WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626240
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2020
• Case Number: F-2016-02132
• Publication Date: July 20, 1977

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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
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EGP Decisions Regarding U.S. Personnel
the Poor (EGP) has been consider-
� era ions th's summer a ainst U.S. targets in Guatemala.
the EGP was planning in mid-
July to ki nap or assassinate a civilian attache in the U.S.
embassy. The terrorist organization apparently believes
that the embassy staff member gave right-wing groups informa-
tion that led to the death of a prominent leftist.
At about. the same time the EGP reportedly ended, at
least temporarily, its targeting of U.S. military personnel
in Guatemala. It is unclear whether the terrorists' decision
was based on fear of Guatemalan government retaliation or on
a belief that activities in support of the government by
U.S. military personnel have beer curtailed in-recent weeks.
The Guerrilla Army of
Sweden Deports JRA Member
Takahashi Taketomo, a Japanese Red Army leader, was
deported from Sweden to Japan on 19 July. The Swedish
government took this action after confirming the identity of
Takahashi who had illegally entered Sweden utilizing a false
Dutch passport.
Takahashi gave his Swedish police escort considerable
trouble upon boarding the flight to Japan and had to be hand-
cuffed. He was turned over to Japanese authorities in Tokyo
without incident, despite reports that left-wing supporters
and friends were planning protests and demonstrations at the
airport.
Finland Returns Hijackers to Soviet Union
Two Russian youths, who hijacked an Aeroflot plane to
Finland on 10 July, were turned over to Soviet authorities
in Helsinki on 13 July and flown back to the USSR. (See the,
.13 July issue.) The Finnish government announced it had
extradited the pair under the terms of a Finnish/Soviet
anti-hijacking agreement signed in 1974 and effective since
August 1975. The two hijackers face 3-15 year prison terms
in the Soviet Union.
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