheOrganization
14: Itwasreported
September
inViennahad recommended
thecurrent
Countries
maintaining
porting
(OPEC)experts
andproduction
ceiling.
price
16: Latest
IMFandWorld
Bankreports
disclosedthattheglobalrecession
September
214
World's
debtburdenhad worsened
hadeasedupbuttheThird
and wouldcontinue
to
foryearstocome.
hurt
totheWorld
inIslamabadit was stated
Bank"Annual
1983"released
According
Report
thattheimpetus
towards
inmany
nations
wasmore
development
by the
sharplybroken
thanatanytimesincetheWorldBankbeganoperations.
globalrecession
inVienna,
Ata formal
theOPEC'swatchdog
market
committee
called
meeting
monitoring
ofthegroup
toabidebytherulesofa six-month
onmembers
oldoutput
agreement.
CivilAviation
council
17: TheInternational
Organization's
(ICAO)governing
September
calledforanindependent
intothe Soviet
which
a resolution
in Montreal
inquiry
adopted
airliner.
oftheSouthKorean
downing
Director
GeneralEdouard
19: TheUN FoodandAgricultural
Organization's
September
foodsituation
wasdeteriorating
thattheworld
Saoumatoldnewsmen
inVienna
seriously.
the initialstepsweretakenintheUNSecurity
22 : According
to reports
September
Nationsto the two new Caribbean
intheUnited
towards
Council
membership
granting
andNevis.
IslandStateofSt Christopher
theIMF had suspended
sources
inLondon,
on new
tofinancial
negotiations
According
forThird
debtor
countries
inanapparent
World
credit
ployto put pressure
programmes
theFundwithshort-term
finance.
onleading
nations
toprovide
industrial
bridging
24 : TheWorld
endedinNewDelhiwithcallsforindusConference
Energy
September
critical
trialised
to urgently
assisttheThird
World
toovercome
nations
problems.
energy
in NewYorkhad
countries
27 : According
the majorindustrial
toreports
September
loanto the
refused
tobowtopressure
from
theIMFto provide
2
a $ 3 billion
( billion)
willbe greater
nations
debtor
Fundtiedovera periodin which,itshelptotheworld
ithasbeenpromised.
thantheresources
of WorldBankand the
theannual
inWashington
ofthegovernors
Addressing
meeting
A.W.Clausencalledupon
BankPresident
Fund(IMF)theWorld
International
Monetary
to ensurethat
ofbothindustrialized
leaders
countries
to act promptly
anddeveloping
short
is
sustained
and
not
lived.
economic
recovery
global
Committee
BankDevelopment
A presscommunique
issuedbythejointIMF-World
agreed
flowof
increase
ona selective
of$ 8 billionforthe WorldBankto stimulate
capital
countries.
inthepoorer
investment
and$ 750 million
fordirect
nations
developing
capital
miliconventional
talkson reducing
thcttheEast-West
29 : Itwas reported
September
recess.
summer
10-weeks
after
a
in
Vienna
were
resumed
in
central
forces
Europe
tary
and leadersof 160 othercountries
thatthePresidents
ofFrance,
Itwasreported
Egypt
by IndianPrime
organised
oninternational
fora discussion
problems
metinNewYork
Gandhi.
MrsIndira
Minister
Chamber
heldinNicosia
ofIslamic
committee
executive
5 : Atwo-day
meeting
October
215
hadunanimously
a Pakistani
fortheestablishment
ofan Islamic
moneapproved
proposal
fund.
tary
thattheCouncil
of the JeddahOctober
oftheExecutive
6 : Itwasreported
Managers
Bank(IDB)approved
basedIslamic
forthefinancing
oftrade
$ 19.5million
Development
transactions
between
themember
forprojects
and
thetotalsumapproved
states,
bringing
tradedealsfor1983to$ 770 million.
ofInternational
totheannualreport
Trade
thevolume
of worldtrade
Accrding
(1982-83),
declined
in1983wasforonlya moderbyabouttwopercentin1982,whilethe outlook
ateexpansion.
7: Itwasreported
thatduring
October
thecurrent
UN GeneralAssembly
session,the
withAmerica's
hadstepped
Arabs,
demandformakdisappointed
partisanship,
up their
Nations
more
effective.
ingtheUnited
Itwasreported
thattheEuropean
and 63 ThirdWorldcountries
Community
affiliated
withiteconomically,
tospeedily
work
outa newtradeand deveagreedinLuxembourg
accord.
lopment
October
9 : Ina communique
issuedafter
a meeting
inNewYork,
of100 Nondelegates
statesappealed
tothegreatpowers
toabandon
confrontation
Aligned
and begintalking
"ina spirit
ofshared
goodfaith".
Itwasreported
thatina statement
totheBudgetary
theUNSecretary
Committee,
GeneralJavier
Perezde Cuellar,
facedbyincreasing
at therising
costofrunning
protests
the
United
Nations
for1984and1985hadproposed
(about$ 1.605million
a moratorium
on
newprojects.
10: Speaking
October
at thecommencement
ofa meeting
of Foreign
Ministers
of the
Islamic
oftheOrganization
inNewYork,
Conference
General
theSecretary
ofthe Islamic
Conference
calledfortheIslamic-Arab
thatwouldpro(OIC),MrHabibChatti
strategy
tecttheUmmah
from
repeated
aggressions.
A communique
issuedattheconclusion
ofa ministerai
ofGroupof 77 in New
meeting
a growing
York,
deplored
somerichnationsto pressurize
tendency
among
poorstates
economic
anddemanded
coercion
the immediate
through
of globalnegotialaunching
tionsoninternational
fordevelopment.
cooperation
TheInternational
Atomic
Energy
Agency
in Vienna,
(IAEA)beganits annualconference
witha message
from
itsDirector
General
HansBlixfavouring
the People'sRepublic
of
China's
admission
toIAEAranks.
October
13: Themeeting
oftheOrganization
of IslamicConference
ForeignMinisters
backedtheefforts
oftheUnited
Nations
andPakistan
infinding
a solution
totheAfghanistanproblem.TheIslamic
Ministers
alsodecided
tomovetheGeneral
Foreign
Assembly
216
Eastand Palestine
ontheMiddle
questions.
16: Itwasreported
thatthe27thUnitedNationsConference
on Tradeand
October
Council
resultsand a
sessionendedin Geneva,
with"minimal
Development
(UNCTAD)
for
countries".
developing
disappointment
great
on Tradeand
of18"of the General
18: Theconsultative
October
"Group
Agreement
stateof
to reviewthe present
inGeneva
Tariff
(GATT)beganitstwodaydeliberations
it.
toexpand
worldtradeandtoconsider
waysandmeans
had side trackedIran'sformal
thattheGeneral
21 : Itwasreported
October
Assembly
the
commitof its credentials
and
UNmembershipaccepted report
to Israel's
challenge
teewithout
vote.
Bureauin a communique
Movement's
29: The Non-Aligned
October
Coordinating
theimmediate
anddemanded
inGrenada
the"armed
intervention"
"condemned"
pullout
theCarribean
from
of"allforeign
forces"
country.
calledforincreased
which
resolutions
three
TheGeneral
cooperation
adopted
Assembly
- theOIC,theLeagueof Arab
other
andthree
theUnitedNations
between
organzations
ofAfrican
andtheOrganization
States,
Unity
(OAU).
that
warned
talksontroopreduction
at theVienna
10: A Sovietspokesman
November
inEuropewouldinevitably
missiles
ofnewUS nuclear
thedeployment
impedeor even
incentral
downtroops
wreck
Europe.
totally
plansforcutting
in
held a meeting
Ministers
of IslamicCountries
The Organization
(OIC) Agriculture
Rome.
countries
for1982 disclosedthatthe member
OPECstatistics
19: Official
November
ofover$ 61
witha surplus
accountdeficit,
a $ 2.6 billioncurrent
compared
recorded
in1981.
billion
oftheUNGeneral
Committee
21 : ThePolitical
adopteda resoluAssembly
November
devoted
to
disarmament.
the
session
of
a
calledfor special
Assembly
tionwhich
countries
ofCommonwealth
22 : A Summit
beganinNewDelhi.
meeting
November
about$ 118 million
member
countries
pleged
Assembly,
oftheUNGeneral
Ata meeting
forRefugees
oftheUNHighCommissioner
(UNHCR).
tothe1984programme
outofthe Genevatalkson limiting
walked
Sovietnegotiator
23 : TheChief
November
roundof talkshad
inEurope.He saidthatthepresent
missiles
nuclear
medium
range
Western
beendiscontinued.
Europe).
(See alsounder
theUS and
which
issueda declaration
leaders
27 : TheCommonwealth
urged
November
217
their
foreasinginternational
tensions.
theUSSRto resume
dialogue
the annualmeeting
of the governors
of WorldBankandtheInternational
Addressing
theWorldBankPresident
Fund(IMF)inWashington,
A.W. Clausencalled
Monetary
to act promptly
ofbothindustriai
anddeveloping
countries
to ensurethat
uponleaders
willbesustained
andnotshortlived.
recovery
globaleconomic
29: SovietandUS negotiators
November
heldtalkson intercontinental
nucleararms
(START)inGeneva.

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