WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
3 August 1977
Articles:
Sweden Sentences Soviet Skyjacker (Page 1)
Notes:
U.S. Targets Hit in Turkey (Page 5)
JRA Leader Takahashi Remains in Jail (Page 5)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist
Acts
CHARTS: Incidence of Significant International
Terrorist Acts as Listed in Weekly
Situation Reports - 1977
Significant International Terrorist
Incidents by Type - 1977
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
1. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
II. Europe
III. Middle East
IV. Africa
Far East
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ARTICLES
Sweden Sentences Soviet Skyjacker
3 August 1977
Vasiliy Sosnovskiy, who hijacked an Aeroflot domestic
flight to Sweden on 26 May, was sentenced by a Swedish court
on 27 July to four years in prison. Sosnovskiy had forced
the crew of the plane to fly from Latvia to Stockholm by
pretending to have a bomb under his jacket. (See the issue
of 1 June.) The government prosecutor had asked for a
heavier sentence. He pointed out that the lives of the
passengers and crew had been endangered by the hijacking
even though Sosnovskiy hadn't really been armed.
Under Swedish law Sosnovskiy can be paroled after
serving less than two years of his prison term. During his
trial Sosnovskiy had said he would be happier in jail in
Sweden than free in the Soviet Union.
Soviet officials are unhappy with Sweden's action vis-
a-vis the hijacking. Although there is no extradition
treaty between Sweden and the USSR, Moscow had demanded that
Sosnovskiy be turned over to Soviet authorities. Sweden
refused. The Soviets probably believe that the relatively
mild punishment given to Sosnovskiy will tempt others to
hijack Aeroflot flights to Sweden. The two Russian youths
who hijacked an Aeroflot airliner on 10 July were attempting
to reach Stockholm, although they got no farther than Helsinki.
(See the issue of 15 July.)
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U.S. Targets Hit in Turkey
Turkish terrorists struck at two U.S. targets during the
past week, bombing the U.S. consulate in Adana on 29 July,
and carrying out a gunfire attack on the U.S. consul general's
residence in Izmir on 2 August. The consulate in Adana sus-
tained minor damage when a bomb exploded behind the building.
A second undetonated device was discovered on the grounds.
The attackers at the consul general's home in Izmir sprayed
the residence with automatic weapon fire. Many of the
bullets entered the house, including the room occupied by
the consul general and his wife. No one was injured. The
weapon, which police believe was a 9mm submachine gun, was
fired from a vehicle which had halted in the street about
fifty yards from the house. The terrorists in both incidents
escaped.
These two actions are the fifth and sixth attacks against
U.S. targets in Turkey this year. It was the second time
the consul general's residence was fired upon. A previous
attack occurred on 29 March. (See the 30 March issue, page
A-i.) There were five attacks on U.S. toraetq in ey in
1976, three in 1975, and one in 1974.
JRA Leader Takahashi Remains in Jail
Takahashi Taketomo, the Japanese Red Armes
was deported from Sweden to Japan on 19 July
leader who
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remains in prison after the Tokyo District
Court rejected his request to be released. The court, on
28 July, stated that Takahashi had no fixed residence and
therefore might destroy evidence or flee. Takahashi objected
to the court's action claiming that the decision was part of
an anti-terrorism campaign launched by the police and mass
media.
Takahashi, under counsel of his lawyers, has been exer-
cising his right to remain silent. The specific charge
against him is forgery of a private document, as the forged
passport he was utilizing was foreign rather than Japanese.
The sentence under this charge cannot exceed five years.
JRA members Kitagawa Akira and Shimada Kyoichi, who had been
deported from Sweden to Japan in September 1975, were both
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convicted of violations of the passport law but were released
without serving prison terms. It remains to be seen whether
or not Takahashi, if convicted, will actually have to serve
a jail sentence.
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INCIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
AS LISTED IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1977
NOTE: THIS GRAPH DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT ALL INCIDENTS RECORDED
IN TAB A DURING THE ABOVE PERIOD, AS INCIDENTS WHICH LATER PROVE NOT TO
HAVE SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL SCOPE ARE OMITTED FROM THE MONTHLY TOTAL.
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SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST INCIDENTS BY TYPE - 1977
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Assassination 1 1 1
Hij acking
2 2 4 3
Kidnaping 1 2 2 2
Barricade # Hostage 1
Armed Attack
Bombing
Attempted
Assassination
Arson
2 2 1 2
7 3 6 4 5 7 5
TOTAL 11
6 12 6 11 13 12
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 29 July 1977 Swissair Office Bombed
A seven-pound dynamite bomb
Place: Italy, Milan exploded on 29 July in the
Milan offices of the Swiss
airlines, Swissair, causing
minor damage. A leftist group
calling itself "Combatants for
Communism" claimed responsibil-
ity, saying the attack was to
protest the lengthy detention
in Switzerland of an alleged
West German anarchist. Petra
Krause.
Date: 29 July 1977 U.S. Consulate Bombed
A bomb exploded in back of the
Place: Turkey, Adana U.S. consulate in Adana on
29 July, causing minor damage
but no injuries. A second
undetonated bomb was discovered
on the consulate grounds. No
individual or group has claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Date: 2 August 1977 U.S. Consul General's Home Hit
by Gunfire
Place: Turkey, Izmir The U.S. consul general's
residence in Izmir was sprayed
with automatic weapon fire
during the early morning
hours of 2 August. There
were no injuries. The persons
responsible are not known.
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
3 August 1977
Tab B includes all reasonably credible reports of planned
terrorist activity.
si ere su iclent y p ausi e to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and 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.
I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target: Czechoslovakian Anti-Castro Cuban exiles may
Embassy be planning to bomb the
Czechoslovakian embassy in
Place: United States, Washington, according to an
Washington, D.C. FBI report. The purpose of
the attack would be to focus
Date: Unknown attention on the Czechoslovakian
embassy's role in representing
Cuban diplomatic interests in
the U.S.
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Target: Jesuit Priests
Place: El Salvador
Date: Current
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The White Warriors Union, a
right-wing Salvadoran ter-
rorist group,, threatened in
June to immediately and sys-
tematically execute the approx-
imately 50 Jesuits in El
Salvador unless the priests
left the country in 30 days.
The Jesuits, most of whom are
foreigners, are accused by
the terrorists of "communist
subversion" because of the
priests' attempts to organize
the peasants, against what
the church views as exploi-
tation by the landowning
class and the government.
The 21 July deadline for the
Jesuits' depaLrture passed
without incident, but the
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No significant terrorist threats were reported during the
period 28 July - 3 August 1977 for the following areas:
II. Europe
III. Middle East
IV. Africa
V. Far East
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*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. Information Agency, Office of Security
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
RCI-I
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)
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
*Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
Federal Aviation Administration
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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
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
*Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, DDO
*Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism Member
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
10 August 1976
Progress in Niehous Kidnapping Case (Page 3)
CORU Attempt to Negotiate with Mexican Government
Concerning Jailed Cubans (Page 4)
Greece Still Holding German Anarchist Fugitive
(Page 5)
Notes:
West Germany to Submit Convention on Terrorism
in UN (Page 9)
Ethiopian Insurgents Holding Several Hostages
(Page 9)
Iranian Legal Measures Against Terrorism
(Page 10)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
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Progress in Niehous Kidnapping Case
Venezuelan government officials believe that a series
of intensive interrogations of several persons arrested
during late July and early August in connection with the
five-month old kidnapping case of U.S. businessman William
Niehous has revealed the location of the victim. The inter-
rogations also reportedly disclosed the involvement of two
opposition members of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies
with the kidnappers.
The major change in the case occurred when the govern-
ment arrested two persons as they were attempting to collect
a part of the ransom demanded by the kidnappers (see the 27
July issue). Questioning of these persons indicated that
Jorge Rodriguez, a left-wing leader of the Council of the
Central University of Venezuela and Socialist League Secre-
tary General, was also part of the kidnapping ring. How-
ever, subsequent interrogation of Rodriguez was so severe
that the prisoner died of internal hemorrhaging without
yielding the location where Niehous is held captive.
According to press reports, additional questioning of
the two prisoners indicated that Deputy Salom Meza Espinoza
of the socialist People's Electoral Movement (MEP) and
Deputy Fortunato Herrera, former militant leader of the
Democratic Republican Union (URD), among others, were in-
volved with the kidnappers. Both deputies were arrested
even before their congressional immunity was suspended, as
the government feared they would try to leave the country or
seek political asylum in one of several foreign embassies in
Caracas.
Press reports of 3 August indicated that the government,
following leads obtained from the interrogations, began a
massive military operation to locate Niehous and to capture
the kidnappers during early August. The operations are
centered in San Jose de Guaribe, located approximately 250
miles south of Caracas. An unspecified number of local
residents were arrested in connection with the kidnappers,
but no additional information concerning the case was
announced. President Carlos Andres Perez told reporters
that he hopes to free Niehous, unharmed, in the near future
as a result of this operation.
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CORU Attempt to Negotiate with Mexican Government; Concerning
Jailed Cubans
The president, the military director and the represen-
tative in Mexico of the Cuban exile group Brigade 2506 held
meetings on 30 and 31 July to discuss what steps should be
taken regarding the arrest of Oreste Ruiz Hernaneiez and
Gaspar Jimenez in Mexico after their unsuccessful attempt to
kidnap the Cuban consul in Merida, according to in FBI
report. (See the 27 July issue.) They decided to send a
personal envoy to present a proposal to the Mexican govern-
ment through a friend of a high-level security official.
The proposal will request that the Mexican government be
lenient with the two Cuban exiles, reducing the charges from
attempted kidnapping, murder and introduction of;.,firearms
and explosives into Mexico to assault and battery and perhaps
involuntary manslaughter. If the Mexican government agrees
to this plan, then the Cuban exile groups which are members
of the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations
(CORD) will agree never to conduct any operations within
Mexico or to mount any operations from there against the
Castro government. (CORU was described in the 2:0 July
issue.)
On 3 August the Brigade 2506 sent a messenger to Mexico
to meet with the security official, according to'a different
FBI source. This messenger was instructed to determine
whether the Mexican government will meet with a CORU envoy.
If the Mexican government does not agree to meet with the
envoy to try to settle the disposition of the two imprisoned
Cuban exiles, then CORU will release a message to the wire
services advising that an Aero-Mexico airliner will be
bombed somewhere in the world within the next 30'i days and
that Mexican consulates will be attacked. The source did
not know if these were only idle threats to intimidate the
government or if the CORU intends to carry them but.
On 9 August the press reported that the two Cuban
exiles were jailed on 7 August on charges of haying plotted
to kidnap and murder the Cuban consul in Merida and having
slain his companion. It is not known if any Mexican offi-
cial met with the Brigade 2506 messenger.
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Greece Still Holding German Anarchist Fugitive
Greece has not yet complied with a West German request
for the extradition of Rolf Ludwig Pohle, who was arrested
in Athens on 21 July (see the 27 July issue). The FRG had
been seeking Pohle since he and four other convicted ter-
rorists were released from German prisons and flown to the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in March 1975 in
exchange for the release of kidnapped German politician
Peter Lorenz. Pohle had been convicted of killing a German
policeman and is believedto have weapons for the
Baader-Meinhof an .
Greek officials discovered that Pohle had come to
Athens from Corfu on 27 May and was using a false Peruvian
passport. He also possessed a forged Ecuadorian passport
with still a different name. These passports had stamps
indicating that Pohle had made three trips to Madrid, one to
Paris and one to Frankfurt in late 1975 and early 1976, and
visited Brindisi, Italy and Corfu, Greece in May. The U.S.
Army commented that if these stamps are legitimate and Pohle
actually made these trips, there is a serious weakness in
the effort of Western European nations to detect and appre-
hend identified terrorists. Detailed information on Pohle
had been circulated throughout Europe since his flight to
asylum in the PDRY in March 1975. His travels also pose
some interesting questions concerning finances, as he has no
visible means of support.
At first Greek authorities were elated over Pohle's
capture, but they soon became concerned over the security
problems raised by his incarceration in a Greek jail. They
fear the Baader-Meinhof group may terrorist
operation to force his release.
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to the FRG in the personal custody of the German officials
who had come to Greece to find him. The Minister refused,
however, as he saw an opportunity to exploit the arrest as a
success for Greek security forces which would diminish the
embarrassment over the recent hijacking of an .Ai.r France
flight leaving Athens. (The ease with which the hijackers
boarded the plane was attributed largely to lax airport
security measures.)
Security officials have some reason to feel. uneasy
about holding Pohle. Greek anarchists organized a small
demonstration on Pohle's behalf on 30 July, demanding that
he not be extradited, and on 26 July a bomb caused extensive
damage at the Air Greece travel agency in Paris. The Greek
ambassador received a letter in which a group calling itself
"International Revolutionary Solidarity" took responsibility
for the bombing, which it said was to protest the arrest of
Pohle and the FRG's Nazi-like methods in hunting down revo-
lutionaries. The letter threatened more reprisals against
Greek interests and personnel in Europe if Pohle is extra-
dited. According to a Turkish newspaper reportiof 29 July,
FRG intelligence has information that the Baader-Meinhof
group is planning an operation to free Pohle and intends to
strike at two targets, the West German and TurkLsh embassies
in Athens. The newspaper's reliability and access to such
information are questionable, and this report may stem from
some general warning to foreign embassies.
A well-known Greek leftist lawyer is' representing
Pohle, at the request of contacts in the FRG, and has filed
a request for political asylum in an effort to prolong the
extradition proceedings. The incident in Paris, however,
may influence the Greek authorities to expedite the for-
malities and get Pohle off their hands.
We know o no evi ence:, at t is
time, that Pohle was connected with the hijacking, but the
possibility cannot be ruled out. The German an~archists who
were given asylum in the PDRY reportedly have been in contact
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with "Carlos" and the Wadi' Haddad PFLP faction, and there
is little doubt that the woman terrorist who participated
with Carlos in the Vienna OPEC operation was Gabriele
Kroecher-Tiedemann, one of the anarchists released from
prison along with Pohle. The
leader of the hijackers was s erman anarchist, although
not one of the "Lorenz five." Pohle arrived in Athens a
month before the hijacking took place--about the right
amount of time to organize support for a terrorist operation.
He came from Corfu, where Kroecher-Tiedemann also was last
reported to be, according to an FRG security officer, but
she has since disappeared. The female Air France hiiacker
(now dead) has not been firmly identified, and
she may possibly be Kroecher-Tiedemann. All these
act however, are circumstantial and cannot be considered
as evidence of Pohle's participation in the Air France
operation.
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West Germany to Submit Convention on Terrorism in UN
The Charge of the Federal Republic of Germany in
Washington has sought US support for two proposals which
the FRG Foreign Minister will submit to the UN General
Assembly. One concerns the establishment of an interna-
tional court for the protection of human rights, and the
other is a convention concerning international measures
against the taking of hostages. The latter will be designed
to guarantee in particular that terrorists who take hostages
will either be extradited or be brought to trial in the
country in which they are arrested. As a bargaining point,
the proposal may call for establishment of an international
police force against terrorism. Debate on this point might
raise difficult questions about sovereignty, and the FRG
probably will be willing to yield on the matter of a police
force as a means of getting acceptance of the section on
hostages. The FRG Permanent Representative to the UN does
not expect that the resolution necessarily will pass in
1976, but he thinks it important to attract the maximum
possible support this year with a view to achieving adoption
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Ethiopian Insurgents Holding Several Hostages
The British Foreign Office has learned that three young
Britons who disappeared in May in Ethiopia's Danakil desert
are in the hands of one of the Eritrean liberation movements,
according to press reports. Eritrean insurgents are also
holding a British veterinarian, Dr. Lindsay Tyler, and his
wife and two children.. The London Sunday Times of 25 July
reported that a British journalist, Jon Swain, also is
believed to be held by Eritrean guerrillas. He disappeared
in June while on assignment to cover the "peasant army" that
Ethiopia was mobilizing to fight the insurgents. The press
had not previously reported Swain's disappearance in order
to facilitate the efforts of the Times and the Foreign
Office to locate him. Swain had won Britain's "journalist
of the year" award for his reporting of the Communist take-
over in Cambodia. There are no reports that the guerrillas
have made any demands regarding the release of the hostages.
As the chief aim in past Eritrean kidnappings seemed to be
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publicity, the recent press reports concerning the current
hostages may give some satisfaction to their captors and
possibly facilitate their release. In the past, however,
lack of coordination among the guerrilla factions and poor
communications have made negotiating a slow process.
In southern Ethiopia, near the Kenyan border, a gang of
desert bandits stormed a tourist hotel on 5 August, killing
a French woman and several Ethiopians and kidnapping French-
man Alain Galaup. It is not known whether Galaup is still
alive. The bandits are believed to be members of the Somali
Liberation Front. which carries out frequent looting raids
in that area.
Iranian Legal Measures Against Terrorism
The Iranian press has recently given considerable
coverage to laws intended to counter terrori;5m. Under
statutes which have recently been publicized, although they
have existed for some time, members of terrorist organiza-
tions "who have not been guilty of any crime" can receive
complete amnesty after providing authorities with informa-
tion about their former associates and activities. While
the press has claimed that at least six terrorists have come
forward during July and been pardoned, it is believed that
the amnesty program is strictly a propaganda effort and that
it is unlikely any terrorist will turn himself in.
A new law which became effective last month requires
landlords and proprietors of hotels, inns, and other tran-
sient facilities to register tenants and guests with the
local police. If tenants and guests are not properly regis-
tered the landlord or proprietor can be fined or imprisoned
for up to three years. If tenants engage in terrorist
activities, a landlord who failed to register them can be
tried as an accessory to their crime.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 4 August 1976 Summer Lin uistics Institute
and Bank of America Bombed
Place: Colombia, Bogota Tbomb exploded at the Summer
Linguistics Institute in Bogota
on 4 August, injuring five U.S.
citizens who had just arrived
from Peru. Several other bombs
were detonated in Bogota one
at the Bank of America. h
Date: 4 August 1976 Nicaraguan and Spanish
Embassies Attacked
Place: El Salvador, Unidentified gunmen attacked
San Salvador the embassies of Nicaragua
and Spain, killing one police-
man and wounding another. The
gunmen fled by car after other
police opened fire. The motive
for the attack is not known.
Date: 5 August 1976 Turkish Pavilion Bombed
A bomb exploded at the Turkish
Place: Syria, Damascus pavilion at,the Damascus Inter-
national Fair, causing property
damage. No one has claimed
responsibility. The U.S.
embassy commented that the
perpetrators probably did not
intend to do a great deal of
damage but rather to demon-
strate the security forces'
inability to do their job
and to attract the attention
of foreign embassies, many
of which had pavilions at
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
Tab B includes all reasonably credible reports of planned
terrorist activity.
the threats lists are con-
siders sufficiently plausible to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and appropriate
governments have been informed of the threat.
* Indicates a new threat reported for the first time.
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No significant terrorist threats were reported during
the period 4-10 August 1976 for the following areas:
IV. Africa
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Distribution: Mr. L. Douglas Heck
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
17 August 1977
U.S. Businessman Kidnaped in Mexico (Page 1)
Air France Plane Hijacked (Page 3)
Notes:
Kidnapers Contact Kraiselburd Family (Page 5)
Explosion at the Office of Former Baader-Meinhof
Lawyer (Page 5)
Philippines Indicts 1971 Hijackers (Page 5)
Background Article:
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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V. Far East
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U.S. Businessman Kidnaped in Mexico
William Andrew Weinkamer, a U.S. citizen who has been
the general manager of Clevite de Mexico, S.A., for eight
months, was kidnaped in Mexico City during the evening of 9
August while returning home from his office. A witness to
the incident told police that four men dragged Weinkamer
from his vehicle. The following day Weinkamer's abductors
called his company and demanded a U.S. $100,000 ransom.
They asked that the money be in $100 bills.
Victor N. Agather, President of Intercon, S.A., which
along with Gould, Incorporated, of Chicago, controls Clevite
de Mexico, has advised the U.S. embassy that he is nego-
tiating with the kidnapers for Weinkamer's freedom. Agather,
who is a U.S. citizen, says that his company is prepared to
fully meet the ransom demands.
Mexico City newspapers have given wide coverage to the
kidnaping. The negotiators have expressed concern to the
embassy that this publicity may have an adverse effect on
their efforts to gain Weinkamer's release. It is not known
whether the kidnapers are members of an organized terrorist
group.
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Air France Plane Hijacked
An Air France jumbo jet, bound from Paris to Cairo, was
hijacked by a lone Egyptian youth following a stopover in
Nice on 12 August. After being denied permission to land in
Benghazi, Libya,and Athens, Greece, the plane, with only
minutes of fuel remaining, was allowed to land in Brindisi,
Italy. During negotiations with Italian authorities to
refuel the plane, the hijacker released about 20 of the
aircraft's 242 passengers. During the refueling process the
hijacker was pushed outside the plane and the door slammed
behind him. He was then taken into custody by Italian
police.
The hijacker, 19-year-old Tarek Sajed Khater, an Egyptian
student, had threatened to blow up the airplane with explo-
sives which he claimed were contained in a box he was carry-
ing. However, the contents of the box were later found to
be harmless. According to one press report, he also carried
an axe. Khater's motive for seizing the plane is unclear.
He said his father had been killed during the recent fighting
between Egypt and Libya and the hijacking was a conciliatory
gesture to bring the two countries together. How Khater
intended to bring peace through the hijacking was not speci-
fied. He was charged on 13 August with air piracy and
remains in Italian custody.
It was not immediately known where Khater boarded the
Air France flight. Airport authorities in Paris and Nice
reported that all boarding passengers in both locations
had undergone normal security checks. Security at the two
major Paris airports is considered very good. Conditions at
the airport in Nice are unknown.
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Kidnapers Contact Kraiselburd Family
The kidnapers who abducted two-year-old David Kraiselburd
in Argentina last September have renewed contact with the
boy's father. David, a U.S. citizen, was kidnaped outside
the family's home near Buenos Aires on 1 September 1976.
(See the 11 May issue.) In a letter which David's father,
Raul Kraiselburd, received on 29 July, the kidnapers said
they had earlier broken off communications because of
Kraiselburd's cooperation with police. The letter instructed
him to place a coded advertisement in his newspaper if he was
willing to renew negotiations without police participation.
Accompanying the letter was a sock that David was wearing
when he was abducted. Kraiselburd placed the advertisement
as requested and is awaiting a reply from the kidnapers.
Explosion at the Office of Former Baader-Meinhof Lawyer
A bomb exploded at about 3:00 a.m. on 15 August in a
hallway of a building containing the offices of Klaus
Croissant in Stuttgart, West Germany. Croissant, the
Baader-Meinhof defense lawyer, fled to France in July of this
year. (See the issue of 20 July.) The pipe bomb, which had
been fitted with a timing device, caused considerable damage
to the entrance and interior of the offices. Arndt Mueller,
Croissant's law partner, and an employee, Volker Speitel,
were in a rear area of the office at the time but sustained
no injuries. Speitel is the husband of Angelika Speitel who
is being sought by the West German authorities in connection
with the killing of German banker Jurgen Ponto on 30 July.
Philippines Indicts 1971 Hijackers
Two Filipinos, who recently returned from exile in
mainland China, have been charged before a military court in
Pasay City, Philippines, for their part in a 1971 hijacking.
Fructouso Chua Jr., and Glenn Rosauro, both of whom are in
military custody, were members of a six-man group that
seized a Philippine Airlines BAC-111 during a domestic
flight on 30 March 1971. After the plane was taken over it
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gers were allowed to stay in the British colony. The aircraft
then flew to Canton where the hijackers surrendered to
Chinese authorities and were given political!, asylum. The
crew and the remaining 24 passengers--including four
Americans--returned to Manila with the aircr,.ft. Chua
and Rosauro along with Daniel Lotibana, Edgarrdo Mausisa,
Domingo Baskinas and Edgardo Tigulo--the four hijackers
who are still in China--were members of Kaba;taang
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 9 August 1977 U.S. Citizen Kidnaped
William Andrew Weinkamer, an
Place: Mexico, Mexico City American businessman in Mexico,
was kidnaped in Mexico City on
9 August. The kidnapers dragged
Weinkamer from his vehicle while
he was on the way home from his
office. The following day
Weinkamer's abductors called
his company and demanded a U.S.
$100,000 ransom for his release.
It is not known whether the kid-
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n-ized terrorist group.
Date: 12 August 1977 Air France Plane Hijacked
An Air France plane en route
Place: France, Nice from Paris to Cairo was hi-
jacked'by a lone Egyptian youth
after a stopover in Nice-on 12
August. The aircraft eventually
landed in Brindisi, Italy, after
being turned away from Benghazi
and Athens. The hijacker, who
had claimed to be carrying ex-
plosives, was seized by Italian
authorities when he was pushed
out of the aircraft and the door
shut behind him. He said he
seized the plane in. an effort
to bring Egypt and Libya to-
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Date: 13 August 1977 Venezuelan Military Plane Bombed
A bomb explored near a Venezuelan
Place: United States, Air Force plane at Miami Inter-
Florida, Miami national Airport on 13 August.
No injuries or damage were re-
ported. A caller to the UPI
office in Miami, claiming re-
sponsibility for the bombing in
the name of the Luis Boitel
Group, said the attack was in
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Consulate f`
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San Francisco the Yugoslav consulate in
San Francisco during the early
morning hour's of 15 August.
The front of the building was
damaged in the blaze. The
persons responsible are not
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
Tab B includes all reasonably credible reports of planned
terrorist activity,
the threats listed are con-
sidered sufficiently plausible to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and 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.
I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target: President Somoza The Sandinista National Libera-
of Nicaragua tion Front (FSLN) is planning
an attempt on the life of
Place: United States, President Somoza of Nicaragua,
Miami according to an FBI report.
President Somoza is presently
Date: Current hospitalized in Miami for treat-
ment following a heart attack.
The FSLN commando group which
will carry out the attack has
reportedly already entered the
U.S. The timing of the pro-
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No significant terrorist threats were reported during the
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Target: Unknown, possibly See Section B-III.
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*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. Information Agency, Office of Security
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
RCI-I
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)
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
*Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
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Branch
Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, DtBA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of , Security
*Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, I)])
*Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism Member
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24 August 1977
Bus Hijacked in Mexico to Free U.S. Consul's
Kidnaper (Page 1)
Notes:
Copenhagen Deports Mexican (Page 3)
CORU Sinks Cuban Ship in Peru (Page 3)
Abductors of U.S. Businessman Captured (Page 3)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
II. Europe
IV. Africa
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Bus Hijacked in Mexico to Free U.S. Consul's Kidnaper
Two members of the People's Revolutionary Armed Forces
(FRAP) hijacked a Mexican interstate bus en route from
Mexico City to Manzanillo on 21 August. They demanded the
release of Ramon Campana Lopez, a FRAP member imprisoned on
charges of involvement in the 1973 kidnaping of U.S. Consul
General Terrence Leonhardy and the 1974 abduction of the
president of Mexico's father-in-law. After traveling several
hours, police blocked the bus' path with a pipe across the
road. During the ensuing confrontation with police, one of
the terrorists exploded a grenade, killing himself and five
passengers. Four other passengers were killed by gunfire
and five people were injured, including the second hijacker.
The eight-and-one-half hour hijacking began shortly
after the bus, carrying 40 Mexican passengers, left Mexico
City in the afternoon of 21 August. The hijackers released
one passenger at a toll booth about 15 miles outside Mexico
City with a note informing the authorities of their demands.
The bus continued north with patrol cars following at a
distance. The pipe which police put across the highway
stopped the bus at Guayabitos de Pedroza, about 300 miles
northwest of Mexico City, where the gun battle occurred.
As a result of the hijacking, Mexican police have
instituted a search for FRAP members in central Mexico,
where several guerrilla hideouts have been discovered.
Terrence Leonhardy, then U.S. consul general in Guad-
alajara, was kidnaped on 4 May 1973. He was released four
days later after the Mexican government acceded to the
kidnapers' demands for the release of 30 imprisoned Mexicans
and a ransom of U.S. $80,000.
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Copenhagen Deports Mexican
Jaime Okusono Martinez, a Mexican citizen whose brother
Tomas was arrested last April for plotting to kidnap former
Swedish Minister of Immigration Anna-Grete Leijon, was
deported to Mexico on 19 August by Danish authorities. (See
the issues of 6, 20 and 27 April for details of the Swedish
incident.) Although they were unable to come up with clear-
cut evidence, Danish police were convinced that Jaime was
involved in the kidnap plot and had kept him under detention.
While there were demands for a public hearing, Martinez was
deported under provisions of Danish law that permit the
expulsion of "undesirable" foreigners without holding formal
public judicial proceedings.
CORU Sinks Cuban Ship in Peru
Anti-Castro Cuban exiles sank a Cuban fishing boat in
the Peruvian port of El Callao on 23 July, according to a 4
August article in Replica, a San Juan, Puerto Rico, news-
paper. Frogmen belonging to CORU's "International Commandos
of Zone 6" allegedly activated two magnetic mines attached
to the 3,000 ton fishing vessel Rio Jababo while it was tied
to a pier waiting to be unloaded. CORU waited twelve days
before publicizing the incident, Replica said, in order to
allow CORU members involved in the operation to safely
return to their home base.
Abductors of U.S. Businessman Captured
Three Mexican citizens involved in the kidnaping of
American businessman William Andrew Weinkamer have been
arrested. The men, two youths and a relative of a high
ranking politician in Ecatepec, are being held in Mexico
City for interrogation. According to Mexican authorities,
the three were involved in the planning of another kidnaping
at the time of their capture. The U.S. $100,000 ransom,
which was paid for the safe release of Weinkamer, has been
recovered by the Mexican police.
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Date: 23 July 1977 Cuban Fishing Boat Attacked
A Cuban fishing boat, docked
Place: Peru, Lima at a port near Lima, Peru, was
bombed on 23 July. The fully
loaded vessel was a total loss.
The International Commandos of
Zone 6 of CORU claimed in a
Puerto Rican newspaper to have
carried out the attack with two
magnetic explosive mines. (See
Note.)
Date: 21 August 1977 Bomb Explosion at Italian
Consulate
Place: France, Paris A bomb exploded outside the
Italian consulate in Paris
on 21 August, breaking most
of the building's windows.
There were no injuries.
Police found two pamphlets
at the scene titled "Soli-
darity with Kappler," a
reference to the German S.S.
colonel who recently escaped
from imprisonment in Rome
while serving a life sentence
for war crimes.
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onably credible reports of planned
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the t reats 1is e are con-
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use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and 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.
I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target: President Somoza The Sandinista National Libera-
of Nicaragua tion Front (FSLN) is planning
an attempt on the life of
Place: United States, President Somoza of Nicaragua,
Miami according to an FBI report.
President Somoza is presently
Date: Current hospitalized in Miami for treat-
ment following c heart attack.
The FSLN commando group which
will carry out the attack has
reportedly already entered the
U.S. The timing of the pro-
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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. Information Agency, Office of Security
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
RCI-I
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)
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
*Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
Federal Aviation Administration
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*Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
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Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, D'[BA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of!Security
*Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, DD(]
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International Terrorism
FBI Review completed.
OSD Review completed
ARMY review completed.
USAF review completed
State Dept. review completed
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CONTENTS
31 August 1977
Articles:
Petra Krause Whiling Away Time in Naples (Page 1)
Notes:
MEA Hijacker Given Freedom (Page 3)
Conference Favors International Court for Terrorists
(Page 3)
Going Out With a Bang (Page 3)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
1. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
V. Far East
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Petra Krause Whiling Away Time in Naples
Twenty-nine months of imprisonment without trial in
Switzerland and Italy ended for international terrorist
Petra Krause on 24 August when she was ordered released by a
court in Naples. The court also ruled that Krause, a German
who became an Italian citizen through marriage, must remain
in Naples until the middle of September, when she is to be
returned to Switzerland for trial. The 38-year-old terrorist
will face charges for participating in attacks on the Spanish
embassy in Bern and on the Zurich branch of the Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Corporation durin June 19
For more than two years, Krause and her lawyers contend,
she was held in isolation in a penal institution near Zurich,
with serious effects on her health and personality. Her
case attracted widespread sympathy in Italy and a campaign
on her behalf, in which members of Parliament representing
various parties spoke out in her favor, began earlier this
year. To obtain her extradition, the Italian government
issued a warrant charging her with complicity in arson
through taking part in a bombing of the International Tele-
phone and Telearanh facilities in Milan almost three years
ago.
Swiss authorities sent Krause to Italy on 15 August
with the stipulation that she be returned to Zurich when her
trial comes up. She was immediately placed in a penitentiary
at Pozzuoli near Naples. As soon as her hopes for a quick
release began to fade, she resorted to a technique favored by
her former associates in the Baader-Meinhof gang--she went
on a hunger strike. Within a few days she was free.
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MEA Hijacker Given Freedom
Nasir Muhammad Ali Abu Khalid, the wheelchair-bound
Lebanese national who hijacked Middle East Airlines flight
322 to Kuwait on 5 June, has been released by Kuwaiti offi-
cials on humanitarian grounds. (See the issue of 8 June.)
Kuwaiti authorities said that their investigation indicated
that Abu Khalid's motive for the hijacking was to obtain
money for the treatment of injuries he suffered during the
Lebanese civil war. Abu Khalid had demanded $1.5 million
the hijacking.
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from the Saudi and Kuwaiti governments
Conference Favors International Court for Terrorists
The World Law Conference on 26 August appealed for the
establishment of an international criminal court to try
hijackers and other terrorists. The conference was attended
by more than 4,000 jurists and other legal experts from
around the world. They approved 46 resolutions at the close
of the five-day session, which was held in Manila.
Noting the increase in terrorism, the conference urged
the United Nations to open discussions on the setting up of
an international criminal court. Such a court, according to
the resolution, not only would help deter acts of interna-
tional terrorism but also would lessen diplomatic tensions
caused by disputes over the extradition of criminals by
r --- -I- - +v.;.,I of such crimes."
Going Out With a Bang
A violent explosion which occurred in Buenos Aires on
25 August was caused by disillusioned Montoneros blowing up
their weapons and supplies, according to the Argentine
police. Leaflets found at the scene of the early morning
blast stated that because the Montonero leadership had fled
the country some of the remaining members had decided to
abandon the struggle and destroy their armaments. The
police were ntlt able to apprehend those responsible for the
explosion.
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Date: 28 August 1977 IBM Buildin in FRG Firebombed
Molotov cocktails were thrown
Place: Hamburg, West into an IBM office building in
Hamburg, West Germany, early
on Sunday morning, 28 August.
Fire damage was slight and no
one was injured. The persons
responsible for the incident
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Tab B includes all reasonably credible re orts of planned
tprrnrist activity, F_
Ithe threats listed are con-
sidered su icien y plausible to warrant alertness and the
use of protective security measures. However, terrorist groups
often discuss general intentions or make tentative plans for
violent acts that they never succeed in carrying out. In
nearly all the cases listed, the intended target and 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.
I. Western Hemisphere, Including the United States
Target: President Somoza The Sandinista National Libera-
of Nicaragua tion Front (FSLN) is planning
an attempt on the life of
Place: United States, President Somoza of Nicaragua,
Miami according to an FBI report.
President Somoza is presently
Date: Current hospitalized in Miami for treat-
ment following a heart attack.
The FSLN commando group which
will carry out the attack has
reportedly already entered the
U.S. The timing of the pro-
jected assassination attempt is
unknown.
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Target: Unknown, possibly
in the Middle East.
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Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
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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. Information Agency, Office of Security
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
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Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special Operations School (TAC)
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
*Department of Transportation
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
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Office of Administrative Support, DIBA
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