WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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• Publication Date: November 2, 1976
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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
2 November 1976
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
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Chronology (Page A-2)
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2 November 1976
CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date:
25 and 28 October
1976
Spanish-Connected Businesses
and Interpol 0 ices in Paris
0 Bombed
]!?lace: France, Paris A series of bomb attacks occur-
red in the Paris area prior to
and during the visit to France
of Spanish King Juan Carlos.
On 25 October three factories,
two of which import materials
from Spain, were bombed, with
slight injuries to five people.
Two banks, one of them Spanish,
also sustained bomb attacks.
No group claimed responsibility
for these attacks. An explo-
sion at Interpol headquarters
in Paris on 28 October caused
considerable property damage
but no injuries. An anonymous
caller to a French newspaper
claimed a Spanish exile organi-
zation had planted the bomb
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2 November 1976
because Interpol supported the
Spanish government's "re-
pression" of its opponents.
Date: 27 October 1976 Moroccan Embassy in Madrid
Attacked with Bombs and
Place: Spain, Madrid Gunfire
Two terrorists bombed the
Moroccan embassy in Madrid,
injuring four persons and
causing extensive property
damage. The terrorists then
directed gunfire at the building
and fled. The press specu-
lated that the attackers were
members of the Polisario Front,
but a Polisario spokesman in
Algiers denied the Front was
responsible for the attack.
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Distribution: Ambassador L. Douglas Heck
Director of the Office for Combatting
Terrorism (M/CT)
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. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. John J. Reagan
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
Two Gunmen Wound Iranian Diplomat in Paris (Page 4)
Notes:
Syrian Embassy Terrorists Sentenced in Rome (Page 5)
Another East Bloc Criminal Turns Hijacker (Page 6)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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9 November 1976
Two Gunmen Wound Iranian Diplomat in Paris
Iranian diplomat Homayoun Keykavoussi was critically
wounded on his way home from work in Paris on 2 November.
He was shot four times by an assailant on a motor scooter,
and an off-duty policeman who tried to stop the gunman was
wounded by a second attacker. Both gunmen escaped. Later
a man who telephoned a French news agency claimed responsi-
bility on behalf of the "Reza Rezai International Brigades,"
named after an Iranian Marxist who was killed in a gun fight
with Tehran police three years ago. The caller claimed that
Keykavoussi was a member of SAVAK, the Iranian security
police.
Although a number of Iranian nationals were picked up
for questioning by French police, no arrests have been made.
There are several thousand Iranian students in France, many
of them opposed to the Shah.
This was the sixth shooting attack on a, foreign diplomat
in France (five in Paris) within the past two years. The
Uruguayan military attache was murdered in December 1974;
the Yugoslav vice consul in Lyon was severely wounded in
April 1975; a Spanish assistant military attache was wounded
in October 1975; the Turkish ambassador was assassinated in
October 1975; and the Bolivian ambassador was killed in May
1976.
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Syrian Embassy Terrorists Sentenced in Rome
Three Palestinian members of the Black June Movement
who attacked the Syrian embassy in Rome on 11 October have
been sentenced to prison terms. (See the 12 October issue.)
The sentences of 15 years plus 3 years of "supervised freedom"
for each defendant were announced on 6 November after a
brief trial. According to the Associated Press, the three
terrorists could be extradited to Syria instead of serving
their sentences in. Italy. The Syrians, who recently hanged
three Palestinians for a similar attack on a Damascus hotel,
probably would deal harshly with them. Italy has never kept
Palestinian terrorists in prison any longer than necessary.
According to the press,
a Syrian counselo
the 11 October attack is still hospitalized.
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9 November 1976
Another East Bloc Criminal Turns Hijacker
A Polish airliner enroute to Warsaw from Copenhagen on
4 November was forced to fly to Vienna, where Andrzej
Karasinski, the 20-year-old hijacker, gave himself up and
requested asylum. Karasinski, who had a criminal record,
was expelled from Denmark and placed aboard a Polish aircraft
by Danish police. He fashioned a mock hand grenade from a
loaf of prison bread that he had taken as a souvenir from a
Danish jail, and ordered the crew to fly to Austria. The
other passengers, including one American, were unaware of
Ka.rasinski's activities and thought the aircraft had been
diverted because of bad weather. This is the second such
incident in Eastern Europe within one week. A Czechoslovak
criminal suspect hijacked a plane from Prague to Munich on
28 October and has not yet been returned to Czechoslovakia.
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Although Poland has requested the hijacker's extra-
dition, Austrian officials have stated that under the new
penal code, a hijacker is liable for punishment in Austria
if apprehended in Austria_ rPanr~less of where the hijacking
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 2 November 1976 Iranian Diplomat in Paris
Wounded by Unknown Assailant
Place: France, Paris An Iranian diplomat was shot
and seriously wounded near his
Paris residence by an unknown
attacker on a motorcycle. A
second gunman wounded an off-
duty policeman who tried to
prevent the attack. Both as-
sailants escaped. An anony-
mous caller later told a
French news agency that. the
"Reza Rezai International
Brigades" was responsible for
the shooting and had attacked
the diplomat because he is a
member of the Iranian state
security police.
Date: 3 November 1976 Chrysler Executive Assassinated
in Argentina
Place: Argentina, An Argentine executive of the
Buenos Aires Chrysler Corporation was shot
to death on 3 November by two
unknown assailants as he was
leaving his home. Another
Argentine Chrysler executive
was killed by the Mo.ntoneros
Date: 6 November 1976 Cubana Airlines Office in
Madrid Bombed
Place: Spain, Madrid A bomb exploded at the Madrid
office of Cubana Airlines on
6 November causing consider-
able damage. An anonymous
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caller told the Associated
Press offl Lce in Puerto Rico
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Castro group called the
United Re~rolutionary Organi-
zation had placed the bomb.
(This is possibly the CORU
organizat:.on.)
Date: 6 November 1976 Business Firms and Diplomatic
Installation Bombed in Istanbul
Place: Turkey, Istanbul Bombs exploded in Istanbul the
night of 6 November at the E-1
Al Airlines office, the offices
of Dutch and Iranian business
`firms and the Egyptian consu-
late. On( person was injured.
A group professing to be fol-
lowers oft.he late Mahir Cayan,
a Turkish anti-government ter-
rorist ki:~Lled in 1972, claimed
responsib:jil i.ty.
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Distribution: Ambassador L. Douglas Heck
Director of the Office for Combatting
Terrorism (M/CT)
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. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. John J. Reagan
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
16 November 1976
Council of Europe'Adopts Convention on Terrorism
(Page 6)
Istanbul Airport Terrorists Sentenced by Turkish Court
(Page 7)
French Court Refuses Extradition of Four American
Hijackers (Page 9)
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Hopes Rise for Release of French Nati
Hostage in Chad (Page 9)
US Senate Resolution Urges Enforcemen
Security Measures (Page 10)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant Intern
Dnals Held
t of Airport
at:Lonal Terrorist Acts
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Hopes Rise for Release of French Nationals Held
Hostage in Chad (Page 9)
US Senate Resolution Urges Enforcement of Airport
Security Measures (Page 10)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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16 November 1976
Council of Europe Adopts Convention on Teirorism
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A convention passed unanimously by the, 19-member Council
of Europe on 10 November stipulates automatic extradition of
terrorists to the country where the terrorist act was commit
ted, or alternatively, prompt trial in the country where
they were caught. The Council has only consultative status
and its acts are not binding, but the unanimous vote indi-
cates how seriously the problem is regarded by members. To
go into effect, the convention must be ratified by at least
three countries; it would then be valid i those countries
and would be extended as other countries ratified it.
The document lists the following as acts of terrorism:
hijacking, taking hostages, abduction, sequestration, the
use of bombs, grenades and firearms, any infringement of the
rights of diplomats, and damage to. public buildings. Under
the convention no such act, complicity in such act; or attempt
at such act would be considered a "breach of law inspired by
political motives." One clause of the convention exempts
from the extradition provision those cases where an extra-
dition request appears to be motivated by considerations of
race, religion, nationality or political opinion. The
constitutions of a number of European countries contain
right-of-asylum provisions that in the past. have precluded
the extradition of those sought for political acts in other
countries. Thus some countries may have difficulty recon-
ciling such constitutional considerations with the terms of
the new convention. 50X1-HUM
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16 November 1976
Council of Europe Adopts Convention on Terrorism
A convention passed unanimously by the 19-member Council
of Europe on 10 November stipulates automatic extradition of
terrorists to the country where the terrorist act was commit-
ted, or alternatively, prompt trial in the country where
they were caught. The Council has only consultative status
and its acts are not binding, but the unanimous vote indi-
cates how seriously the problem is regarded by members. To
go into effect, the convention must be ratified by at least
three countries; it would then be valid in those countries
and would be extended as other countries ratified it.
The document lists the following as acts of terrorism:
hijacking, taking hostages, abduction, sequestration, the
use of bombs, grenades and firearms, any infringement of the
rights of diplomats, and damage to public buildings. Under
the convention no such act, complicity in such act or attempt
at such act would be considered a "breach of law inspired by
political motives." One clause of the convention exempts
from the extradition provision those cases where an extra-
dition request appears to be motivated by considerations of
race, religion, nationality or political opinion. The
constitutions of a number of European countries contain
right-of-asylum provisions that in the past have precluded
the extradition of those sought for political acts in other
countries. Thus some countries may have difficulty recon-
ciling such constitu ons with the terms of
the new convention. 50X1-HUM
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Istanbul Airport Terrorists Sentenced by Turkish Court
Two Palestinians who killed four El Al airline passen-
gers and wounded 22 in an attack in the departure room at
Istanbul airport last August were sentenced on 16 November
to life imprisonment. The two, Mehti Mohammed Zilh and
Hussein Mohammed al-Rashid, were found guilty of murder,
injury and causing terror. The judge sentenced them to
death but then immediately reduced the sentence to life
imprisonment.
The court accepted a plea that the guerrillas had been
acting on behalf of the Palestinian people's fight for an
independent country. In their final plea to the court, the
two admitted their guilt but declared that their actions were
part of a continuing struggle by the Palestinian people
against "imperialism and Zionism.
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French Court Refuses Extradition of Four American Hijackers
A Paris court has denied the extradition of four
Americans--George Brown, Joyce Tillerson, Melvin McNair and
Jean McNair--accused of hijacking a Delta airlines jet to
Algiers in 1972, but has ordered them tried in France on the
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marked a change from French conduct o a previous case
involving two accused American hijackers, in which the
French courts denied extradition and charged the hijackers
only with residing in France with false identity papers.
report, the court ruled that the hijacking was a "political
act" and therefore the four Detroit area residents will not
be sent to the United States to stand trial. In the extra-
dition request, the United States contended that the four
hijackers were common criminals trying to cover up their
activities by claiming political motivation.
United States authorities have now submitted a second
extradition demand for Brown, asking that he be handed over
to stand trial for escaping from a New Jersey prison where
he was serving a five-year term for armed robbery. He is
also wanted on other charges of violence and resisting
arrest. The French appeals court has asked for additional
information to bear out the US case. 50X1-HUM
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Hopes Rise for Release of French Nationals Held Hostage in
Chad
Francoise Claustre, a French archeologist taken hostage
in May 1974 by Toubou rebels, is now reportedly being held
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by the Chad National Liberation Front (FROLINAT). She was
one of five Europeans seized in a raid on a medical research
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Claustre has been
held in the mountains ot nor ern unau ong with her husband,
who was captured while trying to negotiate for the release
of his wife. The French government paid two million dollars
and supplied non-military equipment to the rebels to secure
her release a year ago. The FROLINAT leader has repeatedly
denounced the Toubou rebels for refusing to release the
Claustres, thus raising release now that his
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US Senate Resolution Urges Enforcement of Airport Security
Measures
On 17 September the United States Senate passed a reso-
lution taking note of the terrorist attack at Istanbul
airport on 11 August, in which a Senate staffer was killed,
and recommending that the President should (1) direct US
ambassadors, with the cooperation of foreign governments, to
seek the cessation of air service to any country that aids
or abets terrorism; (2) take every step appropriate to
improve security in airports servicing international air
travel and to strengthen existing minimum safety standards
under the convention on international civil aviation; (3)
take appropriate measures to suspend US air carriers' routes
to any country in violation of the safety convention, deny
air service rights of other airlines serving such a foreign
country, or deny or curtail the rights of foreign airlines
which do not maintain minimum security standards established
by the convention. The resolution also urged the President
to conduct a review to determine what other actions, including
the imposition of sanctions, might be taken to discourage
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS.
Place: Greece, Athens
Foreign-owned Vehicles Fire-
bombed in Athens
Three separate bomb explosions
in Athens on 13 November de-
stroyed vehicles belonging to
a USAF sergeant and the Syrian
and Portuguese embassies. Two
other bombs, placed at the
USAF exchange annex and in a
USAF vehicle, were discovered
and deactivated. The persons
responsible are not known.
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Date: 14 November 1976 Residence of Chilean Diplomat
in Buenos Aires Bombed
Place: Argentina, The residence o the Chilean
Buenos Aires embassy's press attache in
Buenos Aires was bombed and
machine-gunned on 14 November
by unknown attackers in a
passing car? There was con-
siderable damage to the front
of the blildincr but no in-
juries.
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Distribution: Ambassador L. Douglas Heck
Director of the Office for Combatting
Terrorism (M/CT)
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. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. John J. Reagan
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
23 November 1976
Unsuccessful Attempt to Bomb Canada House in
Belfast (Page 5)
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TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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Unsuccessful Attempt to Bomb Canada House in Belfast
Terrorists hijacked a truck in Belfast, Northern Ireland
on 18 November and tried to use it to detonate a powerful
explosion outside Canada House in downtown Belfast. The
truck contained 400 cylinders of bottled gas, and the hi-
jackers put a 200-pound bomb among the gas cylinders and
ordered the driver to take the truck to Canada House. They
took the driver's helper as a hostage. The driver took the
truck to another spot nearby and gave the alarm. Army
experts defused the bomb after five hours, during which
traffic in the area was immobilized. Apparently the ter-
rorists, whose number was not specified, did not accompany
the truck.
Canada House contains offices of the Canadian consulate,
the Bank of Nova Scotia, Air Canada and other entities. The
U.S. consul general commented that there is no obvious
reason for the selection of this building as a terrorist
target, although the incident may possibly be related to a
recent reduction in the number of Canadian visas granted to
Irish applicants. On 19 November the U.S. consulate, which
shares a building with the main Belfast post office, received
an anonymous telephone call warning of a bomb planted in the
building. A thorough search failed to disclose any..bomb,
and the consul general did not believ this incident to be
related to the Canada House attempt.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 17 November 1976 Terrorists. Attack Intercontin-
ental Hotel in Amman
Place: Jordan, Amman Four terrorists attacked the
Amman Intercontinental Hotel
with guns and hand grenades
on 17 November, holding an
unknown number of hotel guests
hostage for several hours
before being overpowered by
Jordanian security forces.
Three of the attackers were
killed and the fourth seriously
wounded. Five other persons
were killed and five wounded.
The terrorists claimed to be
members of the Black June
organization.
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Distribution: Ambassador L. Douglas Heck
Director of the Office for Combatting
Terrorism (M/CT)
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. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. John J. Reagan
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
Greek Parliament Passes Air Safety Bill (Page 5)
Socialist International Condemns Terrorism (Page 6)
JI)L Member Convicted of Conspiracy Against Soviet
Diplomats (Page 6)
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Greek Parliament Passes Air Safety Bill
The Greek Parliament on 15 November passed a bill
providing for severe sentences for acts against the safety
of aircraft, crews or passengers. Under the new bill, which
becomes law when published in the official gazette, a person
who unlawfully seizes an aircraft in flight or in operation
by means of force or the threat of force is punishable by a
prison sentence of at least ten years. A ten-year minimum
sentence is mandatory also for acts against persons on board
aircraft in flight; destruction or damage to an aircraft in
operation; the placement aboard aircraft of equipment which
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might threaten the safety of the aircraft; destruction or
damage to civil aviation installations; obstruction of the
operation of such installations; or the announcement of
false information which would endanger the safety of an
aircraft in flight. Attempts to commit any of the foregoing
acts are punishable by the same penalties, and should any of
the acts result in loss of life the penalty is life imprison-
ment. The new bill also contains a provision for the extra-
dition of foreign hijackers or others who commit the above
acts, and their accomplices or collaborators.
Socialist International Condemns Terrorism
The Socialist International, at its 13th congress in
Geneva 26-28 November, passed a resolution strongly condemn-
ing terrorism, according to the New York Times. Delegates
from 62 democratic socialist parties representing 40 nations
voted to condemn "terrorism in all its forms as a means of
political action, whether applied by governments or by
political movements." The resolution also said, "Terrorism
has never resolved social or economic conflicts; it merely
adds useless violence to injustice."
The Socialist International is a loose organization of
democratic socialist parties from around the world, and its
resolutions are not binding on its members or their countries'
governments. However, the delegates' unequivocal condemna-
tion of all forms of terrorism is in marked contrast to the
usual anti-terrorism resolutions passed by international
organizations, which often tend to condemn only terrorism
in the West and to call it a legitimate litical
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JDL Member Convicted of Conspiracy Against Soviet Diplomats
William R. Perl, founder of the Washington branch of
the Jewish Defense League, was convicted by a federal jury
in Baltimore on 24 November of conspiracy to shoot at the
residences of two Soviet diplomats. Perl, who faces up to
15 years in prison and a $25,000 fine, will appeal the con-
viction, according to his attorney. Perl contended at the
trial that he had been "blackmailed" by former Israeli em-
bassy chauffeur Reuven Lev-Tov into cooperating in a scheme
to shoot out the windows at the suburban Maryland residences
of two Soviet diplomats. Lev-Tov denied pressuring Perl and
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said he had cooperated with Pert only to learn more about
the plan and had informed the FBI of it when it appeared the
attack might actually be carried out. Lev-Tov, in coopera-
tion with the FBI, simulated the attack on the Soviet resi-
dences on 23 May, using blank cartridges.
In other legal action involving attacks by JDL members
against Soviets in the U.S., the U.S. attorney's office in
New York is preparing to prosecute JDL members indicted in
a series of shooting attacks at various Soviet installations
in the New York City area.
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Distribution: Ambassador L. Douglas Heck
Director of the Office for Combatting
Terrorism (.M/CT)
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. William B. Butler
Director, Office of Law Enforcement
Department of Treasury
Mr. Thomas W. Leavitt
Assistant Director, Intelligence Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Central Intelligence Agency
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