WEINBERGER 'AGAINST' U.S. MISSION TO CAPTURE THEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403720046-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: October 14, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP90-00965R000403720046-9
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NEW YORK POST
14 October 1985
WEINBERGER 4GAINST' U.S.
MISSION TO CAPTURE THEM
By NILEI LATHE11[
Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON - De-
tense Secretary Cas-
par Weinberger op-
posed the dramatic
U.S. 3seizure of the
Achille Lauro hijack-
era, warning it would
"destroy our relations
with Egypt," it was re-
ported last night.
Weinberger repeat-
edly called President
Reagan to try and
block the plan, the re-
ports said.
He argued that Navy
jets might have to fire
across the nose of the
Air Egypt civilian
jetliner.
It was learned that
Reagan - in a star-
tling breach of se-
curity - gave the go-
ahead order on an un-
scrambled radio open
line from Air Force
One.
The conversation
was reportedly picked
up by a ham radio
operator, according to
the reports.
Th" w
glitch in a weir
plann n nce
oDet on a rnaior coup by
here
for the first
one calls
o to t
rnmen o c a s o
de erm a oca on
hi ackers.
cco ng to the
sources, U.& officials
had almost given up
hope of capturing the
murderers of New
Yorker Leon Kling-
hotter after the Egyp-
tian government an-
nounced early Thurs-
day that the hijackers
had been given sate
passage out of Cairo.
Later that morning.
h w v ossad
ages gave a IA a -
e proved
that President Hod
Mubarak was lying
The . epcs showed
that, durithe heated
meeting, Egyptian offi-
cials debated what to do
with the hijackers -
the first indication they
were still in Egypt
U.a. officials refused
to say how the Israelis
obtained the tran-
script. but there b
epeculation that the
Messed either bugged
the office or had an
agent in the room.
cepted conversations
were between Egyp-
tian officials and the
PLO. sources said.
The U.S. also received
advance information on
the time that an Egypt
Air 737 transporting the
terrorists would take
off, as well as its destl-
nation, flight plan, tail
number and pilots
name, the sources saki
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/28: CIA-RDP90-00965R000403720046-9