ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET - DCI 23 OCTOBER 1986 MEETING WITH U.S. AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRIA RONALD LAUDER

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 21, 1986
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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
SuuECT= (O'' ) DCI 23 October 1986 Meeting with
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2. AS THE DEPARTMENT IS AWARE, LATE LAST EVENING
(OCTOBER 10) EMBASSY RECEIVED THROUGH OUR INTELLIGENCE
CHANNELS REPORTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELIABLE NOTING THAT
AN ABU NIDAL HIT TEAM IS IN VIENNA TARGETED AGAINST
".IE EMBASSY WITH THE LIKELY OBJECTIVE OF TAKING HOSTAGES.
3. IN RESPONSE TO THOSE REPORTS. AMBASSADOR IMMEDIATELY
CALLED ON THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF AUSTRIAN SECURITY
AFFAIRS DANZINGER (MINISTER OF INTERIOR BLECHA WAS
NOT IN VIENNA) AND THE RSO MET WITH THE THIEF OF VIENNA
POLICE. BOTH TOOK THE REPORTS SERIOUSLY AND HAVE
INCREASED POLICE COVERAGE OF THE EMBASSY AND OTHER
POSSIBLE US TARGETS. SUCH AS RESIDENCES. SCHOOL, ETC.
IN ADDITION, AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ASSURED US THAT
THEY WILL TRY TO LOCATE AND TRACK THE TERRORIST TEAM
REPORTED TO BE IN VIENNA.
4. EMBASSY CONVENED EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE SATURDAY
MORNING, OCTOBER 11. TO DISCUSS SECURITY SITUATIONS AND
FURTHER MEASURES FOR AMERICAN COMMUNITY. WE ARE IN-
FORMING ALL CONCERNED ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF HEIGHT1
ENED THREAT SITUATION AND HAVE ADOPTED WHAT OTHER PRUDENT
MEASURES WE CAN CONSISTENT WITH OPERATING EFFECTIVELY.
5. WE EXPECT THAT BOTH INCREASED SECURITY MEASURES
INSTITUTED BY THE AUSTRIAN POLICE AND OUR ALERT OF THE
AMERICAN COMMUNITY WILL BECOME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. WE
WILL TELL THE PRESS IF ASKED THAT OUR MEASURES ARE A
RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REGARDING A THREAT FROM
MIDDLE EASTERN TERRORISTS AGAINST AN OFFICIAL US
INSTALLATION IN VIENNA. WE DO NOT INTEND TO IDENTIFY
SOURCING OF THE REPORT. WE ARE ALSO KEEPING THE
AUSTRIANS INFORMED OF HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH THE
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SITUATION, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC ASPECT, AND HOPE
THAT THEY WILL BE DISCREET IN PROTECTING INFORMATION
SOURCE.
6. OUTSIDE OF THE INITIAL INTELLIGENCE REPORTS, WE
HAVE RECEIVED NO FURTHER AMPLIFYING INFORMATION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO NEED URGENTLY ALL CURRENT INFORMATION
ON THIS THREAT, AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
LAUDER
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1. GOA HAS ADVISED EMBASSY THAT EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION
TO LOCATE TERRORISTS HAS TO DATE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.
INVESTIGATION HAS INCLUDED A CHECK OF ALL HOTELS IN VIENNA,
AIRPORT AND BORDER CROSSING POINTS, IN ADDITION TO FOREIGN-
ER'S CONTROL OF MIDDLE EASTERN CITIZENS WORKING AND LIVING
IN VIENNA. GOA IS OF THE OPINION THE ABC NIDAL TEAM IS
NOT HERE ALTICU THEY RECOGNIZE THAT WITH 165 MILLION
PERSONS CROSSING THEIR BORDERS EACH YEAR, THE TEAM COULD
HAVE SLIPPED IN WITHOUT BEING CHECKED.
2. GOA HAS BEEN EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE IN MEETING EMBASSY
REQUESTS FOR INCREASED SECURITY AT ALL INSTALLATIONS.
MEASURES TAKEN TO DATE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
--EIGHT (8) MAN SWAT AT EMBASSY.
--INCREASED SECURITY PATROLS OF ALL USG HOUSING AND RESI-
DENCES OF SENIOR OFFICERS
--ADDITIONAL POLICE POSTED AT CONSULATE IN MARRIOTT HOTEL,
WHICH. ALTHOUGH OFFICE SPACE HAS RECENTLY INSTALLED PAC,
WOULD BE LIKELY TARGET BECAUSE OF EASE IN CASING THE
FACILITY.
--EIGHT (8) MAN SWAT AT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
DURING SCHOOL DAY.
--POLICE SURVEILLANCE OF 12 SCHOOL BUSES USED TO TRANSPORT
CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
--INCREASED SECURITY AT BILATERAL AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE.
--POLICE COVERAGE FOR CONSUL GENERAL SALZBURG.
3. MSGS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON ALERT STATUS. ADDITIONAL
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MSGS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO CHANCERY. OFF DUTY MARINES ARE
ON STANDBY AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS SO AS TO AVOID HAVING MOST
OF THE MSGS IN MSG HOUSE AT ANY ONE TIME.
4. AS INDICATED IN REFTEL. AMERICAN STAFF HAS BEEN ALERTED
TO THE THREAT. SINCE A SECURITY PRECAUTION REMINDER WAS
JUST DISSEMINATED TWO WEEKS AGO, POST IS NOT PLANNING ON
ANY ADDITIONAL NOTICES AT THIS TIME. EVEN THOUGH PLANNED
OPERATION IS AGAINST THE EMBASSY. KEY AMERICAN COMPANIES
HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED TO BE ALERT. EMBASSY PLANS TO RECONVENE
EAC LATER IN THE WEEK TO REVIEW SECURITY SITUATION. POST
WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THAT TIME. LAUDER
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Mr. Lauder was born in New York on February 26, 1944. He
received a degree in French Literature from the Sorbonne in 1964;
a bachelor's degree from The Wharton School, University of
Pensssylvania, in 1965; and, in 1966, attended the University of
Brussels. From 1966 to 1974, he served in the Coast Guard
Reserve. He speaks French and German.
In 1967, Mr. Lauder became an executive trainee in the Paris
office of Estee Lauder International. Subsequently, he held
various managerial positions, including executive vice president
in the New York office from 1968 to 1982. In 1982, he was named
chairman of the firm. From 1983 to early 1986, Mr. Lauder served
as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO
Policy.
In April 1986, President Reagan nominated Mr. Lauder as
Ambassador to Austria. He arrived Vienna and assumed his
ambassadorial responsibilities on 28 April 1986.
Mr. Lauder is married to Jo Carole Knopf Lauder. They have
two daughters, Aerin Rebecca and Jane Alexandra
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