WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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International Terrorism
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
6 July 1976
Notes:
Fourth of July Festivities Undimmed by Terrorism (Page 11)
Italian Hostages Released in Ethiopia (Page 11)
Libyan Plane Hijacked to Spain by Lone Dissident (Page 12)
European Community to Coordinate Counterterror Tactics
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Romanian Efforts to Avoid Terrorism Against Dummy Airline
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TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
CHART: Incidence of Significant International Terror-
ist Acts as Listed in Weekly Situation Reports
(Page A-1)
Chronology (Page A-2)
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
1. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
II. Europe
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Fourth of July Festivities Undimmed by Terrorism
No foreign terrorist group attempted any operations in
the United States over the Fourth of July weekend, and no
U.S. celebrations overseas were marred by attempted terror-
ist acts. Although there were a few vague reports of
possible plans to disrupt the festivities, no attacks or
even harassment materialized. Either the few reported
rumors were idle bombast, or the extra security precautions
instituted at most posts discouraged terrorists from carrying
out any tentative plans for violence.
Italian Hostages Released in Ethiopia
The Italian vice-consul in Massawa, Ethiopia and her
common-law husband were released by Eritrean insurgents on
26 June after two weeks of captivity, according to the U.S.
consul in Asmara. (See the 15 June issue.) They were
released on a highway a few miles from Asmara and took a bus
to the Italian consulate. Both vice-consul Teresa Piccioni
and her companion, Giovanni Battista Balducci, who are 65
and 70 years old respectively, were in poor health. They are
currently staying at the Italian consulate in Asmara but
hope to return to Massawa if the Ethiopian authorities
permit it. They described their experience to the acting
Italian consul in Asmara, saying they were kidnapped by
three young members of the Popular Liberation Forces. They
reported that recent peace initiatives seem to have made no
impression on the PLF, which is determined to continue
taking foreign hostages for publicity purposes whenever the
opportunity arises.
The Italian captives were taken to a site northwest of
Massawa and were held by a band of several dozen young,
disciplined PLF guerrillas. They were told they were kid-
napped for publicity rather than for ransom. The guerrillas
showed considerable satisfaction when they listened to
shortwave broadcasts reporting their act. They told the
Italians that all the PLF kidnapping of foreigners had been
done strictly for publicity. They claimed they have camps
within five kilometers of Asmara and can strike at the city
at any time.
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Libyan Plane Hijacked to Spain by Lone Dissident
On 6 July a lone hijacker forced the crew of a Libyan
commercial airliner to divert the plane from its course
between Tripoli and Benghazi and ultimately to land in Palma
de Majorca, Spain. The hijacker, claiming to be a member of
an anti-Qadhafi organization called the "Vigilant Youth,"
originally tried to force the aircraft to land at Tunis, but
Tunisian authorities refused permission and blocked the
runway. The aircraft then landed very briefly at an Al-
gerian air force base south of Algiers, having been denied
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landing rights at the Algiers airport.
Early reports indicated that there was more than one
hijacker and that the group intended to land in Tunis in
order to negotiate the liberalization of the Libyan regime
and the return of Tunisian prisoners being held in Libya, in
exchange for Libyan hostages on the aircraft. However, when
the plane finally landed in Majorca, journalists re orted
that only one person was involved in the hijacking
European Community to Coordinate Counterterror Tactics
Ministers responsible for security in the nine European
Community countries met in Luxembourg on 29 June to set up
a consultative mechanism for dealing with terrorism. The
press release issued at the close of the conference reported
that the ministers agreed on the following: (a) the need
for the exchange of information on previous terrorist actions
in order to permit member states to profit from the past and
to develop methods for dealing with future incidents; (b)
the organizing of mutual assistance and cooperation among
member states when actual terrorist incidents occur; (c) the
need for the exchange of information on practical experience,
particularly in the area of police technology and equipment;
(d) the desirability of encouraging the exchange of police
personnel to increase the familiarity of law enforcement
officers with the organizations and working methods of
member countries; (e) the desirability of a greater degree
of cooperation in other areas of security, such as aviation,
nuclear energy, and in the struggle against natural or
accidental catastrophes, particularly fires.
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Romanian Efforts to Avoid Terrorism Against Dummy Airline
In December 1975 Romania, wishing to avoid Arab black-
listing-of its national airline, Transporturile Aeriene
Romane (TAR), formed an ostensibly separate airline, accord-
ing to U.S. military information. While the new line Liniile
Aeriene Romane (LAR) was established to service Romania's
air link to Tel Aviv, it is also used interchangeably with
TAR on other international routes. Romanian civil air
officials fear that should LAR appear to be exclusively a
Romania-Israel carrier, it would become a target of Arab
terrorism.
Both airlines use the same flight crews, flight numbers,
and call signs. Purchasers of tickets on TAR are sometimes
placed aboard LAR aircraft. This arrangement has enabled
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Romania to maintain air service to Israel as part of its air
network throughout the Middle East, and at the same time
avoid the political and economic consequences of Arab displea-
sure.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 25 June 1976 Paraguayan Consulate Bombed
A bomb explodiia at the
Place: Argentina, Paraguayan consulate in
Clorinda Clorinda, Argentina on 25
June, causing extensive
damage. No one claimed
responsibility for placing
the bomb. Clorinda is
located directly across the
border from Asuncion, Para-
guay. Either .Paraguayan or
Argentine terrorists ouil
be resnonsibl.e.
Date: 1 July 1976 South African Consul's Residence
Bombed
Place: United States, A bomb exploded at the South
San Francisco African consul's residence in
San Francisco, California on
1 July, causing extensive
damage but no Injuries. The
consul and his family were in
the house at the time. An
anonymous caller to a televi.-
sion station said the "Lucio
Cabanas Unit, New World Liber-
ation Front" was taking credit
for the bombing. The caller
said the bombing was in sympathy
for the recent deaths of over
1,000 blacks in South Africa,
and for a black man on death
row in a Louisiana state prison.
The man was convicted for kill-
ing a white student in a racial
disturbance. This group appar-
ently has been, responsible for
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Date: 2 July 1976
Syrian Airlines Office
Firebombed
Place: Kuwait, Kuwait The Syrian airline office
in Kuwait was destroyed by
firebombs on 2 July. No
employees were in the build-
ing and there were no
injuries. Police have ar-
rested a Palestinian with a
Syrian passport, according
to press reports. The bomb-
ing occurred one day after
Palestinian organizations
and resistance groups met in
Kuwait and sent a cable to
Arafat urging him to retali-
ate for the Phalangist and
Syrian "atrocities" at the
refiicree camps in Lebanon.
Date: 6 July 1976 Libyan Aircraft Hijacked
A Libyan aircraft was hi-
Place: Libya jacked on 6 July by a lone
man who reportedly opposes
the Qadhafi regime. The
plane, on a domestic flight,
was finally allowed to land
in Palma de Majorca, Spain.
The hijacker surrendered to
police and the passengers
were unharmed. (See Notes.)
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Tab B includes
TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
reasonably credible reports of planned
terrorist activity.
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 appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
** Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
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I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target: U.S. CONSUL Mexican police received an
anonymous telephone call from
Place: Mexico, Monterrey a person who threatened that
the U.S. consul in Monterrey
Date: Current would be assassinated. by the
23rd of September League.
(See the 22 June issue, page
B-I-1.)
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II. Europe
Target: U.S. DIPLOMAT
Place: France, Paris
Date: Current
Target: Bangladesh Biman
Airline Aircraft
taken.
** The U.S. Deputy Chief of
Mission in Paris received a
threatening telephone call
on a private unlisted num-
ber at his residence in
which the caller, speaking
French with an Arabic ac-
cent, warned that the DCM
would be killed. Additional
security, measures have heen
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VI. Worldwide
No terrorist threats worldwide were reported
during 30 June - 6 July 1976
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Distribution: Mr. Robert A. Fearey
Special Assistant to the Secretary
Department of State
Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
Negotiations and Arms Control
International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
Mr. James F. Barie
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Associate Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. J. Robert McBrien
Special Assistant for Special Legislation
and Projects
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
13 July 1976
Fedayeen Retaliation Expected Against Israel (Page 5)
Paraguayan Police Free U.S. Missionaries Kidnapped by the
OPM (Page 7)
Four Anarchists Escape from West Berlin Jail (Page 9)
Belgian Government Rationale for Paying Ransom to Mexican
Kidnappers (Page 10)
Notes:
New Italian Anti-Hijacking Legislation (Page 14)
Palestinian Access to Lebanese Passports (Page 14)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
II. Europe
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Fedayeen Retaliation Expected Against Israel
A number of indications have been received pointing to
the likelihood of a terrorist face-saving operation against
Israel. Our embassy in Tripoli reports that anger, humili-
ation and outrage over the Israeli rescue operation prevail
there, and that Col. Qadhafi may attempt something equally
devastating against Israel or allied interests. This
attitude was reflected in an editorial in the government-
controlled daily Al-Jihad. The editorial, which if not
drafted by Qadhafi undoubtedly had his approval, stated that
the terrorists in Uganda were "building castles in the air"
when they should have been dealing harshly with the hos-
tages. In effect, the embassy feels, the editorial instructs
terrorists to give no quarter to their victims.
The Israeli government expects terrorist retaliation
for the Entebbe operation and has increased airport and
border security forces. In regard to protecting Israeli
citizens and property overseas, the Israeli government is
considering the establishment of a coordinated operations
center for counterterrorist activities abroad. This might
be established under the direction of the Prime Minister's
special advisor on terrorism. Among the activities being
considered for such an organization would be holding West
Bank Palestinians as hostages for dealing with terrorists'
demands, staging more Entebbe-type rescue operations, and
taking action against specific individual terrorists.
The successful Israeli rescue operation in Uganda plus
the military reverses which the Palestinians have suffered
in Lebanon at the hands of Lebanese Christians and the
Syrians have increased the Palestinian sense of frustration
and isolation. It is expected that they will seek to remedy
their situation by staging another spectacular terrorist
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operation. In light of this, the State Department has
directed all diplomatic posts to review their anti-terror-
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Paraguayan Police Free U.S. Missionaries Kidnapped by the
OPM
Two U.S. Mormon missionaries stationed in Corrientes,
Argentina were kidnapped on 26 June by the Organizacion
Politica Militar and taken to Paraguay where they were held
for $1.5 million ransom. They were freed during the night
of 30 June when Paraguayan police raided a house near En-
carnacion where they were being held. The OPM is a relatively
new organization, consisting mainly of young, middle-class
Paraguayan leftists trained in Argentina. Many returned to
Paraguay in the spring of 1976 following the military coup
in Argentina.
The missionaries, Thayne Larson and Peter Allen Shaw,
were contacted on 25 June by a young woman who said she had
a friend who wanted to speak with them. They agreed to meet
her the following day and be taken to her friend. On 26
June she introduced them to a man who drove them to a vacant
house in Candelaria, Argentina. There, four armed men
blindfolded them and put them in a boat to cross the Parana
river. Part way across the boat sank and they had to swim
to shore. They were met there by four more men who took
them to a shack in the jungle. Two days later they were
moved to a house occupied by ,a woman and a young man. The
man told the missionaries that he did not approve of what
was taking place and that he would notify the police, which
he did. Shaw was wounded slightly by mistake during the
police raid. According to Paraguayan officials the captured
kidnappers are of both Paraguayan and Argentinian nation-
ality.
Ransom notes demanding $1.5 million for the release of
the missionaries were sent to Mormon representatives in
Paraguay and Argentina. (A local Mormon official later
informed the U.S. embassy in Buenos Aires that the Mormon
church's position is not, to pay ransom even though this
might result in the loss of life.) The notes, signed by the
OPM, said the money would be used to purchase weapons.
Under interrogation the kidnappers revealed that the arms
were to be purchased in France.
As late as April of this year there was a considerable
difference of'opinion within the government of Paraguay
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regarding the capabilities of the OPM. The Ministry of
Interior felt that the OPM was still in an organizational
phase while military intelligence contended that it could
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Four Anarchists Escape from West Berlin Jail
Four hardcore anarchist prisoners who escaped from the
West Berlin women's jail early on 7 July are still at large.
The four are Monika Berberich, a Baader-Meinhof gang member
serving a 12-year sentence for bank robbery, and Gabriele
Rolinik, Juliano Plambeck, and Inge Viett, who were incar-
cerated during investigation to determine if they took part
in the 1975 kidnapping of West Berlin Christian Democratic
Union politician Peter Lorenz. Miss Viett's name was on the
list of 53 prisoners in five countries whose freedom was
demanded,by the terrorists who hijacked the Air France plane
to Uganda. The four women reportedly overpowered guards and
escaped in waiting vehicles while police pursuit was foiled
by the use of tire-puncturing devices.
Police checked all of the exits from the city, includ-
ing surface and underground transit systems to East Berlin
and East Germany. The prevailing theory, however, was that
the fugitives had gone into hiding in West Berlin itself, and
as of 9 July police were investigating a house where it was
thought the escapees may be hidden. Police reinforcements
from other parts of West Germany were expected to arrive
early in the week of 10 July to aid in the search. East
German authorities were notified of the escape and their
assistance was requested within hours of the event. On 9
July the East German foreign ministry advised a representa-
tive of the Bonn government resident in East Berlin that
assistance would be forthcoming if a GDR official could sit
in on crisis staff meetings and maintain direct contact with
West Berlin Senat officials. The results of this offer of
collaboration are not yet known.
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Belgian Government Rationale for Paying Ransom- to Mexican
Kidnappers
The U.S. embassy in Brussels has reported that the
Belgian government provided part of the $408,000 ransom paid
to secure the release of the daughter of the Belgian am-
bassador to Mexico, who was kidnapped by the 23rd of Sep-
tember Communist League on 25 May. (See the 1 June issue.)
The Belgian Foreign Ministry made its decision when private
civic organizations in Belgium started a genera]. campaign to
collect funds to help the Chaval family meet the terrorists'
ransom demands. The Belgian government felt that a public
collection of funds might encourage terrorists to go after
such targets as women, children and the elderly, who would
become the object of worldwide concern and pity, rather than
to target diplomats or public officials who assume such
risks as part of their jobs. This would raise the pos-
sibility of outrageous future ransom demands based on cal-
culation of revenue collected by public fund-raising cam-
paigns. The Belgian government felt that this possibility
justified the departure from its traditional policy of no
negotiations or ransom, which will publicly remain the same.
(In the Chaval case the child was not the kidnappers' orig-
inal target; they had expected to seize the ambassador
himself. According to some accounts, there was talk of an
effort among the diplomatic community in Mexico to raise
funds for the ransom, in addition to the public effort in
Belgium.)
Negotiations with the terrorists were handled by the
economic counselor from the Belgian embassy in Washington,
who was sent to Mexico City for that express purpose. Am-
bassador Chaval wanted to exchange himself for his daughter
but the Belgian government would not permit this. When the
newspapers carried the story that the ambassador was suf-
fering from a nervous breakdown, the official in. charge of
the negotiations perpetuated the story to keep the ambassador
sidelined from developments. (A Mexican version. of these
events indicates that a senior Mexican security official
moved into the Belgian embassy and made most of the decisions,
as he considered the Belgian counselor to be unfamiliar with
Mexican psychology.)
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Although the Belgian fear of encouraging terrorists to
target children or other helpless victims is understandable,
such a development seems unlikely. Most Latin American
revolutionary groups which practice terrorism claim political
justification for any action they undertake. While the
abduction of helpless, innocent hostages might gain a terror-
ist group more money, political terrorists probably would
consider that the adverse effect on their n?hlir- imace would
make such tactics counterproductive.
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New Italian Anti-Hijacking Legislation
The Italian parliament has passed a new law, effective
18 June, entitled "Suppression of Crimes Against: Air Navi-
gation Security." It provides for 7-21 years imprisonment
for whoever tries, by means of violence or threats of vio-
lence, to seize, hijack or destroy an aircraft. This sen-
tence also applies to anyone damaging ground installations
for the purpose of hijacking or destroying an aircraft. The
sentence is increased if the attempt is successful. In case
of the death of one or more persons, the sentence is in-
creased to 24-30 years imprisonment. Both Italian nationals
and foreigners are subject to this law if (1) the aircraft
is registered in Italy; (2) the aircraft lands in Italian
territory with the perpetrator aboard; (3) the aircraft is
leased or chartered by any agency established in Italy; or
(4)-on request of the Minister of Justice and Pardons,
whenever the perpetrator is in Italian territory and is not
subject to extradition.
Palestinian Access to Lebanese Passports
During April 1976, according to a U.S. Army source,
Lebanese leftist Muslim forces seized the Lebanese govern-
ment passport office. Since that time valid Lebanese pass-
ports have been issued in false name to Palestinians and
Lebanese leftists. Such passports presumably could be
nnccPd to fadnvaPn terrorists and their affiliated groups.
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Date: 26 June 1976 Two Mormon Missionaries
Kidnapped
Place: Argentina, Two U.S. Mormon missionaries
Corrientes were kidnapped in Argentina
by the Political Military
Organization of Paraguay
and taken to Paraguay. The
missionaries were released
on 30 June after the police
raided the kidnappers' hide-
out.
Date: 9 July 1976 Bomb Explosion Involving Cubana
Airlines
Place: Jamaica, Kingston An explosion occurred in a
piece of luggage intended for
a Cubana Airlines plane,
destroying the luggage cart.
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
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 appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
** Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
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Target: CHRYSLER
EXECUTIVES
Place: Argentina,
Buenos.Aires
Date: Unknown
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had been under surveillance
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Target: U.S. DIPLOMAT The U.S. Deputy Chief of
Mission in Paris received a
Place: France, Paris telephone call on 3 July
threatening that he would
Date: Current be killed. (See the 6 July
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Target: U.S. CITIZENS The U.S. embassy in Cairo
received an anonymous letter
Place: Lebanon detailing a Libyan plot against
persons involved in Middle
Date: Unknown East peace efforts. The
action is supposed to occur
in Lebanon and will include
the kidnapping of U.S. citizens.
The U.S. embassy commented
that surface indications
suggest the letter may be
bonafide. The letter is
being passed to the Egyptian
Foreign Ministry.
Target: U.S. OFFICIALS ** The U.S. consulate general in
Karachi has received an anony-
Place: Pakistan, mous letter and telephone call
Karachi which threatened the consul
Islamabad general's and the ambassador's
life. Extra security precau-
Date: Unknown. tions are being taken.
Target: United Nations ** Several threats have been
Installations made against U.N. peacekeep-
ing forces in Syria, accord-
Place: Syria ing to the U.S. Defense
Attache in Damascus. U.N.
Date: Current installations in Damascus
are now under 24-hour armed
guard and personnel have
been appropriately warned.
The threats are believed
to reflect the Palestinians'
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IV. Africa
Tar et: Royal Air Maroc
Aircraft
Place: Africa
Date: July 1976
Polisario insurgents cur-
rently in Moroccan jails.
The Polisario is planning
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aircraft this month, accord-
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Special Assistant to the Secretary
Department of State
Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
Negotiations and Arms Control
International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
Mr. James F. Barie
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Associate Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. J. Robert McBrien
Special Assistant for Special Legislation
and Projects
Department of Treasury
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20 July 1976
Turkey Releases Two Soviet Hijackers (Page 7)
Mexico Plans Increased Protection of Diplomatic
Corps (Page 9)
"Economist" Comment on Concessions to Terrorists
(Page 10)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
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Turkey Releases Two Soviet Hijackers
Two Lithuanians, whose skyjacking of a Soviet airliner
six years ago resulted in their imprisonment in Turkey,
departed for Rome on 11 July enroute to permanent asylum in
a still undetermined western country. The two, Pranas
Brazinskas and his son Algirdas, seized control of an Aeroflot
liner in October 1970 and forced the pilot to fly to Turkey,
where they requested asylum. The stewardess was killed and
the pilot and the navigator were both wounded during the
flight, and the Soviet government repeatedly sought the
Brazinskases' repatriation to face charges. The Turkish
government, however, refused to return the pair and instead
tried them in a Turkish court for the shootings aboard the
aircraft. They were convicted. on manslaughter charges and
subsequently were freed from prison during a general amnesty
declared in 1974. Following their release the Brazinskases
lived in a displaced persons' camp where they reportedly
sought the protection of the camp to assure they would not
be forcibly seized and returned to the USSR by Soviet agents.
The recent improvement in Soviet-Turkish relations,
prompted in part by the strain in Turkish-American relations
resulting from Congressional limits on military aid, re-
portedly led the Brazinskases to fear that Turkey might
return them to the USSR. On 24 June they visited the U.S.
embassy in Ankara and sought political asylum to avoid
possible repatriation to the USSR, according to press reports.
The U.S. government, however, was disinclined to offer
assylum, given the strong American opposition to hijacking.
On 11 July the pair was allowed to leave.Turkey for Rome,
amid renewed Soviet requests for their extradition. The
Soviet press has been extremely critical of the Turkish
decision to release the pair.
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NOTES
Mexico Plans Increased Protection of Diplomatic Corps
The Protocol Office of the Mexican Foreign Office sent
a memorandum to all diplomatic missions on 5 July detailing
a plan to safeguard diplomatic personnel against terrorist
attacks. The memorandum said that the metropolitan police
force has established a surveillance service at diplomatic
missions formed by foot, motorized and air patrols, which
will increase its vigilance at critical times of the day and
will provide extra surveillance to missions that may require
it. In addition, a police radio service has been established
which can be used in diplomatic vehicles with special
transmitter-receivers installed. The memorandum further
advises diplomatic missions to instruct their personnel to
report the presence of persons whose actions are unusual and
to report suspicious telephone calls or threats of any sort
to a telephone number in the Protocol Office to be reserved
exclusively for that purpose. Missions also were advised to
instruct their drivers in security procedures and to avoid
spreading information about future schedules and activities.
(The formation of a special counterterrorist police group in
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ion was reported in the 15 June issue.)
"Economist" Comment on Concessions to Terrorists
The Economist of London, in its 10 July issue, reported
on the aftermath of the Air France hijacking and the 4 July
Israeli raid into Uganda to free the hostages, with the
following conclusion:
"There are two objectives in dealing with terror-
ists who take hostages and use them to make unacceptable
demands. The first is to save as many of the hostages
as possible. The other is to make sure that the ter-
rorists' hostage tactic fails, which will not always be
compatible with the first but may nevertheless have to
take precedence over it. Each time an act of terrorism
fails to achieve its aims and the terrorists are killed,
the profit-and-loss calculation of potent=ial future
terrorists will move a little more nervously against
taking the risk. Each time the terrorists achieve
their aims, even though they then release their hos-
tages, there will be more imitators who think it safe
and profitable to follow their example. Everyone who
wants to see terrorism brought to an end has, in each
particular episode, a communal interest in refusing to
make concessions to the terrorists which outweighs even
the agony of the hostages and the suffering of their
waiting relatives and friends. There will be more
hostage-taking in the long run, and more coffins to be
lowered into graves by grieving relatives,, every time
a government takes the capitulationist line."
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Date: 13 July 1976 World Wide Wilcox (Northrop)
Office Building Bombed
Place: Turkey, Istanbul An explosive device went off
in the apartment building
housing the office of World
Wide Wilcox in Istanbul on
13 July. There was minor
damage to the building but
none to the Wilcox offices
and no personal injuries.
World Wide Wilcox believes
disgruntled employees may be
responsible as the company
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Tab B includes all reasonably credible reports of planned
often iscuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
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nearly all the cases listed., the intended target and appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
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Place: Argentina,
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Date: Unknown
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IT. Europe
Target: Irish Hotels
Shannon Airport
Place: Republic of
Ireland
Date: Unknown
The U.S. embassy in London
received a letter from the
Ulster Defense Volunteers
warning that bombs will be
placed at various hotels in
a number of Irish cities and
at Shannon Airport. The
letter urged U.S. tourists
to stay away from Ireland
because they may be injured
or killed in the bomb blasts.
Target: U.S. DIPLOMAT
Place: France, Paris
Date: Current
The U.S. Deputy Chief of
Mission in Paris received a
telephone call on 3 July
threatening that he would
be killed. (See the 6 July
issue, page B-II-I.) (CON-
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III. Middle East
Target: U.S. CITIZENS The U.S. embassy in Cairo
received an anonymous letter
Place: Lebanon detailing a Libyan plot
against persons involved in
Date: Unknown Middle East peace efforts.
The action is supposed to
occur in Lebanon and will
include the kidnapping of
U.S. citizens. (See the
13 July issue a e B-III-1.)
Target: U.S. OFFICIALS The U.S. consulate general in
Karachi has received an anony-
Place: Pakistan, mous letter and telephone call
Karachi which threatened the consul
Islamabad general's and the ambassador's
life. (See the 13 July issue,
Date: Unknown page B-III-l.)
Target: United Nations Several threats have been
Installations made against U.N. peacekeep-
ing forces in Syria. The
Place: Syria threats are believed to re-
flect the Palestinians'
Date: Current frustration over Syria's
current role in Lebanon.
(See the 13 July issue, page
B-III-.l.)
Target:
Tanker
**
The PFLP is contemplating
hi-
jacking a super-tanker in
the
Place:
Hormuz Straits
Hormuz Straits at the end
of
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Special Assistant to the Secretary
Department of State
Mr. Dwayne S. Anderson
Deputy Director for International
Negotiations and Arms Control
International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
Mr. James F. Barie
Assistant Chief, International Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Mr. Daniel J. Mozeleski
National Security Council Staff
Mr. Herbert H. Kaiser, Jr.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Consumer Affairs
Department of Transportation
Mr. James Robinson
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Associate Director of the Domestic Council
Mr. Herbert K. Reis
Legal Advisor
United States Mission to the United Nations
Mr. J. Robert McBrien
Special Assistant for Special Legislation
and Projects
Department of Treasury
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Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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27 July 1976
Split Between Habbash and Haddad PFLP Factions
(Page 1)
Ransom Payment Leads to Arrest of Suspects in
Niehous Kidnapping (Page 3)
Two West German Terrorist Fugitives Recaptured
(Page 6)
Notes:
Canadians Maintaining Olympic Security (Page 7)
Turkish Dignitary Threatened by Greek Cypriot
Sympathizer in New York (Page 8)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
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Split Between Habbash and Haddad PFLP Factions
Available information indicates that in early 1976 the
leadership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pal-
estine (PFLP) underwent a de facto split. Long-standing
differences between PFLP leader George Habbash and Dr. Wadi'
Haddad, chief of the PFLP's terrorist.apparatus, apparently
came to a head, and Haddad reportedly has moved his head-
quarters from Lebanon to Iraq. The split was foreshadowed
by earlier action against Haddad by the Habbash leadership;
in September 1975 Haddad was reportedly stripped of his
duties as PFLP treasurer and removed as chief of the Foreign
Operations Committee. In actual practice Haddad has retained
control over those elements of the FOC apparatus concerned
with terrorism, and compensated for any loss of funds by
concluding an agreement with Libyan Chairman Qadhafi for
financing of his operations. The result has been to remove
any possibility of restraint on Haddad by the Habbash leader-
ship and make him financially dependent on the more radical
Qadhafi regime. Therefore the main PFLP faction is probably
sincere when it publicly denies responsibility for terrorist
acts carried out by Haddad's followers.
With Libyan support and the occasional participation of
the Venezuelan terrorist "Carlos" (Ilich Ramirez Sanchez),
Haddad's organization has mounted three major terrorist
operations in the past eight months--the seizure of the OPEC
ministers at their Vienna meeting in December, an abortive
attempt to attack an airborne El Al aircraft with SA-7
missiles outside Nairobi airport in January, and the recent
Air France skyjacking which ended in embarrassment and 25X1
defeat in Entebbe, Uganda. (See the issue of 6 July.)
The extremist views and policies shared by Qadhafi and
Haddad, the virtually unlimited funds provided by the former,
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degree of three other radical Arab regimes (Iraq, South
Yemen and Somalia) which permit Haddad and his cadre to
operate from bases on their soil and with Libya
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with further loss of control over Haddad by less extreme
fedayeen elements, bears the potential for furt=her inter-
national terrorist acts by Haddad's wing of the PFLP,
supported by extremist Arab elements opposed to a negotiated
settlement in the Middle East.
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Kidnapping
On 21 July two men were arrested while attempting to
collect a partial ransom payment demanded by the kidnappers
of U.S. businessman. William Niehous. They were David
Nieves Banchs, a Venezuelan terrorist who has had connec-
tions with several guerrilla groups, most recently with the
Organization of Revolutionaries (OR), and Ivan Padilla, a
former seminarian. Venezuelan authorities have identified
and arrested eight additional suspects from the information
obtained in debriefings of Nieves and Padilla. The author-
ities now believe the kidnapping was a joint operation of
the OR and the Venezuelan Revolutionary Party/Armed Forces
of National Liberation (PRV/FALN). (Niehous has been held
hostage since February 1976. See the issues of 2 March and
6 July.)
Most of the eight other persons arrested have been
associated with Nieves or Padilla personally, or with the
OR. They include some professional people and two women.
One of the eight, Jorge Rodriguez, died in prison on 26
July. Nieves had informed the authorities that Rodriguez
was the coordinator for the Niehous kidnapping. He was the
leader of the Socialist League, an OR front group. The
Venezuelan Minister of Interior confirmed the death and
said the circumstances are being investigated. He also an-
nounced that other arrests had been made.
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Nieves was identified in September 1967 as head of the
intelligence section of the Movement of the Revolutionary
Left (MIR). In February 1970, he was named as the political
representative of the OR (which originally was related to
the MIR) in the Eastern Tactical Direction Center. In Janu-
ary 1971 plans for kidnapping or assassination operations
reportedly were suspended because of the arrest of Nieves,
who was described as second in command in the OR. Eastern
Front and number four in the overall OR hierarchy. In the
summer of 1972 Nieves, while still in prison, was named as a
member of the OR National Coordinating Committee. He was
among those released from prison in December 1972 as a
result of a hunger strike by political prisoners. In July
1973 it was reported that Nieves was to assist Jorge
Rodriguez in a legal front for guerrilla groups and other
leftist organizations in Venezuela.
If the Venezuelan authorities are able to determine the
exact location where Niehous is being held, they may try to
release him by force. The fact that the arrests have
become public knowledge, however, might cause the kidnappers
to move Niehous to another area. In addition, the death of
Rodriguez could lead to some type of reprisal by the kidnap-
pers--a fact that the Minister acknowledged in his press
statement by warning the kidnappers of harsh consequences if
they should murder the hostage.
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Two West German Terrorist Fugitives Recaptured
Monika Berberich, one of four terrorists who escaped
from a West Berlin women's prison on 7 July, was seized on a
West Berlin street by police on 21 July. She was armed with
a 9 mm. pistol and was carrying identity card photographs
when recaptured. Police have not indicated whether her
recapture will shed any light on the whereabouts of the
remaining three fugitives involved in the breakout.
Rolf Pohle, one of five jailed anarchist terrorists who
gained their freedom in exchange for the return of a kid-
napped political leader in February 1975, was taken into
custody by Greek police on 21 July. He had arrived in
Athens on May 27 from Corfu, using a false Peruvian passport.
According to press reports West German authorities are
seeking his extradition. Pohle is attempting to block this
by asking for political asylum in Greece, a course that
could result in a lengthy appeal procedure in Greek courts.
Pohle, who is linked to the West German Baader-Meinhof
gang, was serving a six-year prison sentence at the time he
and four others were released to secure the return of West
Berlin mayoral candidate Peter Lorenz, kidnapped by the 2
June Movement. These five were given asylum in the People's
Democratic Republic of Yemen, and one of them later partic-
ipated in the OPEC operation. (See the issues of 4 March
1975 and 27 January 1976.)
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Canadians Maintaining Olympic Security
There have been a number of reports in recent days of
threats involving Arab terrorist plans against the Olympic
Games in Montreal. One report indicated that a group of six
Arabs had left Germany, possibly en route to Australia, and
one line of speculation was that this group would proceed to
Montreal by a circuitous route. The Canadian press has
stated that. five Palestinian guerrillas carrying Iraqi pass-
ports have entered Canada from the U.S.; another report said
that a group composed of five Canadians, two Japanese, and
six Arabs was planning to kidnap the Israeli Olympic team.
Canadian authorities have been methodically checking all
reports they receive, and as the Games enter their final
week the stringent security measures imposed by Canadian
authorities to assure the safety of the participants con-
tinue to prove effective.
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Turkish Dignitary Threatened by Greek Cypriot sympathizer
in New York
Former Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit escaped
injury when a Greek Cypriot sympathizer pulled a gun near
him in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel the night of
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speech to an audience of Turkish and Turkish-American stu-
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arrested. Security officers wrestled the assailant to the
floor and took his automatic pistol, which had a bullet in
the chamber and a full ammunition clip. The suspect was
identified as Stavros Sykopetrides, secretary of the Union
of Greeks and Cypriots of the United States and Canada. He
rged with assaulting a foreign dignitary.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 22 July 1976 Mozambique Airlines Bombed
A large section of the of-
Place: Portugal, Lisbon fices of the Mozambique
airlines company, DETA, was
destroyed by a bomb explo-
sion in Lisbon on 22 July.
No one has claimed resp6n-
sibility for placing the
bomb.
Date: 23 July 1976 Kidnap Attempt and
Assassination of Cuban
Place: Mexico, Merida Officials in Mexico
Cuban exiles tried to kidnap
the Cuban consul in Merida
but failed. They succeeded
in killing his companion, an
official of the Cuban Fish-
eries Institute, instead.
The assai1an TnaTnhP-rq
of th F NC.
A rgentine Embassy Bombed
Date: 23 July 1976 A
exploded at the Argen-
Place: Italy, Rome tine embassy in Rome on 23
July, knocking out several
windows and the front door.
There were no personal in-
juries. A group calling
itself the "International
Che Guevara Organization"
claimed credit for the
bombing. It is not known
whether this group is re-
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International Brigade" that
claimed responsibility for
killing the Bolivian ambas-
sador to France in May 1976.
See Tab B for a threat against
the Argentine embassy in
Brussels.
Date: 24 July 1976 Chilean Pavilion Bombed
A bomb exploded at the
Place: Colombia, Bogota Chilean pavilion at the
Bogota International Trade
Fair on 24 July, injuring
six and causing considerable
damage. An unexploded bomb
was found and disarmed at the
American pavilion on 25 July. I
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en aiscuss generai 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 appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
* Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
* Indicates a revision of a threat reported in previous issues.
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I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target: CHRYSLER
EXECUTIVES
A number of Chrysler execu-
tives have received threaten-
ing mimeographed letters from
Place: Argentina, the Montoneros. (See the
Buenos Aires 13 July issue, page B-I-1.)
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III. Middle East
Target: Tanker
Place: Hormuz Straits
Date: Unknown
The PFLP is contemplating hi-
jacking a super-tanker in the
Hormuz Straits at the end of
Target: U.S. CITIZENS The U.S. embassy in Cairo
received an anonymous letter
Place: Lebanon detailing a Libyan plot
against persons involved in
Date: Unknown Middle East peace efforts.
The action is supposed to
occur in Lebanon and will
include the kidnannina of
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Target: United Nations
Installations
Several threats have been
made against U.N. peacekeep-
ing forces in. Syria. The
Place: Syria threats are believed to re-
flect the Palestinians'
Date: Current frustration over Syria's
current role in Lebanon.
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V. Far East
No significant terrorist threats were reported during
the period 21-27 July 1976