FEDAYEEN - SUDAN: BLACK SEPTEMBER ORGANIZATION HOLDS US AND OTHER DIPLOMATS HOSTAGE IN KHARTOUM

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06913478
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2021
• Case Number: F-2019-02113
• Publication Date: March 2, 1973

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DIRECTORATE DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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2 March 1973
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CONTENTS
FEDAYEEN-SUDAN: Black September Organization holds
US and other diplomats hostage in Khartoum. (Page 2)
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS: Unprecedented
selling of dollar forces closure of major money
markets. (Page 4)
IRELAND: Prime Minister Lynch has conceded victory
to the opposing coalition. (Page 6)
CHINA - NATIONALIST CHINA: Peking steps up propa-
ganda stressing reunification of Taiwan with main-
land. (Page 7)
CHILE: Some violence may result from Sunday elec-
tions. (Page 9)
USSR: Soviets deploy newest guided-missile cruiser
in Mediterranean. (Page 13)
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CFEDAYEEN-SUDAN: The fedayeen Black September
Organization, responsible for terrorist spectaculars
in Munich and Bangkok, is holding the US ambassador
and deputy chief of mission, three other diplo-
mats, and dependents in Khartoum as hostages for
guerrillas held in Jordan.
A group of four to seven terrorists, armed
with automatic weapons, seized the Saudi Arabian
Embassy yesterday at the end of a reception in
honor of the departing US deputy chief of mission.
The two US diplomats and the Belgian charg�ere
injured but have received medical treatment. The
Saudi ambassador and the Jordanian charge are also
in custody. Moreover, the terrorists claim to have
set explosive charges in the embassy. The Sudan
Government has ruled out the use of force and is
negotiating with the terrorists for the release of
the hostages.
The terrorists' initial demands included the
release of guerrillas held in Israel and West Ger-
many. Their statement this morning, however, in-
dicated that their primary objective is the release
of a senior Black September official and 16 other
fedayeen captured by the Jordanians in early Febru-
ary. A Black September team, led by Muhammad Daud
Awadh (alias Abu Daud), was intercepted before ac-
complishing their mission of kidnaping the Jordanian
prime minister and other key government officials.
The failure of the operation in Jordan was a severe
blow to Fatah, of which Black September is the ter-
rorist arm. Fatah leader Yasir Arafat
called for an all-out effort to
force the release of Awadh and his men.
Despite mediation efforts by a number of Arab
states, the Jordanians have thus far refused to
free the Awadh team. It will be difficult, how-
ever, for the Jordanians to hold this position in
the aftermath of the Black September coup in Khar-
toum.
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