WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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December 7, 1977
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 et Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 7 December 1977 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 C O N F I D E N T I A L 7 December 1977 NOTICE This issue includes, for the first time, an article prepared specifically for the Situation Report by another government agency. The article " Two American Casualties in Sumatra" was submitted by STATE/SY/TAG. We would like to take this opportunity to solicit from the readers of the Situation Report additional articles and notes for publica- tion in future issues. C 0 iv r I D E N T I A L 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT Two American Casualties in Sumatra (Page 1) Notes: Pilots' Possessions Purloined (Page 6) TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 -_I j Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 7 December 1977 Two American Casualties in Sumatra On 29 November seven to ten armed Indonesians walked up to a well site in northern Sumatra where 29 employees of Bechtel Indonesia Incorporated, including two Americans and two South Koreans, were doing earth excavation work. The Indonesians, whose average age seemed to be between 25 and 35 years, were dressed in green Indonesian military fatigues and were armed with M-1 rifles and old handguns., The group passed out mimeographed pamphlets to the Indonesian members of the work party and spoke to some of the workers in both Acehnese and Indonesian. After distributing the pamphlets, the armed band in- structed the Indonesians to move to one side. They did so, taking with them one of the South Korean workers. The remaining Korean was then questioned regarding his nation- ality. When he responded that he was a Korean citizen, the inquisitor cursed him and attempted to open fire. Fortu- nately, the weapon jammed, and the Korean was not injured. At this point, one of the Americans attempted to contact the Lhok Sukon Bechtel Office (about one kilometer away) on his vehicle radio and was shot four times and killed. The other American was shot once and fled into the swamp with the Korean who had been questioned. The wounded American was evacuated to Singapore where he was operated on and is reported to be in good condition.. After the shooting incident, the armed band forced a Bechtel driver to take them in a Bechtel vehicle a few kilometers down the road, where they escaped into the bush. ARTICLES The attackers were members of the National Liberation Front for Aceh (NLFA), an organization which has threatened businesses in the past. The NLFA made extortion demands of Mobil Oil in July by threatening to blow up one of Mobil's projects in Sumatra if it did not receive payment of a half million dollars. At about the same time, a guerilla group, perhaps the NLFA, attempted to set fire to a Pertamina, petroleum refinery. Pertamina (Indonesia's State Petroleum Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Company" is the controlling partner in Mobil and Bechtel operations in Sumatra. Aceh is a province in northern Sumatra whose inhabitants are noted for being fierce warriors and fanatical Moslems. The native Acehnese are an extremely independent group and have a long.history of opposing any central power, whether that be European or Javanese. The extent of N1,I:A support in Sumatra is difficult to determine, but sympathy for it is reported strong. By 30 November over twenty suspects had been arrested near the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, where the NLFA is known to have been active in the past. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET 7 December 1977 Pilots' Possessions Purloined On 22 October and 7 November two Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilots' documentation bags were stolen in Copenhagen, Denmark. The missing bags contained a Swedish passport, a co-pilot's ID card, a Swiss flight certificate and flight manuals and landing maps for several European airports. Also stolen were an SAS uniform jacket and cap with co- pilot's stripes. Possession of the missing documents and uniform could allow unauthorized persons to enter airport operations 7 as and aircraft from which they would normally be barred. 50X1-HUM 6 -qFCRFT -1 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Next 5 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 7 December 1977 CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS Date: 25 November 1977 Bombing by MPAIAC Causes Propert Damage Place: Spain, According to a press release Canary Islands by the Movement for the Self- Determination and Independence of the Canary Islands (MPAIAC), that group exploded a time bomb at the residence of the high command of the Spanish forces in Tenerife. Additional bombs exploded at buildings of a Spanish insurance company and the Bank of Madrid (these latter bombings were attributed to the Armed Forces of the Left). The explosions caused property dam- age but no injuries were re- ported. 50X1-HUM Date:. 30 November 1977 British Military Bases Bombed On 30 November four bombs ex- Place., Cyprus, ploded at British military Larnaca bases on Cyprus. Two explosions Limassol at Dhekelia, a naval base near Larnaca, damaged two transform- ers on the base. Another bomb exploded at a nearby radio antenna field damaging both a transformer and some antennas. The fourth explosion at .Akrotiri, an airbase near Limassol, damaged the pumps for the base water system. There were no injuries reported as a result of any of the explosions. SECRET A-3 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET 7 December 1977 Date: 2 December 1977 Chrysler Executive's Bodyguards Attacked Place: Argentina, Buenos According to a Reuter report, Aires the bodyguards of a Chrysler Corporation executive were the victims of an armed attack in a suburb of Buenos Aires. The car used by the guards was sprayed with machine-gun fire from two other cars. Two of the bodyguards were killed and a third seriou:3ly wounded. The attackers have not been iden- tified. 50X1-H Amok 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Next 8 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET 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. 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 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) 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 T p Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET 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 Special Assistant, Deputy Director International Terrorism Control, DDO 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Secret Secret 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Secret Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT 14 December 1977 Notes: PFLP Terrorists to be Tried by Israel (Page 7) Two FRG Terrorists Await Decisions by Dutch Courts (Page 7) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Next 4 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET NOTES PFLP Terrorists to be Tried by Israel Two West German terrorists, charged with participating in a PFLP attempt in January 1976 to shoot down an El-Al airliner at Nairobi, are to go to trial this month. The pair, Brigitte Schultz and omas Reuter, a ng with three Pales- tinian accomplices, will face an Israeli military court The trial, which was originally scheduled for last Ma , will be closed to the public.) Two FRG Terrorists Await Decisions by Dutch Courts The murder trial in the Netherlands of Baader-Meinhof/ Red Army Faction member Knut Folkerts ended on 7 December. The judge adjourned the case until 20 December, when he will announce his verdict. Folkerts was charged with murdering one policeman and attempting to murder another when they tried to arrest him in Utrecht on 22 September. He was being sought at the time in connection with the slaying of FRG federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback. Folkerts admitted shooting at the two policemen but claimed he did so out of fear that they were West German policemen trying to take him back to the FRG. He said that violence directed against the Bonn government and its personnel was justified because the Baader-Meinhof gang was waging a war against a repressive government. The prosecutor asked that Folkerts be given a 20-year prison sentence. Meanwhile, a court in The Hague announced that on 12 January it will hear a West German request for the extradi- tion of Christoph Wackernagel, another Red Army Faction member currently being held by Dutch authorities. Wacker- nagel, wanted for involvement in the abduction of West German businessman Hanns-Martin Schleyer, was wounded and captured after a shootout with police in an Amsterdam suburb 1 November. 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM 7 50X1-HUM 71 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Next 10 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 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. 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 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 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 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 ceelnrw National Security Council National Security Council Staff Office of Management and Budget Branch International Affairs Department of Commerce Office of Investigations and Security Office of Administrative Support, Security Agency, C54-CDB ?rt, DIBA Department of Energy Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security Central Intelligence Agency Special Assistant, D 1, DO SECRFT 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Secret Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 r-nvlu1JM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Secret Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 21 December 1977 Secret Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT 21 December 1977 50X1-HUM French Executive Slain in Argentina (Page 3) West German Terrorist Suspects Arrested in Switzerland (Page 4) 50X1-HUM 'TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET 21 December 1977 NOTES French Executive Slain In;Argentina Terrorists shot and.killed Andre Gasparoux, the techni- cal director of the Argentine subsidiary of the French 50X1-HUM Peugeot Motor Company, and seriously wounded his police bodyguard on 16 December. Seven terrorists, including two women, staged the attack. The 55-year-old French businessman was ambushed two blocks from his home as he was driving to work in the Buenos Aires suburb of Ranelagh. His assailants used a truck to block his,car'and then sprayed it with machine-gun fire before making'their escape. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET 21 December 1977 West German Terrorist Suspects Arrested in Switzerland On 20 December Swiss police arrested individuals be- lieved to be Willy Peter Stoll, 27, and Juliane Plambeck, 25, two West German terrorists wanted in connection with the kidnaping and murder of West German industrialist Hanns- Martin Schleyer. According to a Justice Ministry spokesman, the suspects shot and wounded two Swiss border guards who were checking their car on the Swiss-French border at Fahy, fifty miles northwest of Bern. They were captured after a road chase. Immediate identification of captured terrorists is not always possible because of their use of false documen- tation and disguises. If the suspects are indeed Willy Stoll and Juliane Plambeck, their capture is a coup for the Swiss? Plambeck is one of four female terrorists who on 7 July 1976 escaped in West Berlin by climbing out of prison on knotted bed sheets. One of the four was quickly` recaptured but the other three have evaded detection for a year and a half. Both Plambeck and Stoll are on the widely disseminated West German Federal Criminal Office poster f the sixteen most wanted FRG terrorists. 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 21 December 1.977 . CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS Date: 16 December 1977 Place: Argentina, Buenos Aires SECRET Executive of Peugeot Motor Company Killed On 16 December Andre Gasparoux, technical director of the Peugeot Motor Company sub- sidiary in Argentina, was shot and killed as he drove to work in a Buenos Aires suburb. Five men and two women used a truck to block the car and then opened fire with a machine-gun. Gasparoux was killed and his bodyguard seriously wounded in Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Next 7 Page(s) In Document Denied Iq Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 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. 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 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 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 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 SECRET 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 Special Assistant, Deputy Director International Terrorism Control, DDO 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5 Secret Secret Nwgp~ 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/25: CIA-RDP79-01209A000900050001-5