WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
1 February 1977
Articles:
Argentine Fights Fire with Fire (Page 1)
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Murderer of U.S. Consular Agent is Slain (Page 5)
French Archeologist Released to Libyan Authorities
(Page 5)
Three Frenchmen Released by FLEC (Page 5)
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Terrorist Weaponry on the Rise (Page 6)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
CHARTS: Incidence of Significant International Terror-
ist Acts as Listed in Weekly Situation Reports
(Page A-1)
Significant International Terrorist Incidents
by Type - 1977 (Page A-2)
Chronology (Page A-3)
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TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
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Argentina Fights Fire with Fire
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During the evening of 25 January members of the Monto-
neros fired upon the vacant home of Goodyear's production
manager and detonated a pipe bomb there. Propaganda leaflets
were left at the house, which is located in a suburb of
Buenos Aires, as well as at the nearby Goodyear plant. The
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Murderer of U.S. Consular Agent is Slain
According to the Argentine press, security forces in
Santa Fe recently killed Jorge Luis Piotti, a Montonero
identified by security officials as one of the individuals
involved in the kidnaping and assassination of John P. Egan,
the U.S. consular agent in Cordoba, in February 1975. (See
the issue of 4 March 1975.) Egan was abducted on 26 February
1975. The following day the kidnapers demanded the release
of four imprisoned Montoneros in exchange for him. After
the Argentine government announced on 28 February that it
would not deal with terrorist groups, Egan's body was found
in the outskirts of Cordoba, wrapped in a Montonero banner.
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August 1975 and held for questioning in connection with
Egan's death, Piotti is the first individual to be publicly
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French Archeologist Released to Libyan Authorities
Francoise Claustre, a French archeologist, and her
husband were freed on 31 January by Chad rebels and turned
over to Libyan authorities. She has now been reunited with
her mother and sister in Tripoli after almost three years as
a hostage, most recently of the Chad National Liberation
Front. Her husband was captured in August 1975 when he went
to Chad to negotiate for his wife's release. The French
government paid the rebels $800,000 in cash and $1.2 million
in medicines and other supplies as ransom in late September
1975. Although they refused the rebels' demands for arms,
the government of Chad ordered the French garrison out of
the country, accusing the French of meddling in Chad's
internal affairs. (See the issues of 16 November 1976, 14
and 21 Octob,?, 1a7C 1A ,--ptember 1975, 19 June 1974 and].
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May 1974.)
Three Frenchmen Released by FLEC
Three French technicians kidnaped in the Congo on 15
January by members of the Front for the Liberation of the
Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) were released in Zaire on 30
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Terrorist Weaponry on the Rise
A new type of bomb will allegedly soon be used by
terrorists in Western Europe and the Middle East. This bomb
is contained in a glass bottle and is electrically detonated
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by an external flashlight battery which is wired to a flash-
bulb inserted inside the container. The device is rigged
with a timing mechanism which employs ordinary household
yeast to develop gas that closes the electric circuit to the
flashbulb. Experiments conducted with a prototype reveal
that this yeast timer can be modified to provide a delay
time of from 10 minutes to 24 hours.
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INCIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
AS LISTED IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS ? 1977
MEM TOTAL
U.S. TARGETS
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JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
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 TOTAL
Assassination 1
Hijacking
Kidnaping 1
Barricade & Hostage
Armed Attack 1
Bombing 6
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date:
Place:
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Argentina, Buenos
Aires
Home of Goodyear Executive
Attacked
The suburban Buenos Aires
home of a Goodyear executive
was attacked by the Montoneros
with machine gun fire and a pipe
bomb on 25 January. The house
was vacant at the time of the
attack. The Montoneros left
leaflets at the home, the
Goodyear plant, and the sur-
rounding area supporting the
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Goodyear has been experiencing
labor problems recently.
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
Tab B includes all r
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pasonah1y credible reports of planned
the threats lisrea are LOU
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
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Target: Cuban Shipping
Place:
Date:
B-Y-2
Diplomatic In-
stallations of a
Country Having
Relations with Cuba
Unknown
Unknown
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A CORU member recently carried
instructions from Venezuela to
Cuban exiles in Miami to carry
out two immediate operations,
according to an FBI source.
The first mission is to be a
naval operation against Cuban
shipping enterprises aimed at
killing a maximum number of
Cubans. A second, less
dramatic action, would be
the bombing of a consulate
or embassy of a country having
diplomatic relations with Cuba
and should cause no injuries.
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are not known.
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No significant terrorist threats were reported during the
period 26 January - 1 February for the following area:
V. Far East
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Distribution:
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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
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)
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Political
Military Section
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
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
*Department of Justice
Criminal Division
Civil Disturbance Unit
*Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
*Department of the Treasury
Office of the Secretary
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
*National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
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*Office of Management and Budget, International Affairs
Branch
Department of Commerce, Office of Investigations and
Security
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
*Central Intelligence Agency
DDO
*Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism Member
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Weekly Situation Report
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
Articles:
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Iran Reacts to Amnesty International (Page 4)
Notes:
Cypriots Arrested in Death of Ambassador Davies (Page 5)
British Manager of U.S.-Owned Firm Killed in Northern
Ireland (Page 5)
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Council of Europe Anti-Terrorism Charter Signed (Page 6)
TAB A
- Chronology of Significant International
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
Terrorist Acts
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
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IV. Africa
V. Far East
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Iran Reacts to Amnesty International
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The Amnesty International conference to be held in
Amsterdam on 18 February threatened for a while last week to
adversely affect relations between the Netherlands and Iran.
Initially an Iranian consumer organization, almost certainly
at the direction of the government, publicly proposed a
boycott of Dutch goods if the Netherlands permitted "anti
Iranian groups under the sponsorship of Amnesty International"
to hold the conference. The Iranian government expects that
the conference will dwell on the nearly 4,000 Iranians who,
according to the Shah, are in prison for terrorist or com-
muaist activities.
On 2 February, however, the Dutch ambassador in Tehran
was informed that an Iranian government "investigation" into
the matter showed that the Netherlands government had nothing
to do with the conference. The Dutch, for their part, have
indicated that they will pay close attention to the meeting
and all "public order aspects of the situation that might
arise."
The short-lived episode with the Dutch was the most
blatant of Tehran's efforts in recent weeks to make it clear
to friendly governments that they are expected to find some
way of prohibiting anti-Iranian actions on their territory.
Iran's parliament also rejected a "petition" on 1
February from Swedish legislators on behalf of Iranian
political prisoners. The rejection asserted that a more
balanced view is necessary for the preservation of close
ties between Iran and Sweden.
Iran, stung by repeated criticism from Amnesty Inter-
national on the question of human rights, struck back last
month with a major press attack. Editorials in Iran's
semicontrolled press charged that the organization is plan-
ning a worldwide campaign against Iran and insinuated that
it is in league with Marxist groups sympathetic to Iranian
terrorists. Iran also sought to answer its critics by
reportedly releasing 66 prisoners on 1 February, including
several convicted of terrorism and political crimes. This
was the second such release this year.
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Cypriots Arrested in Death of Ambassador Davies
Cypriot authorities have arrested five men for the August
1974 murder of U.S. Ambassador Rodger Davies. A sixth man has
also been charged but not apprehended. Ambassador Davies was
killed in his office during an anti-American riot outside the
embassy by Greek Cypriots protesting Washington's failure to
prevent the Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus.
The six men are members of EOKA-B,
wing group demanding the union of5oxi -HUM
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Three of the men in custody have been charged with man-
slaughter. If found guilty under Cypriot law they will face
a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Sentences for man-
slaughter, however, are usually reduced to 15 years or less.
The other three individuals are charged with illegal use of
firearms. Such a charge is punishable by 15 years in prison.
Again in practice a lesser sentence is usually given.
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an armed underground right
Cyprus with Greece.
British Manager of U.S.-Owned Firm Killed in Northern Ireland
The British manager of the DuPont synthetic fiber plant
in Londonderry was gunned down outside his home on 2 February.
Police rounded up several men for questioning about the kill-
ing, and on 7 February a 22-year-old man was charged with the
murder. Although there was speculation that the Provisional
IRA was responsible, that organization issued no statement
about the slaying, and some authorities theorized that the
act was committed by the Irish Republican Socialist Party, a
Trotskyite group thought to have been working closely with
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recently announced its intention to step up attacks on secu-
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Council of Europe Anti-Terrorism Charter SiRped
Representatives of 17 member states of the Council of
Europe signed a convention on the suppression of terrorism
Late last month. Two other member countries, Ireland and
Malta, refused to sign the document. The convention has
been sent to the respective parliaments for ratification.
Although there is an appearance of near unanimity for
the need to combat terrorism, reservations already expressed
by Council of Europe member states and in fact incorporated
in Article 13 of the convention could rob it of much of its AMA
Aoped for impact. The reservation allows signatory states
the right to refuse the extradition of terrorists whose
actions they consider to have been politically motivated.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date:
Place:
Date:
Place:
Date:
Place:
27 January 1977
Colombia, Bogota
31 January 1977
Colombia, Bogota
2 February 1977
Northern Ireland,
Londonderry
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Paraguayan Embassy in Bogota
Fired Upon
The Paraguayan embassy in
Bogota was machine gunned
on 27 January by three un-
identified persons who fired
at the building from a car.
No one was injured. Colombian
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Bomb Attack on Iberia Airlines
Office in Bogota
Six low-powered bombs exploded
in the Iberia Airlines office
in Bogota causing some damage
but no casualties. The Revo-
lutionary Workers Party left
pamphlets at the scene claiming
responsibility for the bombing
and appealing for support for
the revolutionary organiza-
tions of Spain, Chile, Uruguay,
Argentina, Portugal and Bolivia.
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DuPont Executive Killed in
Northern Ireland
Jeffrey S. Agate, British-born
managing director of the DuPont
Company in Northern Ireland, was
killed on 2 February outside his
home. A 22-year old man was ar-
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with the murder. His poli ?
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Tab B includes all reasonably credible renorts of nlnnned
terrorist activity.
tne tnreats listed are con-
siaered 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.
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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
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Target: Cuban Shipping
Diplomatic In-
stallations of a
Country Having
Relations with Cuba
A CORU member recently carried
instructions from Venezuela to
Cuban exiles in Miami to carry
out two immediate operations,
according to an FBI source.
The first mission is to be a
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naval operation against Cuban
Place: Unknown shipping enterprises aimed at
killing a maximum number of
Date: Unknown Cubans. A second, less
dramatic action, would be
the bombing of a consulate
or embassy of a country having
diplomatic relations with Cuba
and should cause no injuries.
The timing and locations of
these proposed ouerations
are not known.
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Target: U.S. SCHOOL
Place: Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa
Date: Current
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The American Community School
in Addis Ababa has received a
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People's Revolutionary Party
threatening an attack on the
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the students on 10 February.
School officials are treating
this as a potentially serious
threat and have requested police
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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
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)
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Political
Military Section
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
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
*Department of Justice
Criminal Division
Emergency Programs Center
*Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
*Department of the Treasury
Office of the Secretary
Office of Law Enforcement
U.S. Secret Service, Office of Protective Forces
U.S. Customs Service, Office of Enforcement Support
*Department of Transportation
DeptIty Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety
and Consumer Affairs, DOT/TES-2
Federal Aviation Administration
*National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
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Branch
Department of Commerce, Office of Investigations and
Security
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
*Central Intelligence Agency
DDO
*Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism Member
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International Terrorism
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
Articles:
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Baader-Meinhof Suspect Sentenced in Austria (Page 1)
Notes:
Reports of Plot to Assassinate Secretary Vance
Unfounded Rumors (Page 5)
Guerrillas in Colombia Kidnap U.S. Citizen (Page 5)
Japanese Arrested for Transporting Guns (Page 6)
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TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I.
Western Hemisphere, Including United States
II.
Europe
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Africa
V.
Far East
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Baader-Meinhof Suspect Sentenced in Austria
15 February 1977
Waltraud Boock, the West German woman with suspected
links to the Baader-Meinhof terrorist gang who was arrested
after an attempted bank robbery in Vienna on 14 December,
was sentenced to fifteen years in prison by an Austrian
court on 4 February. Her attorney has appealed the sentence.
Although eyewitnesses identified Boock as having taken part
in two earlier bank robberies in West Germany, the German
government has dropped extradition proceedings against her
and it is expected that she will serve out her sentence in
Austria.
Boock had been seized during a hold-up attempt in which
her two male companions escaped (see the issue of 21 Decem-
ber). Police interviews of witnesses at the scene produced
descriptions of the men which seem to fit her husband, Peter
Juergen, and Rolf Klemens Wagner, both German nationals who
along with Boock were wanted by the West German authorities
on suspicion of bank robbery. Wagner's fingerprints had
been found in a Cologne hotel room where two other German
nationals were arrested in February 1976 on suspicion of
bank robbery.
Juergen and Wagner are still at large, having made good
their escape from the scene of the Vienna robbery attempt.
Several bundles of money and a 38-caliber revolver were
found along their escape route. As a result of investigation
of this weapon, another West German, Christian Klar, was
identified by clerks in a gunshop in Aosta, Italy as having
purchased the handgun there in October 1976. Investigation
also indicated that at the time of the purchase Klar was in
the company of Sabine Schmitz, and both of these individuals
are suspected of complicity with Siegfried Haag, arrested by
German police on 30 November (see the issue of 7 December).
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A week before Waltraud Boock was sentenced a car exploded
xi a downtown Vienna street, seriously injuring the driver
and killing the passenger. In a subsequent search of the
apartment of the dead passenger's girl friend police recovered
30 sticks of industrial dynamite and a note addressed to
3oock stating, "We are getting you out." The driver of the
car has been identified as an Austrian, Peter Hoermann, who
is accused of complicity in placing a bomb in a Vienna
police office three days after Boock's arrest.
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Reports of Plot to Assassinate Secretary Vance Unfounded
Rumors
Press reports over the past few days that Palestinians
had been arrested in Beirut on suspicion of planning to
assassinate U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance during his
Middle East trip appear to be unfounded rumors.
Guerrillas in Colombia Kidnap U.S. Citizen
Approximately 50 leftwing guerrillas attacked the
village of Macarena, 95 miles southeast of Bogota on 14
February. They killed a policeman and kidnaped Richard C.
Starr, a member of the Peace Corps from Edmonds, Washington.
He is in poor health and is unable to walk long distances.
Starr arrived in Colombia only recently and speaks Spanish
poorly.
After looting shops, the guerrillas fled with their
hostage to the nearby mountains. It was reported an air
force plane spotted the group and paratroopers went into the
area in pursuit. The guerrillas are believed to be members
of the Marxist Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC).
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Bangkok newspapers have reported the arrest on 12
February in Hong Kong of a Japanese citizen who was carrying
17 guns. He was arrested at the Hong Kong airport as he
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BACKGROUND ARTICLE
Imprisoned Terrorists: Asset or Liability?
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There are approximately twenty members of well-known
terrorist organizations presently behind bars in various
countries around the world who have participated in major
terrorist operations or played key roles in support of ter-
rorist activities. Most of them were arrested in the last
seven months. These individuals are in addition to the
fifty-three imprisoned terrorist operatives whose release
was demanded by Air France hijackers at Entebbe last July.
The possibility of the prisoners' respective organizations
mounting a terrorist action to force their release is a very
real concern of the countries in which they are held. The
terrorist organizations involved range from the Japanese Red
Army, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the
Baader-Meinhof Gang and other German anarchist groups, to
Cuban and Croatian exile organizations, all of which have
previously conducted operations to free imprisoned col-
leagues. Of all terrorist operations involving the taking
of hostages over the last two years, the release of prisoners
has been demanded in 25% of the incidents. Therefore, it
would be worthwhile to take a closer look at those imprisoned
and the likelihood of their organizations seeking their
release by force.
The JRA appears to present the most serious threat,
with two of their cadre presently jailed in Japan. Okudaira
Junzo, who participated in the August 1975 seizure of the
U.S. embassy's consular section in Kuala Lumpur and the
occupation of the French embassy in The Hague in September
1974, was arrested in Jordan last September and subsequently
deported to Japan. Another JRA member, Omura Toshio, was
arrested in Canada in December 1976 and is also in prison in
Japan. Practically all JRA operations have involved taking
hostages and the two in which Okudaira participated were
conducted for the sole purpose of securing the release of
imprisoned comrades. All but one of the JRA members who
were freed as a result of these two operations are still at
large and would certainly be highly motivated to effect
Okudaira's release. The Japanese government fully expects
an attempt to free Okudaira will be made eventually, and
according to mid-November 1976 information, the JRA is
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reportedly planning such an operation to take place by early
spring 1977 or perhaps later. (See the 16 November 1976
issue.) In the case of the JRA, it thus appears to be a
matter of not whether they will attempt an operation to free
Okudaira and Omura, but when and where it will occur.
In West Germany, three members of the Baader-Meinhof
group, including leader Andreas Baader, have been on trial
for terrorist activities since mid-1975. Other members are
also jailed. Rolf Pohle, who was one of five imprisoned
terrorists released in return for kidnaped FRG politician
Peter Lorenz in February 1975, was rearrested in Greece in
July 1976 and extradited to Germany in October to complete
his sentence. Pohle has links with the Baader-Meinhof group
and also was reportedly in contact with Ilich Ramirez
Sanchez, also known as Carlos, during Pohle's asylum in the
Pcople's Democratic Republic of Yemen following the Lorenz
affair. The 2 June Movement, another German terrorist
group, carried out the Lorenz kidnaping and several of its
mcmbers are presently in FRG prisons. Also behind bars is
Siegfried Haag, a fugitive lawyer believed to be one of the
principal leaders of terrorism in West Germany, who was
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suspected of also having connections to Carlos. At the time
of his arrest, Haag himself was reportedly planning an
operation to force the release of imprisoned terrorists and
German authorities have been trying to identify the remain-
ing members of his group. The fact that German anarchists
have been successful in taking hostages to force the release
of imprisoned comrades might lead them to attempt some sort
of action to free the many terrorists now in prison. Whether
the reputed Carlos connections of Pohle and Haag, if true,
would inspire a Carlos-supported operation is uncertain, but it
is another factor to be considered. The June 1976 Air
France hijacking, which resulted in the Israeli raid on
Entebbe airport in Kampala, Uganda was a joint German/Pales-
tinian operation. At least one of the German team members
was connected with Carlos. The terrorists' only demand was
for the release of prisoners, many of whom were German
anarchists held in the FRG.
The two PFLP members who attacked El Al airline passen-
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life prison sentences in Turkey. The PFLP announced the day
following the attack that it would hold Turkey responsible
for the safety of the terrorists. While it is probably
unlikely the PFLP would mount an operation solely for the
purpose of securing the release of the two, they would cer-
tainly be included in any large-scale demand for the release
of Palestinian terrorists. A joint German/Palestinian
operation to free the whole range of German and Palestinian
prisoners, considering their previous cooperation in the
Entebbe affair, cannot be ruled out. The two Germans who
participated with Carlos in the December 1975 OPEC raid in
Vienna, Hans Joachim Klein and Gabrielle Kroecher-Teidemann,
are still at large. Kroecher-Tiedemann was also one of the
five released along with Rolf Pohle in the Lorenz kidnaping.
Of the Cuban exiles presently jailed, the most prominent
is Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU)
leader Orlando Bosch Avila, who along with several Cuban-
born Venezuelans, is in prison in Caracas charged with the
bombing of a Cubana airliner last October. Two other Cuban
exiles are imprisoned in Mexico City in connection with
their July 1976 unsuccessful kidnap attempt of the Cuban
Nur' consul in Merida which resulted in the death of his com-
panion, a Cuban fisheries official. This unsuccessful
kidnaping is the only time Cuban exiles have been known to
attempt taking a hostage, and the purpose of this operation
was to obtain the r .8 - 1.1 ?H-
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to ormu ate a p an to I nap a exican ?iplomat to force
the release of the two in Mexico. No further information
was ever received and Bosch's arrest the following month may
have seriously affected CORU's operational capabilities.
Taking hostages is not the usual type of operation favored
by Cuban exile groups, which tend to carry out mostly bombing
attacks. Considering the furor caused by the Cubana bombing
and the financial difficulties being experienced by some
Cuban exile groups, it is probable that any action taken by
Cuban exiles in connection with their imprisoned colleagues
would be in the nature of protest or retaliatory bombings
directed against the interests of the countries in which
they are being held. While the possibility of Cuban exile
terrorists mounting an operation to force Bosch's release
cannot be entirely discounted, the chances of a successful
attempt being made would appear to be slim.
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The U.S. government is presently holding for trial five
Croatian nationalists charged with the hijack of a TWA air-
liner in September 1976. Following their arrest, a report
was received that Croatian separatists were planning a hi-
jacking to secure the prisoners' release. No further
information has been received since then, but the possibil-
ity of such an operation cannot be ignored. Within the last
three years Croatian terrorists have mounted ten major at-
tacks against Yugoslav diplomats and official installations,
including several assassinations abroad and two bombings in
the U.S. Additionally, in September 1972, Croatian nation-
alists forced the release of comrades imprisoned in Sweden
by hijacking an SAS airliner. Whether their demonstrated
ruthlessness in attacking official Yugoslav targets and
their success in a previous prisoner-freeing operation would
influence them to mount a hostage operation to force the
U.S. government to release the imprisoned Croatian national-
ists is impossible to judge.
It is, of course, impossible to accurately predict
whether, when or where a terrorist operation will be mounted
to secure the release of imprisoned terrorists solely on the
basis of past actions and present loyalties of certain ter-
rorist groups. The likelihood of such operations can be
assessed, but this is subject to many variables. Many rumors
and reports of supposed threatened attacks surface, and it
is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. As long
as there are terrorists in prison, their free comrades will
certainly discuss ways to force their release. However, the
spectacular failure of the Entebbe affair and the fact that
all operations attempted since then to secure the release of
prisoners have also failed might lead at least some terror-
ist groups to pause and consider the diminishing probability
of successfully carrying out such operations.
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
Date:
Place:
Date:
Place:
3 February 1977
France, Paris
14 February 1977
Colombia,
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Bomb Explodes at Palestinian
Library in Paris
A bomb exploded in a Palestinian
library in Paris on 3 February,
causing considerable property
damage, but no injuries. Re-
sponsibility for the attack
was claimed by a previously
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Colombia
Approximately 50 guerrillas,
believed to be members of FARC,
attacked a village about 95
miles from Bogota on 14 Febru-
ary. They looted shops, killed
one policeman, and kidnaped a
U.S. citizen, Peace Corps mem-
ber Richard C. Starr. The
guerrillas fled into the moun-
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
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asonabl credible re orts of slanned
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.
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Target: Cuban Shipping
Diplomatic In-
stallations of a
Country Having
Relations with Cuba
Place:
Date:
Unknown
Unknown
A CORU member in mid-January
carried instructions from
Venezuela to Cuban exiles in
Miami to carry out two imme-
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to an FBI source. The first
mission is to be a naval op-
eration against Cuban shipping
enterprises, aimed at killing
a maximum number of Cubans.
A second, less dramatic action,
would be the bombing of a con-
sulate or embassy of a country
having diplomatic relations
with Cuba and should cause
no injuries. The timing and
locations of these proposed
o erations are not known.
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period 9-15 February 1977 for the following areas:
II Europe
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
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)
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Political
Military Section
Defense Intelligence Agency
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DIN 2D2
Defense Nuclear Agency, OATA/PAAD/3
Department of the Army, IOSD
Commandant, USAIMA, CTD Data Bank
Air Force, Office of Special Investigations
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
*Department of Justice
Criminal Division
Emergency Programs Center
*Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
*Department of the Treasury
Office of the Secretary
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
*National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
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Department of Commerce, Office of Investigations and
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National Security Agency, C54-CDB
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
*Central Intelligence Aapnry
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*Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism Member
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Articles:
Colombia:
WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
22 February 1977
Starr Kidnaping Status Report (Page 1)
Notes:
Sentence Upheld for Convicted Murderer of U.S. Official
in Uruguay (Page 3)
Polish Hijacker Sentenced in Austria (Page 3)
Background Article:
The JRA, Current Status and Plans (Page 5)
TAB A - Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts
TAB B - Terrorist Threats and Plans
I. Western Hemisphere, Including United States
II. Europe
IV. Africa
. Far East
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Colombia: Starr Kidnaping Status Report
22 February 1977
The Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) con-
tinues to hold abducted Peace Corps volunteer Richard Starr.
The guerrillas had fled into the mountains about 100 miles
southeast of Bogota after seizing Starr and are probably
still fleeing from the area in order to evade Colombian
security forces.
On 18 February El Bogotano, a small circulation sensa-
tionalist daily in the capital, retracted a charge it had
earlier published that Starr was an American intelligence
officer. Other Bogota dailies have highlighted El Bogotano's
retraction. The erroneous allegation could have raised
difficulties for Starr if his abductors believed the charge.
The FARC is the guerrilla arm of the Communist Party of
Colombia (PCC) and has been operating in the countryside
since at least the 1960s. The group is organized into five
fronts which have geographic areas of operation. There is
also an urban command for the Bogota area although the FARC
has generally eschewed urban operations for fear that this
would lead the government to take reprisals against the PCC.
The FARC has carried out numerous robberies and kid-
napings in order to raise funds. One of its most publicized
operations occurred in February 1975 when the organization
abducted the honorary Dutch consul in Cali. (See the issues
of 4 February 1975, 27 September and 14 December 1976.) The
consul, Eric Leupin, who was kept on the move by his kid-
napers for most of his captivity and forced to live under
primitive conditions, was finally released in September 1976
after a 2 million peso ransom had been paid.
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Sentence Upheld for Convicted Murderer of U.S. Official in
Uruguay
Antonio Mas Mas, a member of the Tupamaros terrorist
organization in Uruguay, has lost his appeal of a 42-45 year
prison sentence imposed by a military court in Montevideo.
Mas, who was arrested in March 1973, had been convicted of
the 1970 murder of kidnaped USAID official Daniel Mitrione,
the 1971 kidnaping of the British ambassador to Uruguay and
assorted other crimes. Mitrione was kidnaped on 31 July
1970 and found dead ten days late; after the kidnapers'
demand for the release of 150 imprisoned Tupamaros was not
met. The British ambassador was held for eight months in
1971 before being released. Mas had previously been convicted
and sentenced for these crimes by a lower military court.
His lawyer appealed the decision to the supreme military
tribunal on the grounds that Mas, although considered sane,
did not realize the moral implications of his acts and also
questioned the military court's right to judge civilians.
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Polish Hijacker Sentenced in Austria
Andrzej Jaroslav Karasinski, a 20-year-old Pole who
hijacked a Polish airliner to Vienna last November by bran-
dishing a dummy hand grenade made of bread, was sentenced by
an Austrian court on 15 February to four years in prison.
(See the 9 November 1976 issue.) The presiding judge said
that Karasinski will not be expelled from Austria provided
no other criminal acts committed by him are brought to the
court's attention.
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BACKGROUND ARTICLE
The JRA, Current Status and Plans
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During the past five years the Japanese Red Army (JRA),
a relatively small group of Japanese terrorists, has conducted
five terrorist operations--some in close cooperation with
the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The Lod (Tel Aviv) Airport massacre in May 1972, the Japan
Airlines hijacking in July 1973, and the Singapore oil
refinery incident in January 1974 are all believed to have
been planned by the PFLP. In the case of the latter two
incidents, PFLP members actually participated in the opera-
tion. The Hague incident in September 1974 and the Kuala
Lumpur incident in August 1975 appear to have been staged
purely for the benefit of the JRA in that the operations
were designed to secure the release of imprisoned JRA members
and comrades. While there was PFLP support for these opera-
tions, only JRA members participated in the actual incidents.
Wadi' Haddad, former chief of the PFLP's Foreign Operations
Committee, was reportedly the final authority for either
approving or disapproving a JRA operation.
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/ Two are
in jail in Japan and one member is dead, having committed
suicide after being arrested in Jordan. Of the group of ten
commandos and released prisoners who sought refuge in Libya
after the Kuala Lumpur incident, eight are unaccounted for
and are believed to have left Libya to join with the JRA
leadership in the Middle East. In addition, nine Red Army
Faction members who hijacked a JAL aircraft to North Korea
in March 1970 are reported to still be in North Korea.
The JRA leadership, composed of Adachi Masao, Shigenobu
Fusako, and Takahashi Taketomo, has been put somewhat off
balance by the events in Lebanon. Takahashi seems to have
moved to Europe while Adachi has been moving around the
Middle East. Shigenobu was reported to have remarried and
had a child. She is believed to have taken a secondary role
in the actual running of the JRA. Shigenobu's current
location is unknown.
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Recently, the JRA leaders were considering mounting
operations against the personnel of large Japanese trade
corporations overseas, whereby officials would be kidnaped
and held for ransom. While the JRA wanted to take action
against such "evil Japanese," the events in Lebanon have at
least temporarily put off pursuit of this program.
In a press interview given in May 1975, subsequent to
the arrest of Nishikawa Jun and Tohira Kazuo in Sweden,
Shigenobu indicated that the JRA was faced with three enemy
targets. These targets, in order of importance to the JRA,
were Japanese diplomatic missions abroad, large Japanese
corporations such as Mitsubishi and Marubeni, and Japan
Airlines. She commented that while the biggest weakness of
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Until September 1976 the JRA was divided into two main
overseas units, one centered in Lebanon and the other in
Libya. A primary concern of the JRA was to effect the
return of the Libyan unit into the operational battle field.
To this end, Shigenobu had been maintaining liaison with
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this group, of which three are known to have already left
Libya. While the JRA appears to be somewhat scattered; its
strength in terms of experienced commandos remains almost
intact, and the actual number of JRA members has probably
been swelled by the addition of new recruits.
In the near future, the JRA can be expected to continue
concentrating on establishing a new network of overseas
contacts, building its unit in Japan and strengthening its
solidarity with other party factions in Japan as well as
with those international organizations which in some way
could further the goals of the JRA. Overseas operations
will probably be directed at Japanese targets when purely
JRA interests are involved; however, the JRA may be willing
to launch operations to promote the interest of JRA supporters
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CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS
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Date: 18 February 1977 Bomb Explosion in USIS Library
in Izmir
Place: Turkey, Izmir A bomb exploded in the early
morning hours of 18 February
in the USIS library in Izmir,
Turkey. The detonation caused
moderate property damage, but
no casualties. Several other
bombings occurred in widely
scattered areas of Izmir the
same night, all apparently
against Turkish targets.
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TERRORIST THREATS AND PLANS
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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
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Target: Cuban Shipping
Diplomatic In-
stallations of a
Country Having
Relations with Cuba
Place:
Date:
B-I-2
Unknown
Unknown
A CORU member in mid-January
carried instructions from
Venezuela to Cuban exiles in
Miami to carry out two imme-
diate operations, according
to an FBI source. The first
mission is to be a naval op-
eration against Cuban shipping
enterprises, aimed at killing
a maximum number of Cubans.
A second, less dramatic action,
would be the bombing of a con-
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having diplomatic relations
with Cuba and should cause
no injuries. The timing and
locations of these proposed
are not known.
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No significant terrorist threats were reported during the
period 16-22 February 1977 for the following areas:
II. Europe
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
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)
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Political
Military Section
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
Naval Investigative Service
Commandant of the Marine Corps
*Department of Justice
Criminal Division
Emergency Programs Center
*Federal Bureau of Investigation, Intelligence Division
Immigration and Naturalization Service
*Department of the Treasury
Office of the Secretary
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
*National Security Council
National Security Council Staff
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Branch
Department of Commerce, Office of Investigations and
Security
National Security Agency, C54-CDB
U.S. Energy Research Development Administration
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Security
*Central Tntelligence Agency
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