V e_c.. . .~ tt-, Ret r CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION AF-01 MONROV 08959 01 OF 03 UNCLASSIFIED 171912Z AMAD-01 CIAE-00 SJK-01 COME-00 DEAE-00 AID-01 DS-00 EB-01 E-01 FDRE-01 FRB-03 HA-09 INM-01 INRE-00 INR-01 I0-19 LAB-04 L-03 OIG-01 OMB-01 PA-01 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 PRS-01 P-Ol RP-10 SIL-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SS-01 STR-20 TRSE-00 T-01 FMP-01 /093W --------- - --------B8448E 171913Z /38 P 171921Z DEC 91 FM AMEMB.ASSY MONROVIA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2427 INFO USIA WASHDC 1731 RELEASED, NON-RESPONSIVE ECOWAS COLLECTIVE NR USMISSION GENEVA 2223 COMSIXTHFLT ATO AFRICA INFO E402 LOG-00 DODE-00 H-01 ADS-00 PM-01 SR-01 DELETED C 0 N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 MONROVIA 08959 STATE FOR AF /WAL , OFDA, AND FFP USIA FOR VOA GENEVA FOR RMA E.O . 12356: DECL: OADR TAGS: PREL, PINS, MOPS, PREF, PHUM, ASEC, SNAR , EAID, ECOWAS, EFIN, LI, US SUBJECT: LIBERIA SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1700 HOURS DEC 17, 1991 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 1. MONROV 08959 01 OF 03 171912Z CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT . SUMMARY NR UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: JOHNS BLODGETT DATE/CASE ID: 25 FEB 2010 200806735 UNCLASSIFIED CIEIIHISSVFIONH CIHHISSVTONH NR UNCLASSIFIED \. FIRESTONE EXPATRIATES NO LONGER RESIDENT IN HARBEL 9. THOUGH DETAILS ARE STILL MUDDLED , THE LATEST UPDATE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MONROV 08959 02 OF 03 171914Z ON RECENT INCIDENTS INVOLVING FIRESTONE WAS PROVIDED BY THE FIRESTONE GENERAL MANAGER, WHO RETURNED FROM HARBEL TODAY. HE TOLD US THAT THE FIVE FIRESTONE RESIDENT EXPATRIATES HAD MET IN KAKATA DECEMBER 13 WITH NPFL CHIEF OF STAFF ISSAC MUSSAH , AND IN GBARNGA DECEMBER 14 WITH THE NPFL MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES . THEY DEPARTED BELIEVING THEY HAD NPFL APPROVAL TO REMAIN ON THE PLANTATION. HOWEVER, OVER THE WEEKEND, NPFL TROOPS TOOK TWO VEHICLES FROM THE PLANTATION AND ALSO LOOTED THREE NEIGHBORING VILLAGES. TAYLOR WAS DISTURBED BY THIS AND PROMISED TO RECOVER BOTH FIRESTONE ' S AND THE VILLAGERS' PROPERTY . SUBSEQUENTLY, HOWEVER , HE DECIDED THAT THE EXPATRIATES COULD NO LONGER RESIDE AT THE PLANTATION , ALTHOUGH THEY COULD STILL MAKE DAY TRIPS FROM MONROVIA TO HARBEL . THE GM ALSO ASSERTED THAT THE PUBLICIZED FIGHTING BETWEEN ULIMO AND NPFL FORCE AROUND HARBEL (PARAS 7 AND 9) WAS A PLOY TO FRIGHTEN THE PUBLIC . ONLY TWO HAPLESS VILLAGERS, HE SAID, WERE "CAPTURED, " AND THEY WERE JAILED AND TORTURED FOR ALLEGEDLY BEING ULIMO MEMBERS. NR CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED