ISRAELIS PROVIDED GOOD TIP ON THREAT TO SADAT IN '81

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000605720001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 6, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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6 December 1984
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IN THE
WORLD
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Israelis provided good tip
on threat to Sadat in '81
Former Austrian Chancellor
Brno Kreiskj said yesterday that
intallioence information from Israel
led to the cancellation of a visit b9
E vntian President Anwar el Sadat
1
y7 On the basis of information re-
ceived from. the Israelis, Austrian
police intercepted a weapons ship-
ment at Vienna's airport August 1,
1981, 10 days before Mr. Sadat was
to have arrived for a private visit in
Salzburg, Mr. Kreisky said.
"I was forced to ask Egyptian
President Sadat at the time to post-
pone his trip to Salzburg, because I
could not guarantee his security... .
A few weeks later Sadat was in fact
assassinated," Mr. Kreisky said.
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