UNITED AS NATIONS - ,_-_______ --- ----- -- _-----_____ - General Assembly Security Council Distr. GENERAL A/40/603 S/17438 4 September 1985 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH - GENERAL ASSEMBLY Forfiech session Items 38 and 130 of SECURITY COUNCIL Fortieth year the provisional agenda* THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEASURES TO PREVENT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WHICH ENDANGERS OR TAKES INNOCENT HUMAN LIVES OR JEOPARDIZES FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND STUDY OF THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THOSE FORMS OF TERRORISM AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE WHICH LIE IN MISERY, FRUSTRATION, GRIEVANCE AND DESPAIR AND WHICH CAUSE SOME PEOPLE TO SACRIFICE HUMAN LIVES, INCLUDING THEIR OWN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO EFFECT RADICAL CHANGES Letter dated 4 September 1985 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General In my letters ot 26 April 1985 (A/40/270-5/17132 and Corr.1) and 10 May 1985 (A/40/301-S/17182) I described recent PLO attempts to attack Israel's cities from tne sea. I now wish to bring to your attention two similar attempts by PLO. 1. On the niqht of 25-26 Auqust 1985, an Israeli patrol boat captured a ;roup ot Palestinian terrorists aboard the yacht "Kasilradi" off the coast or southern Lehanon. They were to join PLO terrorists in southern Lebanon in launchinq a massive attack against civilian targets in northern Israel. The yacht set out from an Algerian port and was captured as it approached the port of Sidon in Lebanon. Two weeks earlier, the same vessel tried to land at Sidon but was repelled by local militia. * A/40/150. 85-24223 1996d {E) /... A/40/603 S/17438 Enqlrsh Paqe 2 The captured terrorists were members ot the Fatah winq of PLO. They admitted they were trained and armed in special camps in Alqeria for explicit missions of murder aqainst Tsraeli civilians. This is one more example of Alqeria's 1Onq 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report or statement from the Israeli government to the United Nations, discussing the situation in the Middle East and the threat of terrorism posed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The text focuses on specific incidents of attempted attacks on Israeli cities and the alleged training and arming of terrorists in Algeria. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is intended for an international audience.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations