WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRRORISM

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Weekly Situation Report
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7 September 1977
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
7 September 1977
Anti-Castro Bombers Hit Washington (Page 1)
West Germany's Terrorists: A Profile (Page 4)
Notes:
Kidnapers Murder David Kraiselburd (Page 7)
lxplosLon Kills Anti-Titoist Serbians (Page 7)
Moluccans' Trial Opens (Page 8)
Pensioned BSO Terrorists (Page 8)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist
Acts
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7 September 1977
ARTICLES
Anti-Castro Bombers Hit Washington
Cuban exiles claimed responsibility for two pre-dawn
explosions in Washington, D.C., that occurred about twenty
minutes apart on 7 September, the day Western Hemisphere
leaders gathered to witness the signing of a Panama Canal
treaty. One bomb blew out windows of a building housing the
offices of the Soviet Union's Aeroflot Airlines and its
maritime mission. The other detonation occurred in an open
area about 100 feet from the White House fence. No injuries
were reported from either explosion. United Press Interna-
tional reported that it received an anonymous telephone
message from a caller who said that the Pedro Luis Boitel
Commandos had set off the bombs. He claimed the explosions
were to protest Soviet support of Cuba and the Castro gov-
ernment's violation of human rights.
The Pedro Luis Boitel Commandos surfaced during May in
Miami, taking responsibility for the bombing of a travel
agency in Fort Lauderdale that was chartering trips to Cuba
On 13 August the group 50X1-HUM
claimed to have set o a bomb near a Venezuelan Air Force
DC-9 at Miami Tnternntionq] Airnnrt. 50X1-HUM
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West Germany's Terrorists: A Profile
This is a condensation of a report which appeared in the
20 August issue of The Economist of London:
In the 1960s left-wing students mounted what they
called an extra-parliamentary opposition: protests,
demonstrations, some violence. A little later a neo-
Nazi party briefly bloomed, sustained by middle-aged,
lower-middle-class discontent. Far more serious than
either has been the emergence in the! 1970s of gangs of
organised terrorists prepared not only to rob and bomb
but to shoot in cold blood. They claimed their 19th
victim last month in Mr. Juergen Pon.to, the head of one
of Germany's big banks, who was shot. at close range by
a gang led by the daughter of an old. friend, clutching
a bunch of roses as an entry ticket to his house.
The first generation of these urban guerrillas,
known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, is now mostly out of
action. Andreas Baader and a number of his fellow
terrorists are in prison; Ulrike Meinhof, the co-leader
of the gang, was found dead in her jail cell last year.
But a number of second-generation groups have sprung up
to replace them, some led by the left-wing lawyers who
defended the first group. One of the secondary groups
is thought to have been responsible for the Ponto
murder; another, which shares some of the same members,
for the murder in April of Germany's chief public
prosecutor, Mr. Siegfried Buback. The same loosely
connected guerrilla network is thought to have been
behind the murder of a German judge
in 1974, the attack
on the German embassy
in Stockholm,
the kidnaping of a
German politician and
the kidnaping
of senior OPEC
representatives, all
three incidents
in 1975. Some of
the second-generation terrorists are
now in prison
awaiting trial and a few have been sentenced; most are
at large.
Who are these people? Not conventional criminals,
despite their fondness for Bonnie-and-Clyde-style bank
robberies to raise money for their cause. Most of them
are young or youngish, between 20 and 40. Almost all
of them come from comfortable homes, with their parents
at a loss to understand what has happened (one of the
toughest members of the Baader-Meinhof gang, Gudrun
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Ensslin, is a clergyman's daughter). Most of them have
had an above-average education. And a surprisingly
high proportion of them are women; not just doing
backroom work, but using bombs and. guns. Over half of
the German terrorists for whom arrest warrants are.now
out are female.
What makes them tick is clearly not money, though
they seem to have few scruples about spilling blood to
get it. Susanne Albrecht, the gangleader in the Ponto
murder, is said to have told her friends that she was
"sick of eating caviar" at parties in Frankfurt banking
circles. The early terrorists were deeply concerned
about Vietnam. All of them are Marxists who profess to
be offended by West German society which they dismiss
as "fascist." Their education has been in a country
that has long nurtured revolutionary theorists of the
most radical--and systematic--kind. What matters to them
is approval from their own group. Those who have
observed them at close quarters say that relations
inside the gangs are almost claustrophobically close,
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Kidnapers Murder David Kraiselburd
According to a press report from Buenos Aires, five
suspects allegedly confessed before a judge on 5 September
that they killed 21-month-old David Kraiselburd. The child,
a U.S. citizen and son of influential Argentine publisher
Raul Kraiselburd, was kidnaped from his home near Buenos
Aires a year ago The suspects
said they planned to exchange him for ransom, but killed him
because they had no place to hide him. Police are searchin
the area where the body is said to be buried.
Explosion Kills Anti-Titoist Serbians
Three anti-Titoist Serbians planning a bombing campaign
against Yugoslav missions in six or seven cities in the U.S.
and Canada were killed in a garage explosion in Toronto on
29 August, according to the Canadian press. The Serbians
reportedly believed that the Yugoslav government was respon-
sible for the murder in Chicago last June of an anti-Titoist
editor of a Serbian emigre newspaper. The plans of the
would-be terrorists included the simultaneous bombings in
the U.S. and Canada of the homes of sympathizers of President
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Moluccans' Trial Opens
The trial of eight South Moluccans charged with kidnap-
ing 170 schoolchildren and train passengers in the northern
part of the Netherlands began on 6 September amid tight
security. The trial of the terrorists--who seized the passen-
ger train in Assen and the elementary school in nearby
Bovensmilde on 23 May--is expected to last only four d, ays
with only seven prosecution witnesses being called.
Dutch prosecutors are expected to question the psychi
atrist who talked with the terrorists on the telephone
during the nineteen-day-long ordeal. Defense lawyers will
call six witnesses, including two of the hostages held
aboard the train.
Seven of the defendants, aged 18 to 35, are charged
with illegal deprivation of liberty and the illegal posses-
sion of firearms. They face jail sentences of up to ten
years. The eighth Moluccan is accused of supplying the
others with a weapon and ammunition. 50X1-HUM
Pensioned BSO Terrorists
The three members of the Black September Organization
who survived the 1972 Olympic Games massacre are living in
Beirut on monthly pensions of $1,000 paid by the Libyan
government. They were traced to Lebanon by Wilhelm Schoettler,
who was their court-appointed lawyer following their arrest
by German authorities on 5 September 1972. 50X1-HUM
The three--Husayn Hassan Masud, Muhammad Mahmud al
Safadi, and Ibrahim Masud Badran--were awaiting trial when, 50X1-HUM
by seizing a Lufthansa aircraft.
The Munich terrorists were own to Zagre , Yugoslavia,
and t ere boarded the hijacked Lufthansa plane for a flight
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 5 September 1977 FRG Industrialist Kidnaped
West German industrialist
Place: West Germany, Hanns-Martin Schleyer was
Cologne kidnaped by terrorists after
they attacked his automobile
on a Cologne street during
the evening rush hours. All
four members of Schleyer's
entourage were killed during
the attack. The terrorists
have demanded the release of
14 prisoners.
Date: 7 September 1977 Cubans Set Off Bombs in D.C.
Two pre-dawn explosions oc-
Place: United States, curred in downtown Washington,
Washington, D.C. D.C., on 7 September 1977.
The windows were blown out of
a building housing the offices
of the Soviet Union's Aeroflot
Airlines and its maritime
mission in one bombing. The
other detonation occurred near
the White House fence. No
injuries were reported in
either blast. The Pedro Luis
Boitel Commandos, an anti-Castro
Cuban exile grou claimed
responsibility. ,
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Weekly Situation Report
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14 September 1977
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
14 September 1977
Pan-Am Receives Hoax Bomb Threat (Page 7)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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Pan Am Receives Hoax Bomb Threat
Irish soldiers removed a dummy bomb from a Pan American
jetliner at Shannon Airport. The pilot had made an emergency
landing in response to a radioed alert that a bomb might be
aboard. After an 8%-hour delay the New York-to-London
flight, with 298 passengers and 16 crew members, flew on to
London. Earlier in New York an anonymous telephone caller
had told the airline's control center at Kennedy Airport
that a bomb was on the n1ane. and demanded $1 million to
reveal its location.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 6 September 1977 Sears Store Bombed
Place:
Colombia, Cali
A bomb exploded in the Sears
store in Cali on 6 September,
injuring three persons. Two
other bombings, both at local
police stations, occurred the
same day. The pers
sible are unknown.
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Date: 13 September 1977 Shah of Iran's Sister Escapes
ssassina:t-on Attempt
Place: France, Cannes Princess Ts'ray Pa lavi, sister
of the Shah of Iran, escaped
unharmed from an assassination
attempt on 13 September near
Cannes. Her lady in waiting
was killed in the attack and
her driver was injured. Anti-
Shah terrorists are presumed
responsible, although no group
has yet claimed res onsibility
for the zcident. 7
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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. 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-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
21 September 1977
Miami Hotels Bombed (Page 1)
Note:
Another Week in Germany's War of Nerves (Page 3)
Background Article:
An Austrian Views Terrorism (Page 5)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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Miami Hotels Bombed
Four luxury hotels in the Miami area were bombed during
the early morning of 19 September. Windows were shattered
but there were no injuries. A Miami police spokesman placed
the total damage at $4,000.
Shortly before the explosions the Associated Press in
Miami received a phone call from a man identifying himself
as a member of the Luis Boitel Commandos, the Cuban exile
group which claimed responsibility for bombings this month
in Washington, D.C. as well as for two explosions in 'da
earlier this year.
The ca er said "We have planted several
om s at Miami Beach hotels. Unless our demands are met
,
there will be more actions. Freedom to all Cuban political
prisoners." During the previous week several Miami news
offices received communiques from the Boitel group, threat-
ening increased terrorist activity unless 17 prisoners were
released from jails in Mexico, Venezuela and the United
States.
A total of four bombs were used, timed to go off one
after the other at twenty-minute intervals. Starting at
2:00 a.m. explosions occurred at the DuPont Plaza, the
Fontainebleau, the Sheraton Four Ambassadors, and the Eden
Roc hotels.
Later the same day, about 8,000 Cuban exiles marched
through downtown Miami to the statue of Jose Marti. A
declaration read at the gathering by the principal speaker,
Luis Crespo, warned against interference with anti-Castro
activities. Crespo was freed earlier this month from a
prison sentence stemming from the accidental explosion of a
bomb he was constructing in a Miami garage.
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Another Week in Germany's War of Nerves
The standoff between German authorities and the kid-
napers of Hanns-Martin Schleyer entered its third week amid
indications that the government is continuing to draw out
the negotiations in an effort to buy time. The news black-
out continues to restrict general public knowledge of the
details of the negotiations, but statements by officials, as
well as the highly visible tightening of security measures
imposed for the protection of additional likely terrorist
targets, indicate the government's determination to avoid
abjectly agreeing to the kidnapers' demands.
Nevertheless, in an apparent effort to keep the negotia-
tions moving, a high-ranking official of the Schmidt
cabinet was dispatched to Algiers, reportedly one of the
safehaven destinations specified by the jailed terrorist
prisoners whose freedom is demanded in exchange for the safe
return of Schleyer. At the same time, Chancellor Schmidt
warned publicly against succumbing to "panic, exaggeration
and hysterics."
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An Austrian Views Terrorism
The following are excerpts from the book Crusaders,
Criminals, Crazies: Terror and Terrorism in Our Time, by
Frederic J. Hacker, M.D. Dr. Hacker, who elpe negotiate
the release of OPEC ministers kidnaped in Austria in 1975,
is director of the Institute for Conflict Research in Vienna.
Terror and terrorism are as old as the human
discovery that people can be influenced by intimidation.
But only recently have the means become available for
terrorism to grow into a menace of global dimensions.
Today we live in an age of terror. We give terrorists
heroes' welcomes in our most prestigious institutions.
We surrender to them the use of our powerful mass
media. And we are entertained there by the spectacle
of our own destruction. Terrorists can be roughly
divided into three groups according to their main
motivations: the emotionally disturbed or crazy ter-
rorists, driven by reasons that often do not make sense
to anybody else; criminal terrorists, in it for personal
gain; crusading terrorists, who seek prestige and
power, instead of personal gain, in the interest of
what they believe is a higher cause. All terrorists,
from above or below, feel totally justified in their
actions. The origins of their resort to terrorism are
usually shrouded in obscurity, though they focus on an
arbitrarily selected aggressive act by their opponent.
Crazy terrorists are mostly loners. Criminals are
mostly organized in a businesslike manner. Crusaders
generally organize in military fashion.
Until recently, all available evidence indicated
that terrorism from the bottom had some international
links but no global organization. However, the global
conspiracy theories now have some basis in reality.
From 1973 on, a loosely connected network of mutual aid
and technical assistance has existed among various
terrorist groups. Arrangements for mutual aid and
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comfort are bound to multiply as terrorism spreads and
becomes ever more successful. Even the most diverse
terrorist groups consider themselves engaged in a
common struggle, although not necessarily against the
same enemy. They will continue to provide weapons for
each other, to train each other's recruits, and on
occasion to serve as hired guns for each other. They
will also continue to function as agents for superpowers
and their satellites.
Crusading terrorists form only the vanguard of
terrorism. Criminal opportunists are.the main body.
The crusaders are widely visible, glamorous examples to
be imitated or joined by the crazies and criminals.
Skyjacking is one example of a crime copied by those
who could more accurately be described as crazy or
criminal.
Terrorists are totally oblivious to the fate of
their victims. Yet after the deed, -there is no doubt
that strange feelings of camaraderie, closeness, empathy,
friendship, even love often develop between hostages
and captors, between victims and victimizers. When
survival is at stake, it creates strong feelings of
group belonging. Sooner or later, the common danger is
attributed to a common enemy: the outgroup (the police
and rescuers in general). The hostages' acquiescence
turns into willing submission, and then into enjoyment
of dependency. Finally, the hostages attribute charis-
matic omnipotence to the group leader. After sky-
jackings, passengers and hostesses often have nothing
but kind things to say about their captors. Two airline
hostesses are known to have returned weapons to sky-
jackers because they felt sorry for.the poor devils who
had been "so nice." Emotions distort..
Virtually all experts point to the important role
of mass media in increasing the contagious effect of
violence by spreading the terrorist's message, thus
providing him with important motivations. Some blame
the media for sensationalism. Others; insist that the
media must fulfill its vital function in a democratic
society by presenting what happens in violent reality.
Some forms of terrorism (such as skyjacking and kid-
naping) occur in waves and follow definite patterns
influenced by spectacular, dramatic mass media coverage.
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Even though television reports may be purely factual,
they are inflammatory. Events have become socially
effective and important only through their mass-repro-
duced image. Often they take place only for the sake
of the image; they are produced in order to be repro-
duced. The image is no longer the reflection of reality.
The image is reality, most likely the only one acces-
sible to us. Agreed upon or imposed time lags and
temporary blackouts would impede the copycat effect,
deny the terrorists their otherwise guaranteed exposure,
and serve as a deterrent. Terror and terrorism are,
singly and together, the greatest challenge to democratic
institutions and the most dangerous threat to men and
women everywhere. Terrorists are convinced that in our
desperation we need them because they have all the
simple answers we search for with our complex questions.
They promise instant, radical change and relief from
burdensome individual responsibility.
We have enough budgets and weapons and support
for the forces of confrontation. What we need to
develop is the machinery for cooperation. And we
should have the self-confidence to act on what we know,
rather than to react to what we fear. Our officials
and statesmen conclude agreements with foreign powers
whose politics and morals we may not like but accept
because they control something we want. Why not try
the same type of approach with terrorists and other
blackmailers? We will not be so helpless as the ter-
rorists want us to be if we can succeed in freeing our
minds from the contagious effects of terroristic feeling
and thinking. Perfect justice cannot be achieved by a
leap of faith or by intimidation, bombs and guns. But
that is no reason not to research for and experiment
with measures to relieve social ills.
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21 September 1977
CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNTFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 13-14 September 1977 Wave of Bombings in Mexico
A wave of bomb explosions hit
Place: Mexico, Mexico City, Guadalajara and
Mexico City Oaxaca the night of 13-14 Sep-
Guadalajara tember. Although most of the
Oaxaca targets were Mexican, some
U.S. businesses were also bombed.
Altogether, five persons were
injured and the total property
damage was estimated at U.S.
$20 million, according to a
press report. A small, inde-
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Date: 19 September 1977 Cuban Exiles Bomb Miami Hotels
Bombs exploded at four hotels
Place: United States, in Miami and Miami Beach in
Miami the early morning hours of 19
September. Hit were the
Fontainebleau and Eden Roc
hotels in Miami Beach and the
Sheraton Four Ambassadors and
Dupont Plaza hotels in Miami.
Damage was minor and no one
was injured. A caller to the
Associated Press office in
Miami claimed responsibility
for the bombings in the name
of the Luis Boitel Commandos,
an anti-Castro Cuban exile
group. This group is also
responsible for the 7 September
bombings in Washington, D.C.
and two earlier attacks in
Florida.
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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
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
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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, ])IBA
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, IJDO
*Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism Member
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Weekly Situation Report
on
International Terrorism
28 September 1977
Secret
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
28 September 1977
Notes:
Colombian Rebels Continue to Hold Starr (Page 7)
Moluccans Sentenced in Netherlands (Page 7)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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28 September 1977
NOTES
Colombian Rebels Continue to Hold Starr
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) sent
a letter on 23 September to a Colombian radio network,
offering to negotiate with the United States government for
the release of Peace Corps volunteer Richard Starr. The
31-year-old. botanist from Edmonds, Washington, was abducted
n e guerrillas have passed on a letter from him for his mother
in Edmonds.
Moluccans Sentenced in Netherlands
Seven young South Moluccans, members of two terrorist
gangs that seized hostages in a train and a school house in
May, were sentenced in Assen on 22 September. The received
prison terms ranging from six to nine years.
The dual seizures were aimed at winning the release of
other Moluccans being held in Dutch jails for similar terror-
ist activities intended to gain the independence of the
Moluccas (.islands formerly known as the Dutch East Indies
and now part of Indonesia). The prosecution had demanded
maximum 10-year terms'for the seven, who were charged with
unlawfully detaining 165 children and adults and with illegal
r
possession of firearms. An eighth youth received a one-yea
i
ons.
sentence for helping plan the operat
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 28 September 1977 JRA Hijacks JAL Aircraft
JRA guerrillas hijacked a Japan
Place: India, Bombay Airlines plane shortly after
takeoff from Bombay on 28 Sep-
tember and forced it to land
in Dacca, Bangladesh. The
terrorists are demanding the
release of imprisoned JRA
comrades and U.S. $6 million
in exchange for the plane's
passengers and crew. The
Japanese government agreed
to meet thacp rlamnnAc
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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. 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
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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, DIRA
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
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