WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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• Publication Date: August 2, 1978
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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
2 August 1978
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
2 August 1978
Evidence that Ananda Marg Responsible for Sydney
Hilton Bombing (Page 5)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist
Acts
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Evidence that Ananda Marg Responsible for Sydney Hilton
Bombing
The first positive link between the Ananda Marg sect
and the Hilton Hotel bombing in Sydney, Australia, on 13
February surfaced in a Sydney 50X1-HUM
courtroom in mid-July. A prosecution witness in the trial
of three Ananda Marg members charged with attempting to
murder John Cameron, the former leader of the National
Socialist Party of Australia, testified that the three
members claimed responsibility for the Hilton bombing.
Assuming that this testimony is valid, the attempted assassi-
nation of Cameron, coupled with the bombing of the Hilton,
adds a new dimension to Ananda Marg activities in Australia.
Ananda Marg members have justified prior "protest type"
activities against Indian Government offices and representa-
tives on the basis that the Indian Government was illegally
detaining Ananda Marg leader Prabhat Ran Sarkar. The attacks
against Cameron and the Hilton Hotel, where many national-
ities were present, would seem to indicate that the sect has
turned to targets which do not have an exclusively Indian
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 28 July 1978
Place: U.K., England,
London
Iraqi Ambassador in England
Escaped Grenade Attack
On 28 July an explosive was
thrown under the car of the Iraqi
Ambassador as it waited to take
him to the airport. The Ambas-
sador had been called back to the
Embassy to take a telephone call
moments before the explosion. A
passing motorist was slightly
injured and the Ambassador's
limousine was destroyed. The
woman who threw the grenade under
the car was captured and is being
held in London.
Date: 28 July 1978 Soviet Consul's Calcutta Home
Bombed
Place: India, Calcutta On 28 July unidentified persons
threw two bombs near the home
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of the Soviet Consul. There
were no injuries or damage re-
ported and no claim of respon-
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Date: 31 July 1978 Iraqi Embassy, in France Attacked
On 31 July two armed men shot
Place: France, Paris their way into the Iraqi Embassy
in Paris. They told guards they
had an appointment, pulled sub-
machineguns and opened fire. One
of the pair fled while the other
seized nine hostages and demanded
the release of a woman being held
in London in connection with an
attempt on the Iraqi Ambassador
there and use of an airplane.
During negotiations the terror-
ist released a wounded guard. He
surrendered to French police and
as he was being taken from the
building Iraqi. Embassy personnel
shot and wounded him and killed
one policeman. One of the Iraqis
was killed in the exchange of
fire and three other persons
were wounded.
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Distribution;
Department of State
Director of Office for Combatting Terrorism (M/CT)
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
Problems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of European Affairs
United States Mission to the United Nations, Legal Adviser
U.S. International Communications Agency
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Agency for International Development, AG/Sec
Department of Defense
Deputy Director for International Negotiations
and Arms Control International Security Affairs
Office of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (AE)
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SAGA/PMD
Defense Intelligence Agency
RSS-l
DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special Operations School (.TAC)
USAF Readiness Command
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal. Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
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National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs Branch
Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, DIBA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
International Activities Division, Terrorist Group
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
9 August 1978
Eight Indicted in Assassination of Chilean in
1976 (Page 5)
The Kristina K. Berster Case (Page 7)
Notes:
Ananda Marg Leader Released from Jail
(Page 9)
West German Court Rejects Yugoslav Extradition
Request for Two Croatians (Page 9)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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Eight Indicted in Assassination of Chilean in 1976
After a 22-month investigation, a U.S. Federal Grand
Jury indicted eight persons on 1 August, including the
former head of Chile's secret police (DINA) and seven others,
in the bombing death of former Chilean Ambassador Orlando
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1976 in downtown Washington.
The DINA chief and two Chilean citizen employees of
DINA were charged by the grand jury with plotting, carrying
out and later covering up the bombing. Also, on 1 August
the Chilean Government announced the arrest of all three
Chileans named in the indictment and stated that two of them
were being held under military house arrest and the third
was being held in a local military hospital (no reasons for
the hospitalization were given). Specifically, the DINA
chief is charged with having ordered Letelier's assassination,
but the man the indictment charges with most of the plotting
and supervision of the operation is a colonel in the Chilean
army, currently commander of a garrison in southern Chile,
who at the time of Letelier's death was director of operations
for DINA. The three are expected to fight extradition.
The four Cubans charged in the indictment for helping
to carry out the bombing are members of the New Jersey-based
Cuban Nationalist Movement, a militant anti-Castro group.
The 15-page indictment was explicitly detailed because of
the cooperation with U.S. authorities of American-born DINA
agent Michael V. Townley, who has agreed to plead guilty to
planting the bomb. The U.S. was able to pressure Chile into
turning Townley, an American citizen who grew up in Chile,
over to them. Once in the U.S. Townley agreed to plead
guilty to one count of conspiracy to murder Letelier.
With the exception of Townley and one Cuban indicted
for having lied to a grand jury about the Letelier case and
for having failed to report his knowledge of the case, the
others face four separate local and federal charges. The
charges specifically cite all three Chileans and the other
Cubans with conspiracy to murder Letelier, then murdering
Letelier, under federal statutes; murder of Letelier under
local statutes; murder of Lete.lier's aide under local statutes;
and murder by use of explosives under federal statutes.
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The detention of the three Chileans is the first step
in extradition proceedings that probably will culminate with
a hearing before the Chilean Supreme Court, according to a
1900 treaty between Chile and the U.S., later amended in
1935. The treaty, however, holds contradictory provisions.
The first provision states that murder and comprehending
assassination are extraditable offenses. But a second
provision clearly sets forth that a criminal. shall not be
surrendered if the offense be of a political character or if
he proves that the requisition for his surrender has, in
fact, been made with a view to punish him for an offense of
a political character. Chilean officials said that the U.S.
has two months to seek extradition. One source said a
possible way around the treaty's prohibition. against extra-
dition for political offenses might be to argue that the
aide's death could not be considered politically motivated
and that the three Chileans should be extradited to stand
trial in the U.S. for her murder. Another section of the
1900 treaty clearly states that neither of the contracting
parties shall be bound to deliver up its own. citizens or
subjects under the stipulations of the treaty. This section
is interpreted to mean that the Chilean Supreme Court could
order extradition, but is not obliged to do so, even if the
court decides there is sufficient evidence for the three
Chileans to stand trial for the charges brought in the U.S.
Another complication cited by legal sources in Chile is
that under Chilean law, conspiracy to commit a crime is not
in itself a crime. The Supreme Court, these sources said,
might decide not to grant extradition for that reason.
According to the 1935 treaty, if the person whose extradition
is sought is a citizen of the country to which the request
is addressed, the surrendering state may determine whether
to deliver him. Both treaties provide for the arrest and
detention of a person accused of a crime in another country
when that country plans to ask for extradition,.
As of 8 August, however, no final determination had
been made by the Chilean Government on the extradition
question; the U.S. was continuing with its case against the
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charging her with violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section
1546 (two counts), Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1001 (three
counts) and Title 8, U.S. Code, Section 1325 (two counts).
A before U S District Court Judge
The Kristina K. Berster Case
On 27 July a Federal Grand Jury, Federal District of
Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, returned a seven-count indict-
Berster appeare
Albert Coffrin, Burlington, Vermont, on 1 August, and entered
a plea of not guilty to all seven counts in the Federal
indictment. Judge Coffrin advised that all motions should
be filed by 22 August and the attorneys should be prepared
for the trial to commence on 12 September. He reduced
Berster's bail from U.S. $500,000 to a U.S. $100,000 surety
bond. Berster remains in custody in lieu of bail.
In view of the significance of this case, the indict-
ments are detailed below:
"Count One: On or about 16 July 1978 in the District
of Vermont, Kristina Katharina Berster, aka Shahrzad S.
Nobari, the defendant, knowingly did utter, use, attempt to
use and possess a document required for entry into the
United States, to wit a passport, knowing it to be forged,
counterfeited, altered, falsely made, procured by fraud and
unlawfully obtained (18, U.S.C., 1546).
"Count Two: On or about 16 July 1978, in the District
of Vermont, Kristina Katharina Berster, aka Shahrzad S.
Nobari, the defendant, knowingly did evade and attempt to
evade the Immigration Laws of the U.S. by appearing under an
assumed and fictitious name, to wit Shahrzad S. Nobari,
without disclosing her true identity (18, U.S.C., 1546).
"Count Three: On or about 16 July 1978, in the District
of Vermont, Kristina Katharina Berster, aka Shahrzad S.
Nobari, the defendant, in a matter within the jurisdiction
of the U.S. Department of Justice, knowingly and willfully
did falsely conceal and cover up by a trick, scheme and
devise a material fact, to wit her identity by claiming that
she was Shahrzad S. Nobari (18, U.S.C., 1001).
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other than as desianated by immigration officers (8, U.S.C
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S. Nobari, the defendant, an alien, willingly and knowingly
did elude examination and inspection by immigration officers
(8, U.S.C., 1325).
"Count Seven: On or about 16 July 1978, in the District
of Vermont, Kristina Katharina Berster, also known as
Shahrzad S. Nobari, the defendant, an alien, unlawfully and
knowingly did enter the United States at a time and 1
"Count Four: On or about 16 July 1978, in the District
of Vermont, Kristina Katharina Berster, also known as Shahrzad
S. Nobari, the defendant in this matter, within the jurisdic-
tion of the U.S. Department of Justice, knowingly and will-
ingly did make a materially false, fictitious and fraudulent
statement and representation, to wit that she was Shahrzad
S. Nobari (18, U.S.C., 1001).
"Count Five: On or about 16 July 1978, in the District
of Vermont, Kristina Katharina Berster, also known as Shahrzad
S. Nobari, the defendant in this matter, within the jurisdic-
tion of the U.S. Department of Justice, knowingly and will-
ingly did make and use a false writing and document, to wit
fingerprint classification card, knowing the same did contain
a false, fictitious and fraudulent statement and entry, to
wit that her name was Shahrzad S. Nobari (18, U.S.C., 1001).
"Count Six: On or about 16 July 1978, in the District
of Vermont, Kristina Katharina Berster, also known as Shahrzad
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Ananda Marg Leader Released from Jail on Bail
Ananda Marg leader Prabhat Ran Sarkar was released on
2 August on bail from an Indian prison. Earlier, on 4 July,
Sarkar was acquitted of charges for which he was im-prisoneil,
on a life sentence in November
West German Court Rejects Yugoslav Extradition Request for
Two Croatians
According to a German press release, on 7 August the
Frankfurt Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, West Germany,
rejected the Yugoslav request for extradition of two exiled
Croatians, Ivan Dragoja and Franjo Milicevic, who have been
in custody pending extradition proceedings since 28 May.
These men are two of the eight Croatians whose extradition
Yugoslavia has demanded in exchange for the four West n
terror .sts captured in Zagreb in May
The court made the ruling on the grounds that the
Yugoslav Government's extradition request for the two Croatians
was "inadmissible". The court ordered them released from
detention. Belgrade has accused them of belonging to terrorist
organizations and of taking part in terrorist attacks against
Yugoslav citizens and institutions. The court declared
there is no evidence that either belonged to terrorist
organizations.
parcel bomb which exploded in Zagreb, killing one person and
injuring another. According to the court, he cannot be
extradited because of the principle of double jeopardy. No
information is available on the current status of the other
six emigres whose extradition the Yugoslavs have requested.
Milicevic, according to the report, is president of the
"United Croats of Germany". The court argued that, in the
view of security authorities, this group could not be re-
garded as a terrorist organization. Dragoja, on the other
hand, had been sentenced to two years and eight months
imprisonment in Frankfurt in 1976 for the production of a
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 3 August 1978 PLO Office in France Target of
Terrorist Attack
Place: France, Paris On 3 August two PLO representa-
tives were killed in an armed
attack on the PLO office in
Paris. Two terrorists shot
their way into the offices;
one was captured immediately
by Arab League employees who
have offices in the same build-
ing as the PLO. The second
terrorist made his way to the
third floor and shot the head
of the PLO office at point-
blank range. He then detonated
a grenade fatally wounding an
aide. In addition to the two
representatives who were killed
two Jordanians and a Tunisian
were wounded. The perpetrator
was captured as he tried to
escape. In anonymous phone
calls, two groups--"Black June
and September" and the "Re-
jection Front of Stateless
Palestinian Arabs"--claimed
responsibility for the attack.
The two terrorists are being
Date: 5 August 1978 PLO Office in Pakistan Attacked
On 5 August two armed terrorists
Place: Pakistan, Islamabad shot their way into the PLO
office in Islamabad. The ter-
rorists used machineguns to
force entry into the office
and four people were killed--
a Pakistani policeman and
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three Palestinians. The PLO
chief hid in his office while
the gunmen looked for him un-
successfully. As they left
the building they threw hand
grenades. A call to a French
news agency claimed the "Black
June and September" groiin was
responsible.
Date: 6 August 1978 KLM Plane Hijacked to Spain
On 6 August: a KLM plane was
Place: Netherlands, commandeered by a young Dutch
Amsterdam national shortly after it left
Amsterdam for Madrid. The hi-
jacker demanded the plane be
flown to Algeria. He claimed
to have a grenade and was waving
a toy gun. On a signal from a
stewardess three passengers
jumped the hijacker overpower-
ing him. There were no injuries
among the 63 passengers and crew
of five. After turning the
youth over to Spanish authori-
ties in Barcelona, the DC-9
flew to its on final
tion.Madrid.
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Distribution;
Department of State
Director of Office for Combatting Terrorism (M/CT)
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
Problems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of European Affairs
United States Mission to the United Nations, Legal Adviser
U.S. International Communications Agency
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Agency for International Development, AG/Sec
Department of Defense
Deputy Director for International Negotiations
and Arms Control International Security Affairs
Office of Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (AE)
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SAGA/PMD
Defense Intelligence Agency
RSS-1
DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special 6perations School (TAC)
USAF Readiness Command
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
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National Security Council Staff
Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs Branch
Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, DIBA
National. Security Agency, C54-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
16 August 1978
Articles:
Beirut Explosion Kills Many Palestinians (Page 3)
Vermont Jury Returns Indictment Against Companions
of Kristina K. Berster (Page 5)
Japanese Reactions to the Antihijacking Agreement
(Page 6)
Bombs Discovered at the UN and Grand Central Station
in New York (Page 9)
Kidnaping Attempt Against Uruguayan Ambassador's
Daughter (Page 10)
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Beirut Explosion Kills Many Palestinians
On 13 August, a powerful explosion destroyed the apart-
ment house in Beirut which served as the headquarters of the
pro-Iraqi Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FLP) and
contained several offices belonging to Fatah. Press reports
indicate that between 150 and 200 people were killed, in-
cluding officials belonging to the FLP and Fatah. The cause
of the explosion has not been determined, although some
reports claim that a car filled with explosives was utilized
to blow up the building. Most Palestinian groups do, however,
maintain large stockpiles of weapons and explosives in their
various buildings in Beirut; so an accidental explosion
cannot be ruled out.
Abu Abass,.the leader of the FLP, which is a group
supported by Iraq, claimed that the explosion was the work
of the rival Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine/
General Command, which is backed by Syria. Both Syria and
Iraq have been engaged in a long-standing political dispute.
Iraq is also backing the Black June Organization in its war
of assassinations with Fatah.
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Vermont Jury Returns Indictment Against Companions of
Kristina K. Berster
According to press items, on 10 August a Federal Grand
Jury in Burlington, Vermont, returned a ten-count indictment
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involved in varying degrees in t e attempt to smuggle Berster
across the U.S.-Canadian border on 16 July. The indictment
named Ray Kajmir of New York City and Michael Diterlizzi,
currently of Montreal, in the smuggling conspiracy charge.
Maria Amendola, also of New York, was charged with the mis-
demeanor offense of joining the two men in aiding Berster to
elude examination and inspection by immigration officers.
According to the press report, Diterlizzi and Amendola
pleaded innocent and were released on $10,000 and $5,000
personal recognizance bonds, respectively. Kajmir was to
be arraigned on 15 August.
According to the press report, Kajmir, Diterlizzi and
Amendola allegedly drove Berster to the border from Montreal,
crossed ahead of her in the automobile, and waited for her
behind a closed service station. While her companions were
spending this interesting evening, Berster was being detained
at the border.
The report notes that Berster is facing a possible ex-
tradition request by West Germany on 1973 charges of criminal
conspiracy and membership in a criminal organization. She
was an alleged member of the Socialist Patients Collective,
some of whose members eventually joined the Baader-Meinhof
Gang. Berster has pleaded innocent to the charge of illegal
entry and has denied seven other immigration charges
She remains in detention in'Albany,
New or no er press item reports that a lawyer for
Berster has stated she will seek political asylum in the
U.S. because she "fears for her life" and is seeking "salva-
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The following article was prepared by the Defense
Intelligence Agency.
Japanese Reactions to the Antihijacking Agreement
Prime Minister Fukuda Takeo had not expected his anti-
terrorism proposal at the recent Bonn Summit. to result in an
antihijacking agreement among the seven nations, according
to a reliable source. Although Tokyo has stated it will
support any further related agreements, Japan is apparently
showing reluctance for the first time toward implementing
strict antiterrorism measures.
The Bonn Antiterrorism Agreement calls for the seven
nations to cancel airline service to and landing rights for
any country that refuses to extradite or prosecute hijackers.
During a follow-up August meeting, the participants discussed
how to implement the sanctions and how to ensure broad
international support. Further discussions will be held
this month, and there is the possibility of other economic
and political sanctions arising.
Fukuda feels that it might prove difficult for Tokyo to
support the Bonn Agreement because of domestic sentiments
against any action which might jeopardize the lives of
innocent bystanders, such as the use of a strike force.
Nevertheless, since it was he who originated the proposal,
Fukuda stated that Japan will abide by the Agreement and any
others reached at subsequent meetings. Since the support of
all opposition parties is assured, Tokyo feels that a national
consensus for any antihijacking measures would be fostered
following passage of a Diet resolution. Last September's
hijacking by the Japanese Red Army built unusual solidarity
among the political parties to counteract future terrorist
incidents.
On 31 July, a Japanese interministerial antiterrorism
meeting was held in Tokyo to discuss the nations's capa-
bilities and options for counteracting terrorism. National
Police Agency representatives felt confident that Tokyo's
newly organized special strike force could. combat interna-
tional terrorism as effectively as West Germany's special
task force. In order to operate outside Japan, however, the
group agreed that Japanese law should be amended to permit
the dispatch of Tokyo's strike force on rescue missions
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abroad. At the same meeting, Tokyo was not considering
political or economic sanctions against countries harboring
terrorists since such nations usually claim humanitarian
grounds as a basis for accepting the radicals. Japan Air-
lines does not service countries generally sheltering
terrorists--including Libya, Algeria, and South Yemen--and
these countries have not requested landing rights in Japan.
Consequently, Iraq, which has in the past supported ter-
rorists, may pose a problem since Tokyo is considering
Baghdad as an alternative landing site to Beirut. (SECRET/
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Bombs Discovered at the UN and Grand Central Station in New
York
was located in a locker in Grand Central Station. The
terrorists planted the bombs to demand the release of a
Croatian accused of trying to kill a Yugoslavian diplomat
Croatian terrorists placed dynamite bombs at the United
Nations and Grand Central Station in New York City on 14
August. One bomb was found on a window ledge of the Dag
Hammarskjold Library and was large enough to have destroyed
the library, according to a UN spokesman. The second bomb
the separation of Croatia from Yugoslavia, "freedom fighters",
was responsible for the incidents. There were no iniuries
Notes found with the om s c alme that a group Which seeks
in West Germany.
or damage as neither device detonated.
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Kidnaping Attempt Against Uruguayan Ambassador's Daughter
The daughter of the Uruguayan Ambassador to Guatemala
escaped an attempted kidnaping in downtown Guatemala City on
8 August 1978 after her bodyguard prevented two unidentified
men from forcing her into their jeep. According to a news
item, the 15-year-old girl was riding in her car, identified
by diplomatic license plates, when two well-dressed men
intercepted the car and tried to force her out of her own
vehicle and into their jeep. At this point a national
police agent, charged with the girl's protection, intervened
and the two attackers fled the scene. There has been no
information indicating who was responsible for the attack.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 13 August 1978 Explosion at Restaurant in
Tehran
Place: Iran, Tehran On 13 August a bomb exploded
in a restaurant in Tehran.
One Iranian was killed and
45 people were injured, in-
cluding 10 Americans. Local
police believe the dead man
was carrying the bomb into
the basement of the Khansalar
Restaurant. Authorities believe
that the bomber was a religious
fanatic protesting the playing
of loud music at the restaurant
during the Moslem holy month
of Ramazan.
Date: 8 August 1978 Explosion at Home of General
Motors President in Argentina
Place: Argentina, On 8 August a bomb exploded in
Buenos Aires front of the home of the presi-
dent of General Motors in
Buenos Aires. There were no
injuries and property damage
was limited to destruction of
the front gate. No group has
claimed responsibility.
Date: 14 August 1978 Swedish Executive Kidnaped in
E1 Salvador
Place: El Salvador, On 14 August a group of armed
San Salvador men kidnaped the Swedish execu-
tive of Telefonica LM Ericson
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He was driven away in a late-
model car without a shot being
fired. There has been no com-
munication from the kidnapers
and no group has claimed re-
sponsibility.
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Weekly Situation Report
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23 August 1978
Articles:
Palestinians Attack Israeli Airlines Crew in London
(Page 1)
British Military Bases in West Germany Bombed (Page 2)
Croatian Extremists Seize West German Consulate in
Chicago (Page 3)
Three Most Wanted West German Terrorists Outwit
Officials (Page 5)
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(Page 9)
Still Another Execution Postponement on Cyprus
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Palestinians Attack Israeli. Airlines Crew in London
On 20 August two, and possibly three, Arab gunmen
attacked an El Al airlines flight crew as it was leaving a
bus in front of a London hotel. The attack, made in broad
daylight, resulted in the death of one El Al stewardess and
one of the terrorists. Two other stewardesses and seven
British bystanders were wounded.
The attackers hit the crew with submachinegun fire and
hand grenades just after the bus arrived at the entrance to
the Europa Hotel. They fired into the bus and at the hotel
entrance. Three hand grenades were thrown during the attack;
one exploded in the hotel doorway, another, in the driveway
and the third, under a taxi parked in the driveway. One of
the terrorists was killed when a hand grenade apparently
exploded prematurely in his hand.
In a radio interview, the president of El Al put the
blame for the attack on the British Government for having
turned down repeated requests to allow El Al security men to
carry arms in Britain. As a result of the attack, British
authorities began providing special escorts for El Al
airline buses.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(PFLP) called the Reuter news agency in London and claimed
responsibility for the attack. The PFLP stated that the
attack was "a last warning against the use of the Israeli
airline El Al".
According to press reports, British authorities captured
a Palestinian believed to have participated in the assault.
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British Military Bases in West Germany Bombed
During the evening hours of 18/19 August, eight bombs
exploded at British Army bases in West Germany. No deaths
occurred, but one soldier was injured and the bombs caused
structural damage of varying degrees. The bombs exploded
within a 20-mile radius of the British Rhine Army Head-
quarters at Moenchen-Gladbach. A British official was
quoted in the press as saying that analysis of bomb frag-
ments indicates they resemble the work of they IRA, but no
conclusive findings have been announced and no organisation
has yet claimed credit for the explosions. West German
officials have noted that the bombs apparent"'-.y were placed
where they would not harm people.
Should the IRA prove to have been responsible for the
bombings, this would represent the first time in five years,
i.e., since the IRA letter bombings of several overseas
British diplomatic posts, that terrorist acts related to the
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Croatian Extremists Seize West German Consulate in Chicago
The two Croatian extremists who seized the West German
Consulate in Chicago on 17 August capitulated after ten
hours and released their hostages unharmed. According to
press reports, the incident began at 1000, when Bozo Kelava
and Mile Kodzoman entered the Consulate on the tenth floor
of a building on South Michigan Avenue and asked to see the
Consul General but were told he was on vacation. They
pulled guns and took hostage the eight employees in the
office. Shortly after the takeover a secretary managed to
call the police, who then notified the FBI and set up a
command post on the floor below the Consulate.
According to press reports, two of the hostages, the
sixteen-year-old daughter of the Consul General and an
elderly man identified as an Austrian. national, were released
within a few hours. The terrorists reportedly threatened
the.. remaining hostages with "going out the window" and with
the "explosives" which they reportedly attached to the
Consul General's desk, if their demands were not met. These
demands included the freeing of Stjepan Bilandzic, a Croatian
nationalist leader being held in West Germany., and an assur-
ance by the West German Government that it would not extradite
Bilandzic to Yugoslavia. They also wished to speak directly
to Bilandzic in Cologne; the call was reportedly made within
two hours after the takeover. According to German news
sources, Bilandzic urgyd Kelava and Kodzoman to surrender.
Bilandzic's brother `;'reportedly recently arrived in
Chicago, volunteered his services and spoke to the two
terrorists in the presence of an attorney. The conversation
is a matter of evidence in the case against Kelava and
Kodzoman.
According to a German news release, the. West German
Government set up a crisis panel as soon as the news about
the Chicago takeover became known. A Government spokesman
confirmed that-the Ministries of Justice and Internal Affairs
and the Federal Chancellor's Office participated in the
crisis panel. The spokesman also indicated that contact had
been established with the U.S. Government in Washington and
with the German Embassy in the U.S.
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The Chicago incident was the most dramatic eruption to
date of the tension that has been spreading among Croatian
exiles in various parts of the world since May of this year.
The current unrest, which includes two recent bombing attempts
in New York, is occasioned by the stand-off between the
Yugoslav and West German Governments on the question of
prisoner exchange. The capture in Yugoslavia in May of four
of West Germany's "most wanted terrorists" created an opportu-
nity for the Yugoslavs to demand the exchange of eight
Croatian exiles living in West Germany in return for the
four German terrorists. Continuing negotiations on the
problem were punctuated by several recent court decisions in
West Germany. Early in August, a Frankfurt. court declined
to extradite Ivan Dragoja and Franjo Milicev:ic, a decision
viewed by Croatian nationalists in exile as a round in their
favor. The next decision, however, from a Cologne court,
that Bilandzic was extraditable, was the setback which
motivated the Chicago incident.
According to a West German press release, on 19 August
the spokesman for an organization of emigre Croatian students
in West Germany appealed to his fellow countrymen (numbering
between 10,000 and 15,000) in West Germany to desist from
acts of violence. They referred to the Cbiraan incident as
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Three Most Wanted West German Terrorists Outwit Officials
According to the chief of the West German Federal
Criminal Police (BKA), three of the most wanted terrorist
suspects in West Germany recently posed as a television
crew, chartered a helicopter and filmed maximum-security
prisons in southwestern Germany while police secretly followed
the performance. The police, tipped off that a suspicious
trio had rented a helicopter, photographed them at an air-
strip southwest of Frankfurt. Not realizing who they were,
police decided not to arrest them but to follow them when
they drove off in their automobile. However, the trio
became suspicious and managed to evade the surveillance.
Not until the police photographs were developed did it
become clear that the TV crew consisted of Christian Klar,
Willy Peter Stoll, and Adelheid Schulz, all wanted for the
1977 killings of Chief Federal Prosecutor Siegfried Buback,
banker Juergen Ponto and industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer.
The spokesman, theorizing that the purpose of the air excur-
sion was to obtain information related to plans for releasing
imprisoned comrades, described the trio as the three "highest-
ranking" terrorists. The Minister of the Interior commented
that the officer who decided to shadow rather than arrest
the three "allowed a great success to slip through his
fingers".
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Fatah Slays Iraqi Embassy Employee in Tripoli
On 17 August, Husayn Muhammad 'Ali, an Iraqi Embassy
employee, was gunned down in front of the Iraqi Embassy in
Tripoli, Libya, as he arrived for work. 'Ali was hit by
three bullets as he was getting out of his car; he died a
few minutes after entering a local hospital. The assassin
was seized immediately by local citizens and Libyan author-
ities.
According to Libyan authorities, the assassin is Mahmud
Ayat Ahmad al-Katib, a 25-year-old Palestinian member of
Fatah, who arrived from Damascus on 12 August using a Jor-
danian passport. In Tripoli, Khalid Abdullah, probably a
local Fatah official, provided the assassin with a revolver
and entrusted him with the task of gunning down the Iraqi
Ambassador.
Although the slain Embassy employee's position has not
been conclusively identified, one report has him listed as
the military attache.
Still Another Execution Postponement on Cyprus
The Cyprus Supreme Court has once again postponed the
execution date for the two Palestinian terrorists who killed
Egyptian editor Yusuf Siba'i in Nicosia in February. This
time the date has been moved back to 30 September to permit
time for a further appeal. This is the third postponement
of the execution date for these men, reflecting the continuing
dilemma this situation is presenting to the Cyprus Government
(see the issue of 2 August).
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 17 August 1978 Croatians Hold Hostages in the
West Berman Consulate i n tie
Place: United States, U.S.
Chicago On 17 August two armed Croatians
entered the West German Consu-
late in Chicago, Illinois,
pulled guns and took eight
people hostage. The pair de-
manded release of Croatian
leader Stjepan Bilandzic from
detention in Cologne and assur-
ances that the FRG would not
permit his extradition to
Yugoslavia. Two hostages were
released unharmed after a
couple of hours. After 10
hours of negotiating and a
telephone conversation between
the terrorists at the Chicago
Consulate and Bilandzic in
Germany the duo surrendered
to authorities after releasing
the remaining hostages, all German
nationals, unharmed.
Date: 17 August 1978 Iraqi Embassy Employee Killed
--- in Tripoli
Place: Libya, Tripoli On 1 ugust an Iraqi national
employed at the Iraqi Embassy
in Tripoli was shot and killed
as he got out of his car in
front of the Embassy. Libyan
authorities immediately ar-
rested the assassin, a Pales-
tinian carrying a Jordanian
nass-port,
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Date: 18 August 1978 Explosions at British Bases
in FRG
Place: West Germany On rye evening of 18-19 August
several bombs were detonated
at British Army bases within
a 20-mile radius of the British
Rhine Army Headquarters. All
the bombs detonated within
minutes of each other. The
blasts caused structural dam-
age at the bases and one erson
was inured.
Date:
Place:
responsibility for the attack.
tine/Specxal Operations tel~
phoned Reuter acknowledging
crew to the hotel. One Israeli
stewardess and one of the gun-
men were killed and nine other
people were injured. A second
terrorist was chased and cap-
tured by police and a third
escaped. The Popular Front
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20 August 1978 Israeli Airline Crew Attacked
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International Terrorism
30 August 1978
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
30 August 1978
Guerrilla Attack on Nicaraguan National Palace
(Page 3)
Hijack of TWA Flight 830--Who Did It? (Page 5)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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Guerrilla Attack on Nicaraguan National Palace
Approximately 25 members of the Sandinist National
Liberation Front (FSLN) took more than 1500 hostages on 22
August after a ten-minute operation to take over the National
Palace in Nicaragua, where a meeting of the Chamber of
Deputies was under way. The guerrillas, disguised as members
of Nicaragua's National Guard, shot their way into the
building in downtown Managua, killing several guardsmen.
About 300 persons, mostly women and children, were later
freed by the guerrillas as negotiations continued. Also
released were about 15 wounded persons and the bodies of
four soldiers and eight officers of the National Guard who
had been killed during the initial attack and the subsequent
assault by government troops.
The guerrillas threatened to execute their hostages,
which included many of Nicaragua's congressmen, government
officials, and relatives of President Samoza, should their
demands not be met; however, no hostage was harmed. The
negotiations between the guerrillas and the government were
handled by local church leaders, led by the Archbishop of
Managua. The guerrillas demanded the release of 83 political
prisoners held by the Nicaraguan Government, safe air passage
out of the country for the guerrillas and freed political
prisoners, broadcasting of an FSLN statement over local
radio stations, and ten million dollars. The final agreement
was for the release of approximately 60 prisoners, flight to
freedom to Panama, broadcasting of the statement, and a half
million dollars. The Venezuelan and Panamanian Governments
each sent a C-130 cargo plane to Managua for the freedom
flight, but only the Panamanian aircraft was used. The route
from the National Palace to the airport was lined with
thousands of cheering FSLN supporters who chanted "down with
Somoza" and "Somoza to the gallows". All 25 guerrillas, the
59 freed political prisoners, three Roman Catholic priests
who negotiated the release, and the Panamanian and Costa
Rican Ambassadors to Nicaragua arrived safely in Panama on
25 August.
In subsequent press interviews in Panama, the leader of
the guerrillas stated that although the operation had cost
more than the FSLN had acquired in the final ransom payment,
the political gains were much more significant. The leader
said that his group was only responsible for four casualties
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in the initial assault on the Palace, and that the others
were the results of indiscriminate firing by the National
Guard units who surrounded the National Palace in their
efforts to retake it. He added that his group is part of
the FSLN faction which supports a short-range armed insur-
rection in the Pacific coastal area of Nicaragua and that
another FSLN faction supports guerrilla warfare in the
mountains. He commented that this operation was merely
another step in the FSLN objective of deposing President
Somoza,terming it merely a "shot in the k y " in the rocess
of bringing down the current government.
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30 August 1978
Hijack of TWA Flight 830--Who Did It?
At daybreak on 25 August, over the Irish coast, an
apparent hijacker on a TWA Boeing 707 bound from New York to
Geneva dropped letters containing a series of demands into
the lap of a stewardess and ordered her to deliver them
immediately to the captain. The hijacker, obviously dis-
guised with a wig and mustache, then disappeared while the
stewardess reported to the captain.
The written demands included the release of a startling
assortment of prisoners--Rudolf Hess, Sirhan Sirhan, and
five Croatian extremists. (The latter are serving jail
sentences for their part in the hijacking of a TWA jet from
New York to Paris in September 1976.) The letters threatened
the remote-control blowing up of the plane if the demands
were not met by 1730 Swiss time. The group responsible was
allegedly entitled "United Revolutionary Soldiers of the
Reciprocal Relief Alliance for Peace, Justice and Freedom
Everywhere."
The hijacker discarded his disguise in a lavatory and
resumed his place among the passengers. The captain and
crew were later unsuccessful in repeated attempts to deter-
mine his identity. While Swiss authorities attempted to
determine the validity of the threat, the 79 passengers and
9 crew members sat for 10 hours at the Geneva airport, with
the passengers reportedly eying each other suspiciously and
waiting for the culprit to come forward. In the meantime,
the plane's engines were kept running to empty the fuel
tanks in order to lessen the consequences of the threatened
explosion and to make a refueling delay necessary should the
plane be ordered to take off.
An hour before the threatened deadline, Swiss authori-
ties decided to allow the passengers and crew to deplane and
took all passengers into custody for questioning Final
results of the investigation are not yet known.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 22 August 1978 Guerrilla Attack on Nicaraguan
National Palace
Place: Nicaragua, Managua On 22 August, 25 members of the
Sandinist National Liberation
Front (FSLN) took more than
1500 hostages in an attack on
the Nicaraguan National Palace.
Threatening to execute their
hostages, the guerrillas demanded
the release of 83 political
prisoners, safe air passage out
of Nicaragua for themselves and
the political prisoners, broad-
casting of an FSLN statement over
local radio stations, and ten
million dollars. Final agreement
was for the release of some
60 prisoners, flight to freedom
to Panama, broadcasting of the
statement, and a half million
dollars. No hostages were harmed.
All 25 guerrillas, the 59 freed
political prisoners, three Roman
Catholic priests who negotiated
the release, and the Panamanian
and Costa Rican Ambassadors to
Nicaragua arrived safely in
Date: 25 August _1978 TWA Flight Hijacked
On 25 August TWA flight #830
Place: Switzerland, was hijacked over the Irish
Geneva coastline on a flight from New
York to Geneva. A mysterious
person wearing a disguise pre-
sented a hijack note to a
stewardess and directed her to
take it immediately to the pilot.
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When the stewardess returned
from the cockpit the person was
nowhere to be found. Later, the
disguise was found in a lavatory.
The hijack demands included the
release of a varied assortment
of prisoners. After waiting on
the ground in Geneva for some
10 hours with no hijacker evident,
all on board deplaned safely.
No weapons or explosive devices
were found on the plane, and the
hijacker has vet to be identified.
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