Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism

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November 1, 1972
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Approved For Rele4pe 1999/09/21 : CIA-RDP79-0 000100010001-7 ret No n Dissem AhA No Disse broad Controlled D Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 25X1A2g I NOV 1972 25X1A8a Approved For Release 1999/09/21 : CIA-RDP79-0120 ~C Approved For Release 1999/09/21 :CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21 : C - DP79-012OA000100010001-7 No foreign 5111111/1-43 0135111M 1-01111 0111119991W WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT Hijacking of Lufthansa Airliner (Page 1) Arrest of Arab Terrorist Courier (Page 3) Letter Bomb Use Is Spreading (Page 5) Latin America (Page 6) Near East (Page 8) 25X1A8a Approved For Approved For Relee 1999/09/24DP79-012JA000100010001-7 Hijacking of Lufthansa Airliner Palestinian terrorists hijacked a Luf- thansa Boeing 727 carrying 20 other persons on a Beirut to Istanbul flight early on 29 October and succeeded in obtaining the re- lease of the three surviving Black September Organization (BSO) terrorists seized by West German authorities for the.murder of the Israeli athletes at Munich in September. The hijackers told the Lufthansa pilot that they were also members of Black September. Thus far there is no corroboration of their claim, but it is interesting to note that in late September a BSO spokesman was quoted by the West German magazine Quick as saying that the organization planned to free the three men "before the end of the year," and he added that "the sky is full of German aircraft." The West German decision to release the Munich terrorists was quickly and easily taken for two overriding political reasons. The West German political parties currently are on the last laps of a close election race; in the wake of the Munich tragedy, no party is in a mood to risk the lives of more hostages. Secondly, the trial and presumed sentencing of the terrorists to lengthy imprisonment (West Germany has no death penalty) would have left West Germany and its interests abroad particularly vul- nerable to Arab terrorists for an indefinite period. Thus, West German officials welcomed an excuse to rid themselves of an embarrass- ment and remove themselves. from the Arab- Israeli line of fire. In so doing, they were even willing to raise Israeli-ire, something Bonn for historical reasons normally is care- ful to avoid. Jordanian officials are taking a dim view of the West German decision. They told U.S. Ambassador Brown in Amman that the freeing of 25X1A8 Approved For R 10001000127 1 NOV 072 Approved For Rel a I 999/09 -RDP79-01 A000100010001-7 the terrorists is bound to encourage the BSO, especially in its; ef,fort:s to recruit new members. (Comment: It is not clear how ;the grcnadgs.;;wererbrough#. aboard the aircraft. The: grenades may Pave been hid- den on the aircraft in, Damascus or the hi- jackers may,have secreted . them. in the air-. port bus prior to.being searched and retrieved them when being driven.to.the aircraft in: the same bus.) 25X1A8a 2 00100010001-7 Approved For ReIaa a 1999/966MR~JM-RDP79-012 4000100010001-7 Arrest of Arab Terrorist Courier Ribhi Hallum, a Palestinian from the West Bank, was arrested by Dutch authorities on 23 October 1972 after examination of his luggage revealed possession of 2.1 letter bombs, explo- sives, and pistols. Hallum was travelling on an Algerian diplomatic passport which listed his address as Rio de Janeiro. Hallum claimed to be a counsellor at the Algerian Embassy in Rio in charge of Palestinian affairs. After inter- rogation, Hallum was released by the Dutch authorities on 24 October and boarded a flight for Rio via Frankfurt. His luggage was impounded by the Dutch authorities. After arriving in Rio, Hallum, along with an individual claiming to be his brother, were arrested by Brazilian police. Both are under interrogation. Among the papers in Hallum's luggage were lists of potential letter bomb addressees. (Comment: Preliminary information gives credence to the hypothesis that the names on the letter bomb mailing list were selected by the Arabs on the basis of the individual's prominence in either Israeli or Jewish affairs in the country of residence.) Hallum's papers also included names of various individuals in different countries in Western Europe and elsewhere who were author- ized to receive monthly payments of $250 each from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) plus cryptic indications of PLO organiza- tional activities in a number of Latin American countries. These individuals and activities are being investigated and the documents seized are being translated. As a result of Hallum's detention, Algerian President Houari Boumediene is especially con- cerned that foreigners holding Algerian passports 25X1A8a ? 3 Approved Fo 00100010001-7 1 NOV X972 Approved For Rel e 1 '_R IA-RDP79-01 A000100010001-7 No Foreign Dissem/No Disse oad/Cantrolled Dissem will be apprehended in terrorist activi- ties. He has instructed the Directorate of International Studies (DEI), which is responsible for Algerian aid to liberation movements, not to issue Algerian passports to anyone if there is reason to assume the individual may commit a terrorist act at some future time. >:EC^~-iapVFdvedF4 S CP:~r::`! _AFF/DDO 4 r Release 1999/09/21 : 7 M No Foreign Dissem/No Dissem Abro tro led Dissem Approved For Rel a I 999/ A-RDP79-012Q 000100010001-7 Letter Bomb Use Is Spreading In addition to the 21 letter bombs found in Ribhi Hallum's luggage on 23 October, over 80 letter bombs have surfaced from mid-September to the end of October 1972. Sixty of these were mailed in mid-September from Amsterdam. A total of 12 letter bombs were found during the week of 24-30 October; five of them exploded, injuring at least eight persons. Nine of the devices had been mailed from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and most of these were addressed to Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials in Cairo, Tripoli, Beirut, and Algiers. The other three devices were mailed from within Israel and were addressed to President Nixon, Secretary Rogers, and Secretary Laird but were intercepted by Israeli authorities. 25X1A8a ofiacwhiNTO 440 . ^1A mr%M-M Approved For 01 001 0001-7 1 v I Approved For Relfse 199 IA-RDP79-01 A000100010001-7 Argentina Ten extremists who escaped from jail in Argentina in mid-August, hijacked a plane to Chile, and were sent on to Cuba on August 25 reportedly plan a return to Argentina in the very near future. A leader of the Trotskyist People's Revolutionary Army, privately claimed. that one of them, a member of his organization, will return in late October or early November and lead a party in a bank robbery one week later. The institution from which they hope to take 3,000,000 new pesos (about U.S. $300,000) is "somewhere on the outskirts of northern Buenos Aires." There is reported discussion within the Guatemalan Communist Party and an associated group, the Rebel Armed Forces, on reprisals for the arrest of leaders on September 26. While no decision has been reac.aed, discussion has concerned possible kidnappi:zg and inter- rogation of police officials, a:zd/or assassina- tion of leading military officers in Guatemala City, U.S. military officers, a:zd some 50 rural landowners. Foreign diplomats have been previ- ously mentioned as targets. The Israeli Ambassador to Aaiti informed Haitian officials of a confidential, reliable report in his possession that Palestinian guer- rillas plan to kidnap a Jewish child "somewhere in Latin America" and that Haiti is a strong possibility. (The Haitian officials have ordered tighter security at the international airport and assigned bodyguards to certain Jewish families.) 25X1A8a Release I 999~IA-RDP79-01209A0001 0001 0001-7 Approved For Releae 1999/09/210qt~DP79-012Q9000100010001-7 Jamaica The German Ambassador in Kingston has infor- mation that an attempt will be made by Arab ter- rorists to kidnap a German Ambassador and/or the children of an Israeli representative in Latin America on October 30. (Police in Jamaica are guarding both the German Ambassador and Israeli honorary consul.) 25X1A8a 7 Approved For 00100010001-7 1 NOV 1972 Approved For Ree 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01 A000100010001-7 RPM Room Threat Against King I-Iusayn of Jordan Fatah's Black September Organization (BSO) is planning to use a woman named Randa (LNU), described as the most beautiful and most dangerous woman in Fatah, to assassinate King Ilusayn of Jordan. Randa is identified as a person who spent a year in prison in Israel and recently had come to Beirut. Israeli authorities confirm that one Randa Ibrahim Nimr Nabulsi was imprisoned in March 1969 for participating in terrorist activity in the Jerusalem area. She was released after one year and entered Jordan in Septem- ber 1971. Training of Arab Terrorists by the Black Panther Party Tin_Algi.ers Five Palestinian commandos, described as "African blacks," are reported to be training with American Black Panthers in Algiers for the purpose of learning idioms and mannerisms of black American soldiers. The commandos were to hijack a Lufthansa aircraft to secure the release of the three Arab terrorists jailed in Munich. There has been no confirmation of this report, nor any further information regarding pos- sible re-targetting of the group as a. con- sequence of the successful Lufthansa hijack of 29 October 1972. (Comment: A knowledge- able source in Algiers considers these reports "unrealistic" in light of the low esteem in which the Black Panthers are now held by both the Algerian Government and the Fatah representative in Algiers.) 25X1A8a 8 K1 0 loop IA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For ah-go-a 4-Q - 100010001-7 Distribution: Ambassador Armin Meyer Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. William Boleyn Deputy for Program Execution and Evaluation of the Program Coor- dination Division Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin Davis Assistant Secretary for Safety in Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Colonel Richard Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Edward Miller Assistant Director of FBI for Domestic Intelligence Dr. Warren Nutter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 25X1A9a Mr. William Olson Assistant Attorney General Internal Security Division Department of Justice Mr. Herbert Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Eugene Rossides Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations Mr. David Young Special Assistant National Security Council 25X1A8a. Approved For Release 1999/09/2 DP79-01209A 1NOV ~~~'~ r Rel a 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-012 A000100010001-7 ecre No Forei issem No Dissem Al%kaad Controlled Disse Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For ReIe se 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01 A000100010001-7 et No Fo Dissem No Dissem road Controlled Diss Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 25X1A2g c1 25X1A8a Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 5X1 C L Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Next 13 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Rele a 1999/09/24~DP79-012Q 000100010001-7 Bombing of French Consulate in Zaragoza, Spain, by Basque Nationalists Persons claiming to be members of the Basque nationalist organization, Liberate the Fatherland (ETA), set off a bomb in the French Consulate in Zaragoza, Spain, on 2 November 1972 after tying the Honorary Consul, his secretary and another employee. The bomb exploded shortly afterwards setting the Consulate building on fire. The Con- sul subsequently died of burns. Leaflets circulated on the campus of Zara- goza University on the day of the bombing claimed that a group called the "Collective of the Hammer and Sickle" was responsible for the bombing. The leaflets also claimed that the attack was made in reprisal for recent French measures curtailing the movements of exiled Spanish Basques in southwest France. (UNCLASSIFIED) 25X1 C3b1 25X1A8a 13 Approved For R 100010001-7 9 NOV 1972 Approved For Releae I 999/09/21 DP79-012Q A000100010001-7 A Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Acts DATE PLACE EVENT 30 October Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian postal Malaysia authorities inter- cepted and defused letter bombs mailed from Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sultan and Petalang Jaya. The bombs were destined for addressees in United States, Unit- ed Kingdom, Italy and West Germany. (UN- CLASSIFIED) 30 October Singapore Singapore authorities intercepted and de- fused letter bombs posted in Singapore and destined for addressees in Italy, Rhodesia, United States, United Kingdom and Israel. (UNCLASSI- FIED) 31 October Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian authorities Malaysia intercepted and de- fused additional letter bombs destined for Rhodesia, Italy, United Kingdom and United States. (UN- CLASSIFIED) 25X1A8a 14 Approved For Re 70100010001-7 9 NOV 1g'J Approved For Relesa a 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-012 9Q000100010001-7 rnA RT DATE PLACE EVENT 1 November Lagos, Nigeria 2 November Zaragoza, Three youths, possi- Spain bly Basque extremists, bombed the French Con- sulate fatally injur- ing French Honorary Consul and slightly injuring two others. (UNCLASSIFIED) 3 November Brasilia, Brazil 3 November Amman, French girl killed in Jordan explosion in hotel room. She is identified as member of Popular Revolutionary Front for the Liberation 25X1A8a 25X1 C3b1 25X1 C3b1 Approved For Release.,A A9J2 =RDAMA 2Q9A0001000"001-7 9 NOV 1972 Approved For ReI a 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-012Q A000100010001-7 do- DATE PLACE EVENT of Palestine. Jor- danian police attri- bute her death to premature explosion of bomb she was hand- ling. She had intend- ed to place the bomb in the U.S. Embassy, Amman. (UNCLASSIFIED) 4 November Rio de Janiero, Brazil 5 November San Salvador, Unknown assailants set El Salvador off a bomb in the Pan American World Airways main ticket office, causing considerable damage but no casual- ties. (UNCLASSIFIED) 6 November Tokyo, Japanese citizen hi- Japan jacked a Japan Airlines domestic flight and attempted unsuccess- fully to get two million dollars in ransom and a larger aircraft to take him to Cuba. (UN- CLASSIFIED) 6 November Bombay, Post Office sorter seri- India ously injured when letter bomb goes off in his hands. Indian authori- ties indicate they have 25X1A8a Approved For '?-?-?M DP7Q-Q1?09A0001 00011 0001-7 25X1 C3b1 9 N OV 1972 Approved For Rel ase 1999/09/21 : CIA-RDP79-012Q A000100010001-7 DATE PLACE additional bombs that they will send to explo- sive experts. (UNCLASSI- FIED) A Mexican airliner bound for Mexico City from Monterrey was hijacked by three men who claimed to be members of the National Liberation Front (FLN). The hi- jackers demanded four million pesos ransom and the release of six of their colleagues who were arrested in Monterrey on 7 November. The six had taken part in a number of armed robberies in the Monterrey and Saltillo areas. Three of the six had been involved previously in terrorist activities or student protests. The Mexican Government acceded to the hijackers' demands and were then flown to Cuba. (UNCLASSI- FIED) 25X1A8a Approved For ReJeas 1 JcJW /J;!&Rnwa_n1 rLCenn100010001-7 5 NOV 1972 5X1 C3b1 Next 6 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2jr : CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Unspecified Italy Americans Greece U.S. Commercial Unknown N Aircraft cn z 0 25X1 C8b On 6 November Greek underground organization called "Greek Anti-Dictatorial Youth Move- ment" threatened to use vio- lence against Americans in Greece because it claimed the U.S. Government was supporting the Greek military regime. (UNCLASSIFIED) 25X1C3b1 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 5X1 C3b1 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Releaje 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-0121000100010001-7 Distribution: Ambassador Armin Meyer Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. William Boleyn Deputy for Program Execution and Evaluation of the Program Coor- dination Division Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin Davis Assistant Secretary for Safety in Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Colonel Richard Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Edward Miller Assistant Director of FBI for Domestic Intelligence Dr. Warren Nutter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 25X1A9a Mr. William Olson Assistant Attorney General Internal Security Division Department of Justice Mr. Herbert Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Eugene Rossides Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations Mr. David Young Special Assistant National Security Council Approved For Relea 25X1A8a 9 NOV 1972 Appr ed For Re a 1999/09/21 : CIA-RDP79-01 WA0001 00010001 -7 Secret No Fore DLssem No Dissem oad Controlled Dts Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For R940ase 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-O 9A000100010001-7 et No Fo N Dissem No Dissem road Controlled Dis Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 25X1A2g 15 November 1972 25X1A8a Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000 25X1 C3b1 L Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Next 25 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2: CIA-RDP79-01209A00010001 Q001? a0fifikiwiTs Alia or El Al Tehran, Iran Aircraft, or Possibly Other Airlines or Aircraft Israeli Pilots Texas 25X1A8a Unknown Fatah terrorists are planning to hijack a plane from Tehran although other locations may also be the target. Several European countries, Ethiopia, and India have been cited as possible other locations. One of the possible hijackers is a female, whose identity and description have been made available to airline officials and government authorities. (UNCLASSIFIED) Unknown 25X1C8b 1 Approved For Releas 10001-7 5X1 C3b1 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/ CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001 7 A CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS DATE PLACE 5-9 November 1972 Algiers, Algeria San Pedro, Honduras 25X1 DOa The San Pedro Sula office of the "La Prensa" newspaper was wafifiwow 195 Foreign 0155131117 1-40 V155-11 -0-7 -11110-9- -11-i Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2(: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 bombed by unidentified per- son(s). (Comment: It is be- lieved that the Black September Organization may have been in- volved since a copy of a Black September letter was circulat- ing in San Pedro the weekend of 4 November 1972.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Circa 9 November 1972 Malta 25X1 C8b 10 November 1972 United States/Cuba One convict and two suspected 25X1A8a rapists hijacked a Southern Airlines DC-9 on a flight from Birmingham to Montgomery, Ala- bama, and subjected its 29 pas- 0 sengers and crew of four to 28 Approved For Re 100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/ CIA-RDP79-01209A00010001 e001-7 SRI San Jose, Costa Rica hours of terror. They collected some two million dollars in ran- som money and diverted the flight to eight separate loca- tions in the United States, Canada and Cuba before terminat-L ing the flight and surrendering to Cuban authorities in Havana early on 12 November. (UNCLASSIFIED) 10 November 1972 London, England A letter bomb mailed from India exploded, injuring a Jewish dia- mond dealer. A total of 20 letter bombs mailed from India and addressed to individuals whose names appeared in "Who's Who," the Zionist yearbook, and advertisements, have been inter- cepted in London. (UNCLASSIFIED) 10 November 1972 25X1A8a 25X1 C Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 ri+n rr 10-11 November 1972 Geneva, Switzerland Six letter bombs mailed from India were intercepted by Swiss authorities. The letters were addressed to the Israeli offi- cials and Jewish organizations in Geneva. (UNCLASSIFIED) 14 November 1972 Ankara, Turkey 25X1 C 14 November 1972 Paris, France 5X1 A8a i 25X1 C IN! Approved For 0100010001-7 5X1 C3b1 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Rele 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-0120 000100010001-7 Distribution: Ambassador Armin Meyer Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. William Boleyn Deputy for Program Execution and Evaluation of the Program Coor- dination Division Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin Davis Assistant Secretary for Safety in Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Colonel Richard Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Edward Miller Assistant Director of FBI for Domestic Intelligence Dr. Warren Nutter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 25X1A9a Mr. William Olson Assistant Attorney General Internal Security Division Department of Justice Mr. Herbert Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Eugene Rossides Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations Mr. David Young Special Assistant National Security Council 25X1A8a Approved For Release 1999/09/21 :CIA-- 209A 19o ITFUT977 V 1972 Approved For Rel sp 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-012Q000100010001-7 ecree " No Forei issem No Dissem ad Controlled Diss "W Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For RelWe 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-0 A000100010001-7 et No For Dissem No Dlssem road Controlled Di$ Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 25X1A2g 22 November 1972 25X1A8a Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 25X1A2g Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Next 21 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A00010001 Q001-7 25X1 C3b1 * Alia or El Al Tehran, Iran Aircraft, or Possibly Other Airlines or Aircraft 25X1 C3b1 CD Fatah terrorists are plan- ning to hijack a plane from Tehran, although other loca- tions may also be the target. Several European countries, Ethiopia and India have also been cited as possible loca- tions. (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For Ree$ $`g`1' 970 0100010001-7 5X1 C3b1 Next 6 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2k: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 A CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS DATE PLACE on letter bombs.) (UNCLASSIFIED) 11-17 November 1972 London, United Kingdom Britain's Post Office inter- cepted a letter bomb addressed to a Jewish Member of Parlia- ment. (See separate article 15 November 1972 Alice Springs, Australia A hijacker attempted to com- mandeer an Ansett aircraft on a domestic flight carrying 34 passengers and four crew; one policeman was seriously wounded and the would-be hi- jacker was fatally injured. (UNCLASSIFIED) 15 November 1972 San Salvador, El Salvador 25X1A8a 25X1 C No Forei n issem Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 25X1 C Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 ? Approved For Release 1999/09/2" 1-: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 S'ELREI~ 18 November 1972 Liverpool, United Kingdom A letter bomb, postmarked India, addressed to a non- existent company in a building occupied by a Jewish firm was intercepted by the Post Office and detonated by a bomb dis- posal team. (UNCLASSIFIED) 19 November 1972 Kuwait, Lebanon 25X1 C Beirut, Lebanon Attache of the Jordanian Embassy as he attempted to pass a bag containing explosives to an un- identified accomplice. (UNCLAS- SIFIED) Lebanese security forces arrested the Assistant Military NO oreign a Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Re4 se 1999/09/21 - DP79-01 A000100010001-7 No Foreign Dis:c..,:1N., nw.- Distribution: Ambassador Armin Meyer Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. William Boleyn Deputy for Program Execution and Evaluation of the Program Coor- dination Division Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin Davis Assistant Secretary for Safety in Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Colonel Richard Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Edward Miller Assistant Director of FBI for Domestic Intelligence Dr. Warren Nutter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 25X1A9a Mr. William Olson Assistant Attorney General Internal Security Division Department of Justice Mr. Herbert Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Eugene Rossides Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations Mr. David Young Special Assistant National Security Council 25X1A8a Approved For R 00010001-7 22NOV1972 Appr d or Rel a 1999/09/21 :CIA-RDP79-012A000100010001-7 ecre No Ford issem No Dissem oad Controlled Dis Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For RV se 1999/09/21 : CIA-RDP79- A000100010001-7 ret No Fo Dissem 4hr No Dissem oad Controlled Dins Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 25X1A2g 1 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 25X1A2g Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Remise 1999/09/21 : -012 A000100010001-7 Discovery of Weapons Cache at Rome Airport The Italian police discovered four attache cases containing sub-machine guns and hand grenades at Rome's airport on 26 November. The attache cases apparently were abandoned by a band of would-be hijackers who gave up their plans after seeing that all passengers are required to pass through a metal detector before being allowed to board a plane. The serial numbers had been filed off all the weapons but the serial number of one of the weapons is still legible and police are now checking it out. The attache cases belonged to four Libyan travelers who arrived in Rome on 25 November from Tripoli via Lufthansa enroute to four different European destinations: London, Madrid, Paris and Belgrade. All four departed Rome 2100 hours, 25 November for Cairo on a Sudanese Air Line flight. Data on the four travelers is being sought. (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For Rel 010001-7 2 9 NOV 1972 25X1 C3b1 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Next 3 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 TARGET PLACE TERRORIST TARGETS AND PLANS DATE' PLANNED ACTION Unknown Unknown Late November Early December 1972 25X1C 25X1A8a Yugoslav Diplo- Worldwide 2 December 1972 Anti-Communist Croatian organiza- matic Establish- tions and emigres are planning ments demonstrations against Yugoslav diplomatic establishments in honor of the first anniversary of the Zagreb student uprising. (Comment: It is not known wheth the demonstrations will be violent or peaceful.) (UNCLASSIFIED) a O West German Central America 5-11 December Diplomats 1972 V 25-X1C8b Approved For Release A-RD 79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Next 10 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/?9/2: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 25X1 C Alia or El Al Tehran, Iran Unknown Aircraft, or Possibly Other Air Lines or Aircraft * Israeli Pilots Texas 25X1 C 0 Italian Installa- Unknown tions, Alitalia 25X1 C Fatah terrorists are planning to hijack a plane from Tehran, although other locations may also be the target. Several European countries, Ethiopia and India have also been cited as possible locations. (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For 0100010001-7 5X1 C3b1 Next 4 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Aircraft London, November/ The Irish Republic Army (IRA) United Kingdom December may attempt to hijack an air- 1972 craft for the release of Sean MacStiofain, who was sentenced 25 November 1972 to six months imprisonment for being a member of the IRA, a proscribed organi zation. (UNCLASSIFIED) Unknown Unknown 25X1 C * Oil Installation Qatar or Bahrain Unknown 25X1A8a Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 5X1 C3b1 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2 CIA-RDP79-01209A0001 OQ010001-7 25X1 C3b1 24-25 November 1972 25X1A8a No oreign Frankfurt, West Germany A German hijacker seized an Air Canada jetliner on the ground and held hostage a stewardess for approximately 24 hours while threatening to blow up the plane unless German authorities met his demands including release of a Czech hijacker. The German 010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/2: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 26 November 1972 26 November 1972 November 1972 25X1A8a Rome, Italy Athens, Greece 25X1 C Casablanca, Morocco the plane were unharmed. (UNCLASSIFIED) hijacker was eventually shot dead by the police. The hostage and Four Arabs who arrived in Italy from Libya abandoned four attache cases containing sub-machine guns and hand grenades in a Rome air- port. Italian authorities con- jectured that the four were poten- tial hijackers. (See separate article.) (UNCLASSIFIED) q~iiiipg Approved For a 0 000100010001 ' 5X1 C3b1 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7 Approved For ReI?se 1999/09/21P79-01 4000100010001-7 Distribution: Ambassador Armin Meyer Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. William Boleyn Deputy for Program Execution and Evaluation of the Program Coor dination Division Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin Davis Assistant Secretary for Safety in Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Colonel Richard Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Edward Miller Assistant Director of FBI for Domestic Intelligence Dr. Warren Nutter Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 25X1A9a Mr. William Olson Assistant Attorney General Internal Security Division Department of Justice Mr. Herbert Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Eugene Rossides Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations Mr. David Young Special Assistant National Security Council 25X1A8a car Approved For R Approved For Releae 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01200000100010001-7 Secret No Fore Dissem Controlle issem No Dissem oad Approved For Release 1999/09/21: CIA-RDP79-01209A000100010001-7