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92.0. "Denmark curbs Libyan diplomats" by TLE::SAVAGE (Neil, @Spit Brook) Thu Apr 24 1986 16:34

Associated Press Thu 24-APR-1986 11:02                          Denmark-Libya

                  Denmark Orders Libyan Embassy to Cut Staff
    
    COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The Danish government said today it has
    ordered the Libyan embassy to reduce its staff from 11 people to six in
    keeping with a Common Market decision to impose diplomatic sanctions on
    the North African country. 
    
    The Foreign Ministry said it was taking the step because of the "Libyan
    People's Bureaus' role in the Libyan government's support for
    international terrorism." But a ministry source said none of the
    employees of the Libyan People's Bureau, or embassy, in Copenhagen was
    suspected of terrorism. The source spoke on condition of anonymity. 
    
    The ministry said the Libyan embassy would be left with a maximum of
    four accredited diplomats and two technical-administrative employees.
    It said they would be required to obtain special permission to travel
    outside the Copenhagen area. 
    
    Denmark said earlier this week that it planned to follow through on a
    decision by the Common Market countries Monday to allow no more Libyan
    diplomats in their nations than they had in Libya. A Foreign Ministry
    source said the reduction and limitations imposed in Copenhagen matched
    Danish diplomatic staffing and restrictions in Tripoli, the Libyan
    capital. 
    
    Denmark said it "disassociated" itself from the U.S. bombing raids on
    two Libyan cities April 15, but it voted against a resolution in the
    U.N. Security Council this week to condemn the American action.