WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626224
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2020
• Case Number: F-2016-02132
• Publication Date: October 11, 1978

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Weekly Situation Report
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11 October 1978
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
Tab B includes all reasonably credible reports of planned
terrorist activity. Although the reliability and access of
the sources vary considerably, the threats listed are consid-
ered sufficiently plausible to warrant alertness and the use
of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions .or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the, intended target and appro-
priate governments have been informed of the threat.
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Indicates.a new threat reported for the first time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
target: U.S. AMBASSADOR
U.S. EMBASSY
Place: Honduras,
Tegucigalpa
Date: Unknown
Target: U.S. AMBASSADOR
U.S. CONSUL ,
Place: Guatemala
Recent developments in Honduras
at the U.S. Embassy have re-
sulted in the tightening of
security measures. In late
August a night watchman was
approached as he departed the
Embassy and asked questions
about working hours of the
Ambassador and Consul. The
two men said they were Sand-
inistas and spoke of getting
a large ransom if they kidnaped
the American Ambassador. On 24
September an anonymous male
telephoned the Embassy and speak-
ing in Spanish said something
about "explosivo--5 minutos".
A search of the building was
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the Guerrilla Army ot the (b)(3)
Poor (EGP) continues planning
to assassinate the U.S. Ambas-
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sador and the U.S. Consul in
Date: Unknown Guatemala. In late June of
this year there was a threat
by the EGP against a diplomatic
mission, the U.S. Embassy and a
member of the U.S. military in
the country. (See the issue
of 12 July, Tab B.)
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