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ISRAELIS PROVIDED GOOD TIP ON THREAT TO SADAT IN '81

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP90-00552R000605720001-2
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
K
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
August 27, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
December 6, 1984
Content Type: 
OPEN SOURCE
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STAT 7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/27: CIA-RDP90-60552R000605720001-2 PE&RED z~t?* Z Z. BALTIMORE SUN 6 December 1984 MMMMMF_ IN THE WORLD AUSTRIA 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. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/08/27: CIA-RDP90-00552R000605720001-2
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