WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
1 March 1978
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
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1 March 1978
Precaution Thwarts 33ombing Attempt in Turkey
(Page 5)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist
Acts
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Precaution Thwarts Bombing Attempt in Turkey
On 17 February in Izmir, Turkey, police deactivated a
time bomb set to go off in the Turkish American Association
(TAA) building at 7 p.m. At that time almost eight hundred
people were to be in the building for English language
classes. The device, consisting of an aerosol can packed
with an explosive, was left on top of the water tank in one
of the toilets. It was found by a local USIS employee
detailed to check the building (a TAA/USIS complex). His
duty hours had been advanced because of concern over just
such an incident--the same facilities were bombed on the
same date in 1977. Observers believe that both incidents
commemorate 18 February 1972, when a terrorist lea r i
Turkey was killed in a shootout with the police.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 17 February 1978 Italian Industrialist Kid-
nape in Colombia
Place: Colombia, Medellin On 17 February Jose Bartolini,
an Italian industrialist, was
kidnaped by several men who
were riding in a taxi. Bar-
tolini was released by an anti-
kidnaping squad on 22 February;
three of the kidnapers were
arrested in the raid. He was
unharmed and plans to remain
in the country.
Date 21 February 1978 Bolivian Kidnaped in San
Salvador
Place: San Salvador, On 21 February two armed men
El Salvador kidnaped a Bolivian national
who is employed by the United
Nations in E1 Salvador. The
victim was forced into a car
at gun point and driven
through the city. As the car
passed in front of National
Police Headquarters the hos-
tage seized the wheel and
caused the car to crash.
The police, who arrived im-
mediately on the scene, ar-
rested one of the pair but
the other escaped in the
crowd. There were no injuries
No reason for the kidnap in_
cident has been given. ~ ~
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Date: 26 February 1978 French Official Kidnaped by
Muslim Rebels
Place: Philippines, On 26 February Muslim rebels
Zamboanga kidnaped an official of the
French Finance Ministry, Pierre
Huguet. The victim was taken
aboard a boat which escaped
under fire from pursuing Phil-
ippine soldiers. The kidnapers
are thought to be members of
the Muslirrt group, the Moro
National. Liberation Front.
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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, DATA/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
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, DDO
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.WEEKLY SITUATI!t~N REPORT
CONTENTS
TAB A -Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 4 March 1978
Firebombing of the Yugoslav
Consulate in San Francisco
Place: United States, On 4 March the Yugoslav con-
San Francisco sulate in San Francisco was
firebombed. There was damage
to the exterior of the building
and to neighboring buildings.
No injuries were reported and
no group as claimed res onsi-
Date: 4 March 1978 Bambin of Ira i Embassies in
- Paris an Brussels
Place: Belgium, Brussels On 4 March bombs were detonated
France, Paris in the vicinity of the Irac{i
embassies in Paris and Brussels.
In Brussels the explosion dam-
aged the entrance of the embassy
and shattered windows in nearby
apartments. In Paris the blast
destroyed a car parked near
the embassy. There were no
injuries reported in either
incident and no claim of re-
sponsibility has been received.
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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-1
DIN ZD2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Axmy, 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, DIBA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of .Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
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Weekly Situation Report
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
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15 March 1978
Articles:
Fatah Commando Raid in Israel (Page 1)
Dutch Marines Break South Moluccan S~ige (Page 3)
Notes:
Possible Ilijacking Attempt Over Hong Kong (Page 7)
Muslim Rebels in the Philippines Release French
IIostage (Page i )
Swiss Policeman Killed by Terrorists? (Page 8)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist
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15 March 1978
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Fatah Commando Raid in Israel
On 11 March guerrillas from Al Fatah, the largest of
the Palestinian organizations, mounted an armed raid into
Israel that resulted in the killing of 32 Israelis and the
wounding of 76 others. Nine of the terrorists were killed
and two captured.
The raid began at 1545 when eleven Palestinians traveling
in two rubber boats came ashore at a point close to a
seaside kibbutz about 20 miles south of Haifa. They almost
immediately killed their first victim there, a young woman
later identified as an American immigrant to Israel. The
guerrillas then made their way to the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway,
where they stopped a taxi and killed its passengers. At
1615 they stopped a tourist bus that was taking bus company
employees back to Haifa from an outing near Jerusalem and
forced its driver to turn around in the direction of Tel
Aviv. As the bus proceeded the terrorists fired their
weapons from the windows at passing vehicles.
On the way to Tel Aviv the terrorists saw a second bus
on the road ahead and forced the driver to overtake it, at
which point the guerrillas fired at the second bus, killing
and wounding some of its passengers. When it stopped they
forced the passengers aboard the first bus and continued
toward Tel Aviv. They later met a taxi and forced its
passengers to join their hostages.
Israeli authorities set up a road block on the outskirts
of Tel Aviv, where the captured bus arrived at 1730. Police
and troops opened fire on it, and the guerrillas returned
the fireblewfuer apparentlynfrom explosivesscarriedmby the
finally P~
terrorists.
Israeli officials said that the terrorists' mission had
been to seize a luxury hotel and hold tourists as hostages
to be bartered for guerrillas imprisoned in Israel. Leaflets
carried by the commandos spelled out their demands, including
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one that the British and Rumanian ambassadors and the United
Nations representative surrender themselves as hostages to
guarantee the safe passage of the terrorists and freed
riso ~mascus aboard a United Nations aircraft.
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Dutch Marines Break South Moluccan Sei P
Dutch Marines stormed a provincial office building in
the town of Assen shortly after 1430 on 14 March and within
twenty minutes secured the release of 70 hostages held by
three armed South Moluccans who had seized the building some
29 hours earlier. The assault force, which had moved into
position under cover of darkness overnight, stormed the
building while sharpshooters provided covering fire. The
attack came after gunfire was heard inside the building and
the South Moluccan occupiers announced that one of the
hostages had been executed. When the marines made their way
to the top of the four-story building they found the victim
seriously wounded but alive. Four other hostages were
wounded during the bxief skirmish.
The South Moluccans had seized control of the office
building midmorning on 13 March, taking 71 hostages and
wounding several persons when shooting erupted as an estimated
180 civil servants and others fled the building. Police
moved in to seal off the area, while the Moluccan occupiers
shot at anything that moved within their field of fire. A ~
boy on a bicycle was wounded, and efforts to aid casualties
lying on the ground outside the building halted when a
rescue ambulance was fired on by the terrorists.
As the Dutch government set up a "crisis center" to
deal with the attack, the Justice Ministry stated it had
received a letter signed by the "South Moluccan Suicide
Command" that contained demands similar to those made in the
Moluccan terrorist attacks last year and in 1975. T'he
letter threatened that the terrorists would start killing
hostages at 1400 on 14 March unless the government met their
demands for the release of 21 comrades jailed in the earlier
attacks, a plane out of the country for the released prisoners
and some of the hostages, and a ransom of $13 million.
Two leaders of the Moluccan community in Assen entered
the building during the morning of 14 March to talk to the
terrorists. When they emerged they brought no new statement
from the terrorists but they were accompanied by one of the
hostages who was released without explanation. The deadline
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]..aid down passed uneventfully but half an hour later the
gunfire, and the announcement by the terrorists that they
had executed one of the hostages, triggered the Dutch
government decision to send in the marines.
There were no casualties among the marines or the three
terrorists. Among the hostages there were six wounded, and
one man was killed and his body thrown from the bull-ding in
the ini ial Moluccan assault. The justice minister had told
a press conference during the episode that the government
had no intention of letting the terrorists out of the country.
After the hostages were released, the prime min~:ster urgenit
the Dutch populace not to judge the entire Mol
by the actions of the three young terrorists.
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15 March 1978
P_oss_ible Hijacking Attempt Over Hong Kong
China Airlines flight 831 from Kaoshuing, Republic of
China (ROC), to Hong Kong was the target of a possible
hijack attempt on 9 March. The aircraft, carrying 101 pas-
sengers, including one American, was on final approach to
Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport when it veered from its approach
course. Several random radio transmissions were heard from
the aircraft which then returned to its course and landed
safely. About 6 miles from Hong Kong, the flight engineer,
an ROC citizen, attacked the pilot and co-pilot with a pair
of scissors, wounding both of them. Security personnel on
the plane reportedly shot and killed the engineer. The two
wounded pilots were taken to the hospital and are reported
to be in satisfactory condition. Passengers indicated that
they were not fully aware of what had happened and claimed
not to have heard any shots. The motive for the attack
remains unclear; it could have beezi a demented act or a
personal quarrel with the pilots. A hijack to the Peoples
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recently made radio broadcasts offering large rewar
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Muslim Rebels iri the Philippines Release French Hostage
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A-4.) Pierre Huguet, an official. of t e renc finance
Ministry, was abducted from a tour group. He was taken by
boat to an island where he was held captive for two weeks.
The original ransom demand of U.S. $150,000 was not paid.
However, it was agreed the Moro National Liberation Front
rebels would be "reimbursed for expenses" incurred while
holding their hostage. Huguet was exhausted from his ordeal
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Swiss Policeman Killed by Terrorists?
On 3 March a Swiss police corporal was shot to death
under mysterious circumstances in an empty house near the
small town of Porrentruy, Switzerland. Investigating author-
ities believe he was checking something suspicious in the
building when he was killed.
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sts Gabriele Kroecher-
'Tiedemann and Christian Moeller on 20 December 1977. after
~~orpora was a terrorist action. Phone callsvtovSwiss
~zewspapers have indicated the purpose of the killing and of
:future terrorist acts (unspecified) is to force the release
of Kroecher-Tiedemann and Moeller. Both are be:in~ held in
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 12 March 1978 Bombin at the Tarsus American
School in Tur ey
Place: Turkey, Adana On 12 March a bomb exploded
under the car belonging to the
principal of the Tarsus Ameri-
can School in Adana. The fender
of the cox was blown off .and
windows of a nearby building
were shattered. There were no
injuries. A typewritten letter,
signed "TIP," was received the
same day, saying other explosives
had been placed about the campus
of the school. A police search
for other bombs was negative.
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Director of Office for Combatting Terrorism (M/CT)
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Assistant Legal Adviser for Special Functional
Frobl-ems
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Bureau of Tntelligence 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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DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, DATA/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
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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 far Environment, Safety
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National. Security Council Staff
Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
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Department of Commerce
Office of Investigations and Security
Office of Administrative Support, I)IBA
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
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International Terrorism Control, DDO
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Weekly Situation Report
on
International Terrorism
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 27 February 1978 Iran Air Office in Milan
Firebom e
Place: Italy, Milan On 27 February the Milan office
of Iran Air airline was the tar-
get of a firebomb attack. The
windows were smashed and several
incendiary bottles were thrown
into the office. The resulting
fire routed a lone employee and
completely destroyed the airline
office area. No injuries were
reported; no group has claimed
responsibility.
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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-1
DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OA'TA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, U5AIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
USAF Special Operations School (TAC)
USAF Readiness Command
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
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
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, .Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, :DDO
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V~eekly Situation Report
on
Intern~tion~l Terrorism
29 March 1978
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
Articles:
Kidnapers Free Belgian Baron in Paris (Page 1)
Time Bomb Discovered at the Canberra }dome of the
Indian Envoy (Page 6)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
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ARTICLES
Kidnapers Free Belgian Baron in Paris
According to French officials Baron Edouard-Jean Empain,
who had been kidnaped on 23 January, was released by his
captors in the center of Paris on the evening of 26 March.
Empain, a Belgian, is the chairman of the Empain-Schneider
conglomerate, one of Europe's largest industrial complexes,
and is the only foreign member of Le Patronat, the French
equivalent of the National Association of Manufacturers.
The kidnapers had demanded U. S. $10 million for the release
of Empain when they seized him from his chauffeur-driven car
rlea~r his :home in Paris
Two days before Empain's release, the French police had
set a trap for the kidnapers near a phone booth on a highway
outside Paris. The .booth had been designated as the pick-up
point for the ransom, finally negotiated at U.S. $8.6 million.
A member of the baron's family was to deliver the money.
Five members of the gang arrived at the rendezvous, and were
ambushed by the police just as the money was about to change
hands. In the ensuing shootout one kidnaper was killed, one
wounded and captured, and two policemen wounded. Three
members of the gang escaped. The ransom money was retrieved
intact.
According to the police commissioner of Paris, the
decisive factor in the subsequent release of Empain was the
telephone call made by the captured kidnaper to his accom-
plices, advising them that the game was over and no ransom
would be available. The baron was not injured as a result
of the fiasco; the criminals had removed the tip of one
finger and sent it to his family shortly after he was taken
hostage.
Shortly after Empain's abduction, a French terrorist
organization, the "Armed Cell for Popular Autonomy," had
claimed responsibility for the crime, and threatened to kill
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Empain if two West German Red Army Faction terrorists and a
French criminal were not released from pxisons in West
Germany and France. Nothing further was heard from this
group. The police now feel that no political motives were
involved; the dead and ca tured kidnapers both have long
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Time Bomb Discovered at the Canberra Home of the Indian
Envoy
On 25 March a time bomb was found under a hedge on the
grounds of the home of acting Indian Ambassador Ajmani. The
bomb was spotted on a routine security patrol of an area of
Canberra where several governments maintain embassies.
Police indicated the bomb had apparently been thrown into
the yard by persons unknown. The time bomb had been set to
explode about six hours before it was found, but had failed
to detonate. The Ajmani family and two staff members were
in the house at the time. No group has claimed responsibil-
ity for the bomb, the la-test in a series of incidents with
Indian targets. Ajmani said he believed tine Ananda Marg was
responsible for the attempted bombing, but a spokesman for
that group denied the organization's responsibility.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date: 25 March 1978 Bomb Found at the Home of the
In ian Envo in Canberra
Place: Australia, Canberra On 25 Marc a time bom was dis-
covered under a hedge on the
grounds of the home of the act-
ing Indian ambassador to Austra-
lia. The bomb was spotted during
a routine security patrol of the
area. The bomb had been set to
explode six hours before it was
located but had failed to deto-
nate. Local police said no
~rr~iin had claimed resnnn~i hi 1 i ty,
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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)
USAF Readiness Command
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Department of Justice
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Emergency Programs Center
Criminal Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Investigative
Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of the Treasury
Office of Intelligence Support
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
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
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of` Security
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Assistant, Deputy Director
International Terrorism Control, DDO
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