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Canonical ID:
1978BAGHDA01980_d
Subject:
SITUATION OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS
From:
Iraq Baghdad
To:
Egypt Cairo, Germany Frankfurt, Greece Athens, Iran Tehran,
Italy Rome, Jordan Amman, Kuwait Kuwait City, Secretary of State,
Syria Damascus, United Nations (Geneva)
Original Classification:
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
Current Classification:
UNCLASSIFIED
Previous Handling Restrictions:
-- N/A or Blank --
Archive Status:
Electronic Telegrams
Type:
TE
Locator:
TEXT ON MICROFILM, TEXT ONLINE
Reference(s):
78 BAGHDAD 1026
Executive Order (E.O.):
-- N/A or Blank --
Markings:
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department
of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
Enclosure:
-- N/A or Blank --
Concepts:
CHRISTIANS, CHURCH STATE RELATIONS, REPORTS
TAGS:
Consular Affairs--Visas [CVIS]
Iraq [IZ]
Social Affairs--Human Rights [SHUM]
Social Affairs--Refugees [SREF]
Office:
-- N/A or Blank --
Document Character Count:
5033
Date:
1978 September 26, 00:00 (Tuesday)
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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BAGHDA 01980 290003Z
ACTION NEA-11
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 IO-14 ISO-00 SES-02 SAA-01 SSM-03
CIAE-00 DODE-00 PM-05 H-01 INR-10 L-03 NSAE-00
NSC-05 PA-01 SP-02 SS-15 ICA-11 VO-05 CA-01 HA-05
/108 W
------------------010363 291918Z /43
R 261030Z SEP78
FM USINT BAGHDAD
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6804
INFO AMEMBASSY AMMAN
AMEMBASSY ATHENS
ZSN/AMEMBASSY BEIRUT (POUCH)
AMEMBASSY CAIRO
AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS
AMCONSUL FRANKFURT
USMISSION GENEVA
AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
AMEMBASSY ROME
?AMEMBASSY TEHRAN 1599
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE BAGHDAD 1980
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: SHUM, SREF, CVIS, IZ
SUBJECT: SITUATION OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS
REF: A. BAGHDAD 1026 B. BAGHDAD 1647 C. 77 BAGHDAD A-25
http://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978BAGHDA01980_d.html
(ALL NOTAL)
1. AFTER THE WELL-PUBLICIZED REQUEST FOR POLITICAL
ASYLUM BY 34 IRAQI CHRISTIANS IN NEW YORK LAST JANUARY,
MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN IRAQ FEARED THAT
THE GOI'S EMBARRASSMENT WOULD RESULT IN RESTRICTIONS AND
HARASSMENT DIRECTED AGAINST THEM. NINE MONTHS AFTER
THE EVENT, IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE FEARS WERE NOT JUSTIFIED,
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BAGHDA 01980 290003Z
AND THE SITUATION OF CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ HAS RETURNED
TO NORMAL.
2. IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE ASYLUM REQUEST,
THE AREA MOST OBVIOUSLY AFFECTED WAS TRAVEL. USINT
STAFF HEARD FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT CHRISTIANS ASKING
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review
20 Mar 2014
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review
20 Mar 2014
FOR PERMISSION TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. WERE BEING SUBJECTED
TO UNUSUALLY LENGTHY INVESTIGATIONS AND DELAYS. OUR
NIV ISSUANCE FOR FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL WAS 10 TO
20 PERCENT LOWER THAN IN 1977. WHILE THE DELAYS MAY
HAVE BEEN THE RESULT OF BUREAUCRATIC TIMIDITY RATHER
THAN OFFICIAL POLICY, IT WAS NEVERTHELESS A PROBLEM
FOR THE PEOPLE INVOLVED
3. IN RECENT MONTHS THE TRAVEL SITUATION HAS IMPROVED.
AFTER A PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHETHER THEY COULD
MAKE THE TRIP, THREE LOCAL CHRISTIAN SOCIAL CLUBS AGAIN
SPONSORED THEIR ANNUAL GROUP TOURS TO THE U.S. DURING
THE SUMMER MONTHS FROM MAY THROUGH AUGUST, USINT ISSUED
SLIGHTLY MORE NIV'S THAN DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF 1977.
THE MAJORITY, APPROXIMATELY 2200, WERE ISSUED TO
CHRISTIANS, AND LARGE BUT UNKNOWN NUMBERS OF MTHER
CHRISTIANS RECEIVED EXIT PERMITS FOR VACATIONS ELSEWHERE.
THE REPORTS ABOUT LENGTHY DELAYS FOR APPROVAL OF
TRAVEL ARE FEWER, AND ARE LIMITED MAINLY TO STUDENTS AND
YOUNGPEOPLE FACING REQUIRED GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
4. AFTER INITIAL ARTICLES CRITICIZING THOSE WHO CLAIMED
ASYLUM, THE IRAQI PRESS HAS BEEN SILENT ON THAT SUBJECT.
INSTEAD, INCREASING ATTENTION HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO TRAVEL
BY IRAQI-AMERICANS TO IRAQ, GREETINGS SENT BY EXPATRIATE
COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S., AND EFFORTS TAKEN BY THE
GOGERNMENT TO INCREASE CONTACTS WITH EXPATRIATES,
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BAGHDA 01980 290003Z
MOST OF WHOM ARE CHRISTIAN. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN
ARTICLES DESCRIBING THE ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS CHRISTIAN
CLUBS IN BAGHDAD AND THE HISTORY OF MONASTERIES IN
THE NORTH.
5. THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT HAS CONTINUED AND INTENSIFIED
ITS CAMPAIGN TO WOO THE LARGELY CHRISTIAN EXPATRIATE
COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. IRAQI-AMERICANS HAVE VISITED
IRAQ AT GOI EXPENSE AND BEEN FAVORABLY IMPRESSED BY
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION (REF A). THE
DELEGATION RRECENHLY SENT TO THE U.S. BY THE MINISTRY OF
INFORMATION (REF B) WAS PLANNING TO VISIT DETROIT AND
SAN DIEGO, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF ITS INTENDED AUDIENCE
IS CHALDEAN CHRISTIAN.
6. RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH CHRISTIAN CLERGY IN BAGHDAD
HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL RESTRICTED OR
HARASSED BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGION. NEW CHURCH
BUILDINGS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND BOTH CROSS
WEARING AND REGULAR PUBLIC WORSHIP ARE STANDARD PARTS OF
THE LIFE STYLE FOR A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF IRAQI
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review
20 Mar 2014
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review
20 Mar 2014
CHRISTIANS. WHILE THEY ARE NOT TAKING IN NEW MEMBERS,
CONVENTS AND MONASTERIES CONTINUE TO FUNCTION, AND
MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS CAN WORK AS GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES OR APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS TO
STUDY ABROAD.
7. THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE TO FACE THE
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON ALL IRAQIS
REGARDLESS OF RELIGION. WITH RESPECT TO RELIGIOUS
DISCRIMINATION, THE GOI HAS MADE STRONG AND GENERALLY
SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT ITS STATED POLICY OF
NON-DISCRIMINATION (REFAIR). DESPITE THE ADVERSE
PUBLICITY ENGENDERED BY THE JANUARY ASYLUM REQUEST,
THAT POLICY CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT.
PECK
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BAGHDA 01980 290003Z
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
NNN
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review
http://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978BAGHDA01980_d.html
20 Mar 2014
Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review
20 Mar 2014


Jeffrey wrote:
>https://search.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978BAGHDA00592_d.html
>
>1. DELEGATION MET WITH RCC DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SADDAM HUSSEIN MARCH 13 AND HAVE RECEIVED EXTENSIVE MEDIA FANFARE. FULSOME COVERAGE BY PRESS AND TV STRESSES RECITAL BY HUSSEIN OF IRAQ'S DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND PRAISE BY VISITORS FOR IRAQ'S ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PROGRESS. DELEGATION MEMBERS ALSO MADE STATEMENTS DENYING THAT RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION EXISTS IN IRAQ. 2. DELEGATION IS HEADED BY FATHER GEORGE GARMO AND ONE OTHER CHALDEAN CLERIC. OTHER NINE MEMBERS, ALL APPARENTLY FROM DETROIT AREA, INCLUDE MANUEL MARIYAM, PRESIDENT OF THE IRAQI AND CHALDEAN ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, AND FAYSAL ARABO OF THE VOICE OF ARAB EMIGRES BROADCASTING STATION IN DETROIT. ALL APPEAR LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 BAGHDA 00592 181115Z TO BE CHRISTIANS. 3. GARMO TOLD A HIGHLY RELIABLE USINT SOURCE THAT MEETING WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS ARRANGED BY NATIONAL COMMAND MEMBER ABDUL MAJID AL-RAFI'I, WHO VISITED DETROIT LAST YEAR. HUSSEIN WAS VERY CORDIAL AND ASSURED GROUP OF GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 TO TREAT IRAQI CHRISTIANS EQUALLY WITH MUSLIMS AND TO CONTINUE FULL FREEDOM OF RELIGION. A LENGTHY, EMBARRASSED SILENCE MET HUSSEIN'S RATHER PLAINTIVE QUESTION WHY MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES WERE EMIGRATING. DELICATE ISSUE OF 34 IRAQI CHRISTIANS CLAIMING POLITICAL ASYLUM DID NOT ARISE IN MEETING. MACK LIMITED OFFICIAL USE NNN Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014
>
>Date:
>1978 March 18, 00:00 (Saturday)



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