Public appearances and meetings with [the] American public in the hopes of promoting better Palestinian–American understanding. We seek to bring the views of the Palestinian people on their problems in the Middle East to the attention of the American people ...
The treatment to be accorded to a foreign mission in the United States shall be determined by the Secretary after due consideration of the benefits, privileges, and immunities provided to missions of the United States in the country or territory represented by that foreign mission, as well as matters relating to the protection of the interests of the United States.
if it is within the constitutional power of the Government; if it furthers an important or substantial governmental interest; if the governmental interest is unrelated to the suppression of free expression; and if the incidental restriction on alleged First Amendment freedoms is no greater than is essential to the furtherance of that interest.
This action is being taken to demonstrate US concerns over terrorism committed and supported by organizations affiliated with the PLO. Among our particular concerns are the continued membership on the PLO executive committee of Abu al Abbas, who has been linked directly with the murder of an American citizen; the participation in the Palestine National Congress of groups having a history of involvement with terrorism—for example, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, both of which rejoined the PLO at the April PNC.... [W]e believe [that the order] is a strong signal of how we feel about the question of international terrorism and groups that associate with it.
entity in the United States which is involved in the diplomatic, consular, or other activities of, or which is substantially owned or effectively controlled by—(A) a foreign government, or (B) an organization ... representing a territory or political entity which has been granted diplomatic or other official privileges and immunities under the laws of the United States or which engages in some aspect of the conduct of the international affairs of such territory or political entity ...
The continued existence of the PLO Information Office [sic] in Washington neither reflects nor requires the approval of the United States Government. The PLO Information Office is registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, with the Department of Justice and is subject to the provisions of that legislation. The Department of Justice has informed us that so long as that office regularly files reports with the Department of Justice on its activities as an agent of a foreign organization, complies with all other relevant U.S. laws, and is staffed by Americans or legal resident aliens, it is entitled to operate under the protection provided by the First Amendment of the Constitution.
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