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Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism

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CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1
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January 3, 1974
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Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Secre No For n Dissent No sent Abroad ntrolled Dissent Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 3 January 1974 ~SLti'1Zl~1 RECORD COFY Approved For Release 1999/09/08: CIA-RDP79-01209A00 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A0003000500012jX1 C3b2 Next 4 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08s P79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/No Abroad/ Controlled Dissem PFLP Claims Responsibility for London Shooting Joseph F. Sieff, a Zionist leader and president of the Marks and Spencer clothing chain, was shot and seriously in- jured by a lone gunman at his London home on 30 December. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLI') claimed responsibility for the shooting, and a spokesman for the Marx- ist guerrilla organization said that one of its members had forced his way into Mr. Sieff's home and shot him in the head. Scotland Yard has expressed fear that the shooting might mark the beginning of a campaign of terror in the United King- dom by fedayeen terrorists, according to a UPI release. An- other London businessman, Sir John Cohen, founder of the Tesco chain of supermarkets, reported that he had been warned that Arab guerrillas had drawn up a "death list" of leading sup- porters of Israel in Britain. He said a woman, whose name he would not disclose, called. him to warn that she was second on the list and he was third. The acknowledgment by the PPLP of responsibility in the Sieff shooting has led Scotland Yard to consider a series of security measures for prominent Jewish personalities in the United Kingdom, and police authorities have also ordered a special check on all Arabs leaving the country, according to a New York Times item. (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For ReWaeiJO991 ,s WRDP/79rtOo112Q9AGO0300050001-1 a JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A0003000500012gX1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 - DP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/ sera Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Terrorist Threats Against Geneva Conference Following an anonymous telephoned tip on the evening of 30 December, Geneva police found six parcels of hand grenades, explosive material, and detonators in several luggage lockers at the city's Cornavin railroad station. The unknown caller had identified the lockers and stated that the bomb parcels had been deposited by Arabs, according to newspaper reports. Swiss authorities had no information as to how the weapons were to be used or the ultimate target or targets. This discovery is the only tangible evidence to date that terrorists have planned operations in Geneva while the Middle East peace conference is going on. There has been a spate of reports, however, from Israeli and Arab security services, as well as a couple from Soviet officials, concerning travel to Europe of fedayeen terrorists and threats to disrupt the con- ference through terrorist activity. (See the 1.9 December issue, page 1, and Tab B of this issue for further details.) (UNCLASSIFIED) RECORD COP 4 Approved For Rekqar~gij,9991 aS~~I,AAR~I~'IZ91109AOA0300050U01-1 9 JRN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050(OIC3b2 Next 11 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 3 ,iAM 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 25X1 C3b2 A.G. McKee and Co., was kidnapped at gunpoint while driving to work. The company reported a $1 million ransom is being asked. (See Articles.) (UN- CLASSIFIED) United Kingdom, Bombs explode outside Hilton Hotel. London Two bombs exploded outside the London Hilton Hotel bar in a new wave of bomb attacks in London. No one was injured in the double blast. Police described both devices as small and said damage was minimal. (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : QN& -RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/N Abad/Controlled Dissem United Kingdom, Two more bombs exploded in London. London Two more bombs exploded in London, one shattering a bar adjacent to a crowded theater. A Scotland Yard official said there were no injuries, although two persons were treated for shock. (UN- CLASSIFIED) 28 December 1973 Argentina, French plant manager kidnapped. Buenos Aires Ives Boisset, plant manager of the Ar- gentine subsidiary of the French Peugeot Motor Company, was kidnapped by an un- identified gang. Police sources report- ed that the kidnapping had all the hail- marks of an operation by left-wing urban guerrillas. (See Articles.) (UNCLAS- SIFIED) T Approved For Release 1999/09/0 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S T No Foreign Dissem/ issem Abroad/Controlled Dissem 28 December 1973 Ireland, West German kidnapped in Northern Ireland. Belfast Thomas Niedermayer, honorary German con- sul and manager of the Grundig Electron- ics Company in Northern Ireland, was kid- napped by unknown individuals. Police said there has been no contact with the kidnappers. It is not known whether the kidnapping has any political connection, although the provisional wing of the IRA heads the list of suspects. (UNCLASSI- FIED) 30 December 1973 United Kingdom, Zionist leader shot by PFLP. London Joseph E. Sieff, president of the Marks and Spencer store chain, was shot by a gunman who burst into his home and later escaped. The Popular Front for the Lib- eration of Palestine (PFLP) claimed re- sponsibility for the shooting. (See Articles.") (UNCLASSIFIED) No Foreign Dissem/Noem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 COPY Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050 OOM Next 6 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 25X1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : QA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S No Foreign Dissem/Nem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 25X1 C3b2 25X1 C3b2 U.S. Senator United States Unknown Senator Henry M. Jackson said on 27 De- Henry M. Jackson cember 1973 that he has been threatened by Arab terrorists, according to the press. A Jackson aide said the senator's staff has been advised to watch for 25X1C3b2 letter bombs. (UNCLASSIFIED) T No Foreign Dissem%N sem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem B-1-8 cN CO X Approved. For Release 1999/09/08. CIA-RDP79.01209A000300050001-1 10 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SEC No Foreign Dissem/No Abroad/Controlled Dissem 25X1 C3b2 N CO U X LO N Soviet Airliner Possibly Unknown Criminal elements, probably Arabs, are United States planning to hijack a Soviet airliner, ac- 25X1 C3b2 cording to information which the Soviet Embassy provided to the State Department on 29 December 1973. The Embassy said that Soviet flights leave from New York on Sundays and Wednesdays. (Comment: The FBI and FAA have been advised. A Soviet official in Rabat advised Moroccan security that a terrorist attack might be made against the Soviet's Moscow-Rabat- Havana flight.) (See Section V.) (UN- CLASSIFIED) SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release, 99 09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 V_ B-I-9 LU N Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : X14-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE 25X1 C3b2 N CO U X LO N An anonymous threatening telephone call warned the Darmstadt police on 30 December that a group of Arabs were leaving Belgium en route to Frankfurt airport to destroy a Pan American aircraft on that day, ac- cording to a U.S. military report. The caller, who had a foreign accent, de- scribed himself as an Arab. (UNCLASSI- FIED) N CO U X LO N ET U.S. Aircraft West Germany, Unknown Frankfurt 25X1 C3b2 Approved .For Release 1999/09/0811 1 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/No X2 Abroad/Controlled Dissem statement, all European states must re- lease fedayeen they are holding by the end of the month or "all establishments and groupings of these states will be considered hostile. They will defi- nitely become subject to the blows of our heroic fighters." The appeal to the U.S. people stated that "as long as your government insists on crushing and humiliating us and on backing the usurper entity in Palestine, we will keep our pledge; that is, to chase you at all times and places--everywhere we can strike and crush you." (Comment: France, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom and West Germany are the European coun- tries currently holding fedayeen prison- ers.) (UNCLASSIFIED) C_ M SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 199 /09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 13 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 25X1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09SO~E CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 25X1 C3b2 No Foreign Dissem/No Dem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Arab Participants in Geneva Conference Switzerland, Unknown Geneva 25X1 C3b2 Unknown # CO U_ X LO N ET No Foreign Dissem/No err; Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/04 CIA-RDP79.01209A000300050001-1 25X1 C3b2 A letter appearing in the PFLP weekly magazine claimed that Black September terrorists will assassinate every Pales- tinian and Arab who participates in the Geneva conference. (See 19 December is- sue, page B-III-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 co U.S Aircraft West Germany, ~' Frankfurt ~ i c~ + I?1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 .CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE S T No Foreign Dissem/N ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem An anonymous threatening telephone call warned the Darmstadt police that a group of Arabs were leaving Belgium on 30 De- cember 1973 to destroy a Pan American aircraft at Frankfurt airport on that day. (See Section I for details.) (UN- CLASSIFIED) Approved For Release 1999/09/08; CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 5 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved for Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-O1209AO00300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem owl VI. Terrorist Threats and Plans: TARGET PLACE Australian Australia, Unknown Official Melbourne and His Family 25X1 C3b2 25X1 C3b2 PLANNED ACTION A threatening telephone call received by the president of the Australian Coun- cil of Trade Unions on 30 November 1973 threatened the lives of the president's children. The caller claimed to rep- resent the "Black September" movement. (See 12 December issue, page B-VI-1.) (UNCLASSIFIED) No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209AO00300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved` For Release 1999/09/0$ : CIA-RDP79-01209A0003(10050001-1 S ET No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem VII. Terrorist Threats and Plans: TARGET U.S. Targets European Targets PLACE DATE PLANNED ACTION Worldwide Unknown ** A warning statement from "the Pales- # tinian People" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 De- cember issue of the Lebanese newspaper an-Nahar. (See Section I for details.) UNCLASSIFIED) Worldwide Unknown 25X1 C3b2 Worldwide Unknown ,/' SERMT No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08JCIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 T r New threat reported for the first time. * Revision of a threat reported in previous issues. The absence of a * symbol indicates that the threat was reported previously and is in summary form with a parenthetical reference to an earlier issue reporting the threat in full detail. # Appears in Sections II-VII, indicating a threat against a U.S. target reported in detail in Section I. Approved For Release 1999/09/08,)CIA-RDP79 01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209AGO1 3 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : C DP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/ issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Distr.ibut.ion: Ambassador Lewis B. noffacker Special. Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. James Gregg Deputy Assistant Director for Program Implementation and Coordination Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr. Assistant Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Mr. Robert C. Hill Assistant Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs Colonel Richard T. Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Kevin T. Maroney Deputy Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Mr. Edward S. Miller Assistant Director Intelligence Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. Edward L. Morgan Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforce- ment, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations 25X1A9a Mr. Herbert K. Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Geoff C. Shepard Associate Director of the Domestic Council Approved For Release I 999/09/0 FA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/N issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 3 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Secr No Foreign sem No Diss Abroad Co ed Dissem Ow - RECORD COYX eIeasel 999/09/08 : CIA-RD P79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Secret No For 'rD issem No sem Abroad ntrolled Dissem Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 9 January 1974 RECORD COPY Approved For Release 1999/09/08: CIA-RDP79-01209A00 3- 25X1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 15 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S JAN 1974 25X1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 3 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 9 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S T No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem INCIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS AS LISTED IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Note: This graph does not reflect all incidents recorded in Tab A during the above period, as anonymous false bomb threats and a few incidents which proved not to have international scope have been omitted. S ET No Foreign Dissem N ssem Abroad Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1 .CIA-RDP 9-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S No Foreign Dissem/N sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS PLACE EVENT cember 1973 United States, Bahamian-flag freighter bombed. Florida, Miami Two bombs damaged the 573-ton Mereghan II as it awaited cargo at a Miami river dock. In a call to the news media, a man identifying himself as a spokesman for the "Cuban Liberation Front" in Miami said the action was directed against the government of the Bahamas for the murder of Cuban nationals. (UNCLASSIFIED) 3 January 1974 25X1C3b2 N CO 0 X LO 6 January 1974 United Kingdom, Bomb found in home of British Army offici1. London A suitcase filled with 30 pounds of ex- plosives was discovered in the basement of the home of General Sir Cecil Blacler, the Adjutant General of the British Army. It was the largest to be found in London and was defused without incident. In a related incident on the same day, the Lon- don home of Major General Philip Ward, SE No Foreign Dissem/No M Abroad/Controlled Dissem .Approved For Release 1999/09/0 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1. Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SEf General Officer commanding the London District, was seriously damaged by an es- timated 10-pound bomb. The first attempt to injure General Ward was a letter bomb dispatched to his London address on 22 December 1973; a police constable was in- jured when the parcel exploded while be- ing inspected. The IRA is strongly sus- pected. (UNCLASSIFIED) T Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050-@Q4 -1 Approved For Release 1999/09/(18: CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 T No Foreign Dissem/N,&#'6'issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem U. S, TARGETS WORLDWIDE INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 50, JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC S T No Foreign Dissem/N ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 5 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 T iy~ M. Jackson 25X1 C3b2 Senator Henry M. Jackson said on 27 De- cember 1973 that he has been threatened by Arab terrorists, according to the press. A Jackson aide said the senator's staff has been advised to watch for letter bombs. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) CO U X LO N Soviet Airliner Possibly Unknown Criminal elements, probably Arabs, are United States planning to hijack a Soviet airliner, ac- cording to 29 December 1973 information from the Soviet Embassy in Washington. (Comment: A Soviet official in Rabat ad- vise Moroccan security that a terrorist attack might be made against the Soviet's Moscow-Rabat-Havana flight. See Section V.) (See 3 January issue, page B-I-9.) (UNCLASSIFIED) S T No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/Q,8 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S . T No Foreign Dissem/N ssem Abroad/Controlled Dissem 25X1 C3b2 N CO U X LO N U.S. Aircraft West Germany, Unknown An anonymous threatening telephone call Frankfurt warned the Darmstadt police that a group of Arabs was leaving Belgium on 30 Decem- ber 1973 to destroy a Pan American air- craft at Frankfurt airport on that day. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-10.) (UNCLASSIFIED) U.S. Targets Worldwide Unknown European Targets A warning statement from "the Pales- tinian people" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 December 1973 issue of the Lebanese newspaper An Nahar. The paper described the dec- laration as the first statement on the 17 December Rome and Athens operation. (Comment: France, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom and West Germany are the European countries currently holding fedayeen prisoners.) (See 3 January issue, page B-I-10.) (UNCLASSIFIED) B-I-9 No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79.-01209A000300050001-1. WESTERN HEMISPHERE INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 30 20- 15 - 10, ET JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 s r No Foreign Dissem/N issem Abroad/Controlled Dissem INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 -4 40 35 30-~ 25 - 20 -I 15- 10- I I I I I I I I I I I I JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC SIPRET No Foreign Dissem/N ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 6 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/03 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1' Arab Switzerland, Unknown Participants Geneva in Geneva Conference MM Unknown 25X1 C3b2 25X1 C3b2 d, 25X1 C3b2 S No Foreign Dissem/Ngem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 N A letter appearing in the PFLP weekly CO terrorists will assassinate every Pales- >< tinian and Arab who participates in the N Geneva conference. (See 19 December is- sue, page B-III-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) CO U X LO N Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 s No Foreign Dissem/ ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 25X1 C3b2 25X1 C3b2 ny, Unknown 25X1 C3b2 Unknown 25X1 C3b2 U.S. Aircraft West Germany, Unknown # An anonymous threatening telephone call Frankfurt warned the Darmstadt police that a group of Arabs was leaving Belgium on 30 De- cember 1973 to destroy a Pan American aircraft at Frankfurt airport on that day. (See 3 January issue, page 25X1C3b2 B-I-10.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Unknown Unknown ET No Foreign Dissem/ issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1, S No Foreign Dissem) ssem Abroad/Controlled Dissem MIDDLE EAST INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 Lommmmi JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC No Foreign Dissem/No SE em Abroad/Controlled Dissem B-TV-1 Approved For Release 1999/ 9/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 4 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 'Approved For Release 1999/09/0$ : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1- SE No Foreign Dissem/No m Abroad/ Controlled Dissem INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 c-o 4 V f 40 -, 35 - 30-I 25 - 20- 15 - 10- 5. JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC S WET No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999 09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1- S No Foreign Dissem/ issem Abroad/Controlled Dissem FAR EAST INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 35 30 25 15 10 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC SE T No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999 9/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 ? Approved For Release 1999/09/04 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1- S T No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 I I I JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC T Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CiDP79-01209A000300050001-1 T JRGE U S. Targets European Targets 25X1 C3b2 ET No Foreign Dissem/ Dissem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem # A warning statement from "the Pales- tinian People" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 De- cember 1973 issue of the Lebanese news- paper An-Nahar. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-b . ) (UNCLASSIFIED) SE' No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1, Approved For Release 1999/09/0(8 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abrood/Controlled Dissem 4000 ** New threat reported for the first time. * Revision of a threat reported in previous issues. The absence of a * symbol indicates that the threat was reported previously and is in summary form with a parenthetical reference to an earlier issue reporting the threat in full detail. # Appears in Sections II-VII, indicating a threat against a U.S. target reported in detail in Section I. T No Foreign Dissem/Fj&#'V'ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A00030005O0'0'i-1 I- Approved For Release 1999/09/q$ : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE WT No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem POTENTIAL TERRORIST TARGETS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD NOTE: This is a list of persons and events, arranged chronologically, which might attract terrorist attack but against which no specific threats have been received. TARGET 25X1C3b2 DATE PLACE 25X1C3b2 EVENT 27 December - mid-February 1974 land, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Student demonstrations are likely at all except the Philippine stop. Japanese Red Army extremists may also pose a se- curity problem for the Prime Minister's 25X1C3b2 trip. (UNCLASSIFIED) X c.4 Japanese 7-17 January Various ** Prime Minister Tanaka is on a 5-nation Prime Minister, 1974 Countries Southeast Asia tour. His itinerary will Kakuei Tanaka take him to the Philippine Islands, Thai- 25X1 C3b2 8-19 January 1974 N co S No Foreign Dissem/ ossem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 199 /09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 X C-1 N Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For F49n1~QQ Pape,744 2p;RM00300050001-1 Distribution: Ambassador Lewis B. Iloffacker Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. James Gregg Deputy Assistant Director for Program Implementation and Coordination Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr. Assistant Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Mr. Robert C. Hill Assistant Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs Colonel Richard T. Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Kevin T. Maroney Deputy Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Mr. W. Raymond Wannall Assistant Director Intelligence Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. Edward L. Morgan Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforce- ment, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations 25X1A9a Mr. Herbert K. Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Geoff C. Shepard Associate Director of the Domestic Council Approved For ReWaFSF'1'O T ! `i'AAKUP7 -t~?'~?1`0990300050001-1 ~.__. 9 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Fv!O D COPY 0 JA1uk0ved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Secret No Forei issem No m Abroad rolled Dissem Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism 16 January 1974 I Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A0 25X1 C3b2 61 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 10 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release sgZJ&OMP79-01209AO00300050001 No Foreign Dissem/No m Abroad/ Controlled Dissem NOTES 25X1 C3b2 Status of Persons Involved in the U.K. Weapons Smuggling Case Allison Rae Thompson, Abdelkebir el Hakkaoui and Ather Naseem, the three persons being held by British authorities for attempting to smuggle arms into the U.K., appeared in court a second time on 14 January. The outcome of that ap- pearance is not yet available. Theodore D. Brown, arrested at Travis Air Force Base in connection with the same case, has been freed on bail fol- lowing a hearing on 11 January. Consequently, all Air Force bases in the U.S. have been alerted in the event Brown at- tempts to obtain another space-available flight. (For additional information on this case, see the 3 January issue, page 4, and the 9 January issue, page 4.): (UNCLAS- SIFIED) Approved For Reta&g19 /, r,RQPc7,9f,Qjj~ Q00300050001-1 16 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A0003000500( 1 C3b2 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A090jpgP001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001:1 ad/Controlled Dissem /2, No Foreign Dissem/No bro CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS 6 January 1974 France, Arsonists destroy oil storage tanks. Macon A fire set by arsonists burned five storage tanks containing 660,000 gallons of fuel oil. An additional 440,000 gallons were lost in December in a fire set at a storage depot at Besancon, and valves at an oil in- stallation in Belfort also were deliberately opened. The perpetrators of the incidents are not known but the possibility of terror- ism exists. Authorities are investigating. (See Tab B, Section III, for a threat against oil refinery installations in Germany.) (UNCLASSIFIED) 9 January 1974 25X1C3b2 ary 1974 Switzerland, Spanish Consulate bombed. Zurich A bomb was placed in a telephone booth ad- jacent to the building housing the Spanish T No Foreign Dissem/NoS sem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem consulate. The consulate, located on the first floor, was not severely damaged; how- ever, the lobby was destroyed and the ground-floor post office extensively dam- aged. There were no casualties. The pre- vious day, the offices of Air Iberia were sprayed with red paint by several youths who wrote the letters MIL (Movimiento Iberico de Liberacion) on the windows. A connection between the two attacks has not been established. (UNCLASSIFIED) 11 January 1974 Italy, Bombs explode in Rome and Turin. Rome and Turin Four bombs exploded in Rome, causing exten- sive damage to buildings but no injuries. Messages found near the sites of the bomb- ings accused the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation of being behind a "reactionary and fascist plot" in Italy. In Turin, according to Reuter, a bomb blast. damaged the door of a building housing the Spanish Consulate and Chamber of Commerce. There were no injuries and the Spanish of- fices were not damaged. The persons re- sponsible for the bombings are not known. (UNCLASSIFIED) r No Foreign Dissem/N issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050901-1, Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 rF'(,~t._? COI's t Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A00Oi00.*10QQ4-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE 400 No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem TOTAL INCIDENCE OF NEW THREATS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WEEKLY SITUATION REPORTS - 1973 80 -1 70 -I 60-I 50- 40 -~ 30-~ 20-i JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC S T R1 No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/ Controlled Di s Approved For Release 1999 /08 : CIA-RDP79-011 A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 7 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 7 S T No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem U.S. Senator United States Unknown Senator Henry M. Jackson said on 27 De- C4 Henr M Ja k y . c son cember 1973 that he has been threatened U by Arab terrori ctc 7i L_- to - press. A Jackson aide said the senator'X staff has been advised to watch for N letter bombs. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) 25X1 C3b2 N CO U X LO N Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S S.Aircraft West Germany, Unknown An anonymous threatening telephone call 2 Frankfurt warned the Darmstadt police that a group U of Arabs was leaving Belgium on 30 Decem ber 1973 to destroy a Pan American air- X craft at Frankfurt airport on that day. cv (See 3 January issue, page B-I-10.) (UNCLASSIFIED) U.S. Targets Worldwide Unknown A warning statement from "the Pales- tinian people" to all European states European holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the Targets U.S. people appeared in the 21 December 1973 issue of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. The paper described the dec- laration as the first statement on the 17 December Rome and Athens operation. (Comment: France, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom and West Germany are the European countries currently holding fedayeen prisoners.) (See 3 January issue, page B-I-10.) (UNCLASSIFIED) SEC No Foreign Dissem/No D' m Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08)CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 11 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0$ : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 25X1 C3b2 Arab Switzerland, Unknown A letter appearing in the PFLP weekly Participants Geneva magazine claimed that Black September in Geneva terrorists will assassinate every Pales- Conference tinian and Arab who participates in the Geneva conference. (See 19 December is- sue, page B-III-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Unknown 25X1 C3b2 Possibly Europe Unknown # 25X1 C3b2 'No Foreign Dissem] issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem CO U X LO N Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 T No Foreign Dissem/ issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Cologne account, according to a West Ger- man radio broadcast. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the demand was made in a letter and a cassette tape mailed in early January and in an anonymous tele- phone call. The alleged sender was "IRA-- Rhoendorf." Security precautions for the minister, who is convalescing at his home, have been increased and security authori- ties are examining the letter. (UNCLASSI- FIED) 25X1 C3b2 West Germany, Unknown # An anonymous threatening telephone call Frankfurt warned the Darmstadt police that a group of Arabs was leaving Belgium on 30 De- cember 1973 to destroy a Pan American B-III-13 T No Foreign Dissem) ii ssem Abroad~'Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 99/09/08: CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : qjA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 aircraft at Frankfurt airport on that day. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-lU.) (UNCLASSIFIED) 25X1 C3b2 ET No Foreign Dissem/N issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08k CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 , Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 6 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE Controlled Dissem No Foreign Dissem/ No Abroad/ VI. Terrorist Threats and plans: Far East TARGET C .tom PLACE No terrorist threats were DATE PLANNED ACTION the Far East during 10 - 16 January 1974. reported in ssem Abroad/Controlled Dissem B-VI-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 i T No Foreign Dissem/No ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem VII. Terrorist Threats and Plans: TARGET PLACE DATE PLANNED ACTION Unknown Unknown U.S. Targets Worldwide Unknown # A warning statement from "the Palestini- SE No Foreign Dissem/Noem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 European Targets 25X1C3b2 Worldwide Unknown an People" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 December 1973 issue of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-lU.) (UN- CLASSIFIED) Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : IA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 S T No Foreign Dissem/N ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Worldwide Unknown 25X1 C3b2 * New threat reported for the first time. * Revision of a threat reported in previous issues. The absence of a * symbol indicates that the threat was reported previously and is in summary form with a parenthetical re Terence firs an earl i er issue reporting the threat in full detail. # Appears in Sections II-VII, indicating a threat against a U.S. target reported in detail in Section I. S ET No Foreign Dissem/N issem Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209A000300060001-1. Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08: CIA-RDP79-01209A0003OQ OI9f41 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 POTENTIAL TERRORIST TARGETS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD NOTE: This is a list of persons and events, arranged chronologically, which might attack. TARGET DATE Present - 1974 17 January 25X1 C3b2 Present - 19 January 1974 Secretary of the Present - ry, George 21 January VA S-Aultz 1974 PLACE Italy 25X1 C3b2 Secretary Schultz is attending financla meetings in Florence and Rome and will return to the U.S. around 21 January. (Comment: Secret service protecting.) (UNC SIFIED) No Foreign Dissem,1 N 1ssem-AbroadI Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 J, Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : IA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem,/N sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem French Officials Unknown and Aircraft Turkish Officials and Aircraft Unknown Unknown 25X1 C3b2 Unknown Unknown The kidnapping of French officials and aircraft in Turkey, or Turkish officials and aircraft in France, could emerge as a means for terrorists to free the support- ers of the radical-leftist Turkish Popu- lar Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Pal- estine (PFLP) who were arrested by French authorities on 20 December. (See the 3 January issue, page 1 for complete in- formation on the arrest of the TPLF and PFLP supporters.) (UNCLASSIFIED) T co; No Foreign Dissem/NoSsem Abroad/ Controlled Dissern Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : G -RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SEC No Foreign Dissem/No Di Abroad/ Controlled Dissem k sported for the first time. vision of report in previous issues. h absence of a * symbol indicates that the item was reported in a previous ET 'Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001, 11 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 ~Rj 79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign No_IgOff Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Distribution: Ambassador Lewis B. Hoffacker Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. James Gregg Deputy Assistant Director for Program Implementation and Coordination Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr. Assistant Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Mr. Robert C. Hill Assistant Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs Colonel Richard T. Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Kevin T. Maroney Deputy Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Mr. W. Raymond Wannall Assistant Director Intelligence Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. Edward L. Morgan Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforce- ment, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations 25X1A9a Mr. Herbert K. Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Geoff C. Shepard Associate Director of the Domestic Council RECORD Copy L___~'t,i Approved For RelR@?&' 9cq/ i - PPd7goPrJZQ9A -p300050001-1 1 JAN 1974 Approte~dCFoc R-24ease 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Forei assem No ' m Abroad rolled Dissem RECORD COPY Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 -)AN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Secret No For Dissem No sem Abroad ntrolled Dissem Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A0 P 23 January 1974 Aft RECORD CORY 25X1 C3b2 61 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 10 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release I 999/09/0 ? DP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/N ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Lone Gunman Ilij acks Domestic Flight Over Colombia On 21 January, an Aeropesca four-engined Vickers Vicount turboprop with 50 people including 7 U.S. citizens aboard, was hijacked to Cuba by a lone gunman armed with a rifle, while on a flight from Pasto in southwest Colombia to Bogota. After the plane was seized it proceeded to Cali where it was refueled and a number of the hostages, mostly women and children, were set free. The plane then flew to the port city of Barranquilla, where two of its tires blew out on landing. After a six-hour delay to obtain new tires, the plane was refueled, four more hostages were released and the plane flew to Cuba with 15 pas- sengers, including 4 of the U.S. citizens, and S crew members still aboard. Late in the evening, the plane arrived safely at Havana airport. Colombian authorities have identified the hijacker as Jose Raimundo Tapias Carrion. Tapias is either an Ecuadorian or Co- lombian citizen and was described by witnesses as being young and well dressed. Tapias stated over the plane's radio that his motives for seizing the aircraft were political and by undertak- ing the hijacking he intended to "reject the system which oppres- ses the Colombian people and the Latin American people." Tapias made no demands other than to be flown to Cuba. It is unknown whether he is affiliated with any Colombian or Ecuadorian extrem- ist group. Press reports from Barranquilla state that Tapias took a shot at a photographer but missed. This has not been confirmed by subsequent reporting. Tapias' attitude while the plane was grounded at Barranquilla was described as constantly threatening, and he would allow only bare-chested mechanics with their hands in the air to approach the aircraft. (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For Release 1999/0 ?'IA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 2 3 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001 5X1 C3b2 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP19-01209A0003000G ,A 3 JAN 1974 } d u C Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 tt*POE No Foreign Dissem/ Dissem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 18 January 1974 20 January 1974 January 1974 CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS 25X1 C3b2 Mexico, Mexico City Colombia, Bogota Bombs at Cuban Embassy. A homemade bomb exploded in the garden of the Cuban Embassy, causing no injuries and little damage. The bomb was thrown from a moving truck by unidentified individuals. Police later found a total of four unex- ploded bombs, which were removed without incident, in the Cuban Embassy compound. (UNCLASSIFIED) Aeropesca aircraft hijacked to Cuba. An Aeropesca domestic flight en route from Pasto near the Ecuadorean border to Bogota was hijacked to Cuba by a young man with a S ET No Foreign Dissem/No ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 199 09/08: CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/Nm Abroad/ Controlled Dissem rifle. The plane landed safely in Havana with 20 hostages aboard. (See Articles.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Italy, Police find bomb in Rome station. Rome A carton containing _a time bomb, Nazi flag and anti-Semitic literature was found in Rome's central train station in a baggage room near a dining hall often used by Jewish immigrants en route from the Soviet Union to Israel. Police said the bomb included a timing mechanism, acid and an electric battery, but added they were doubtful it could have exploded. (UNCLASSIFIED) T No Foreign Dissem/N issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem z? Approved For Release 1999/09/0CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 2 3 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 5 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0$ : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SEC No Foreign Dissem/No Dj&lFm Abroad/ Controlled Dissem N CO 0 U.S. Senator United States Unknown Senator Henry M. Jackson said on 27 De- j_< Henry M. Jackson cember 1973 that he has been threatened N by Arab terrorists, according to the press. A Jackson aide said the senator's staff has been advised to watch for letter bombs. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) January 1974 25X1 C3b2 Unknown SE No Foreign Dissem/No m Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999 9/08: CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/N em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem European Targets gets Worldwide Unknown A warning statement from "the Pales- tinian people" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 December 1973 issue of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. The paper described the dec- laration as a 17 December Rome and Athens operation. (Comment: France, Greece, Italy and West Germany are the European countries currently holding fedayeen prisoners.) (See 3 January issue, page B-I-10.) (UNCLASSIFIED) SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 11 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/Controiled Dissem Switzerland, lpants Geneva eva ence 25X1 C3b2 Possibly Europe CO U X LO N T No Foreign Dissem/ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209A00030005Q001-1. A letter appearing in the PFLP weekly magazine claimed that Black September terrorists will assassinate every Pales- tinian and Arab who participates in the Geneva conference. (See 19 December is- sue, page B-III-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/ issem Aboad/Controlled Dissem United Kingdom Unknown 25X1 C3b2 CO U X LO N West German West Germany Foreign Minister Walter Scheel Unknown An unknown blackmailer has threatened to kidnap Foreign Minister Scheel unless one million pounds sterling are paid into a Cologne account. (See 16 January issue, page B-III-12.) (UNCLASSIFIED) 25X1 C3b2 No Foreign Dissem/ issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050,001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 9 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 T No Foreign Dissem/Nom Abroad/Controlled Dissem tO v Worldwide Unknown 25X1 C3b2 Worldwide Unknown A warning statement from "the Palestini- an People" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 December 1973 issue of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-lU.) (UN- CLASSIFIED) S T No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/0 CIA-RDP79-01209A00030005Q001-1 CO U X LO N Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1! jE No Foreign Dissem/No m Abroad/Controlled Dissem * New threat reported for the first time. * Revision of a threat reported in previous issues. The absence of a * symbol indicates that the threat was reported previously and is in summary form with a parenthetical reference to an earlier issue reporting the threat in full detail. # Appears in Sections II-VII, indicating a threat against a U.S. target reported in detail in Section I. No Foreign Dissem/No ssem Abroad/Contro led i s Approved For Release 1999/09M8 : CIA- RDP79-b 12O~7"b00300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 3 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 3 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300500014 SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Airlines and Unknown Interests of Countries Detaining Terrorists French Officials Unknown and Aircraft Turkish Officials and Aircraft King Husayn Unknown Unknown 25X1 C3b2 Unknown ** Fedayeen terrorists are being held in prison or otherwise detained by ten coun- tries: France, Greece, Italy, West Ger- many, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan and Paraguay. The airlines or in- terests of those non-Arab countries de- taining terrorists could be subjected to fedayeen attack as a means of gaining freedom for their imprisoned comrades. (See Tab B, Section I.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Unknown The kidnapping of French officials and aircraft in Turkey, or Turkish officials and aircraft in France, could emerge as a means for terrorists to free the support- ers of the Turkish Popular Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who were arrested by French authorities on 20 December. (See the 3 January issue, page 1 for complete information on the arrest of the TPLF and PFLP supporters.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Unknown * King Husayn of Jordan remains a high priority terrorist target., (UNCLASSIFIED) S No Foreign Dissem/No sem Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 cy ; CD c, t h~ Wes n uropean Unknown Oil llations SEC No Foreign Dissem/No m Abroad/ Controlled Dissem N Fedayeen operations against European oil M installations are a continuing possibil- U ity, particularly against those countries LX which support Israel or detain fedayeen prisoners. (UNCLASSIFIED) ** Reported for the first time. * Revision of report in previous issues. The absence of a * symbol indicates that the item was reported in a previous issue. No Foreign Dissem/ ssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : 79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/N sem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Distribution: Ambassador Lewis B. Hoffacker Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. James Gregg Deputy Assistant Director for Program Implementation and Coordination Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr. Assistant Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Mr. Robert C. Mill Assistant Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs Colonel Richard T. Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Kevin T. Maroney Deputy Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Mr. W. Raymond Wannall Assistant Director Intelligence Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. James B. Clawson Acting Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations 25X1A9a Mr. Herbert K. Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Geoff C. Shepard Associate Director of the Domestic Council Approved For Release 1999/0 E DP79-01209A000300050OA131JAN 19 , No Foreign DjO o bissem roa /Contro ed issem Appro ed For Rel a 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Secret No Foreign Dis No Dissem road Contro Di$sem RFCOI:D COPY 2 3 JAN 1Rr0ved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved. For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 secret No Forei issem No D' m Abroad Weekly Situation Report on International Terrorism rolled Dissem 30 January 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A S~eMat~ ~ 25X1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 9 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209AO00300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209AO00300050001-1 3 0 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 ,aDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 3 0 JAN 1974 Preliminary Hearing for U.S. Arms Smugglers in London Abdelkebir el Hakkaoui, Moroccan-born alleged leader of a California-based extremist group, appeared on 28 January at a preliminary hearing in London to face conspiracy and firearms smuggling charges along with two other members of his group, Pakistani Ather Naseem and Allison Rae Thompson, an 18-year-old U.S. girl, according to press reports. The court was told that during interrogation, Hakkaoui revealed a plan to kidnap an unidentified senior French government official as hostage for the release of 30 Moroccan prisoners. (For information on the arrest of the group and preliminary interrogations, see the 3 and 9 January 1974 issues.) The statement read in court said that Hakkaoui planned to smuggle arms into Britain and then ship them to France. Hakkaoui said he planned the kidnapping to make a name for him- self, and both Hakkaoui and Naseem claimed that Thompson did not know that pistols and ammunition were hidden inside her luggage. They both stated that Thompson was persuaded to bring a trunk to Britain in return for air fare. The prosecutor said there was no evidence as yet to connect the three accused per- sons with the Black September Organization or any other anti- Zionist group. The three are being held in custody for trial at London's Old Bailey Criminal Court. No date has been set for the trial. (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved For Re4&ag@cijq$%j 25X1 C3b2 RECORD copy 9 -1 NPIP &n U9WQ0300050001- Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-25X1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 } C a u 4- Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A009300050Q01-1 11 Approved For Release 1999/09/0.: CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/No Abroad/ Controlled Dissem si0 24 January 1974 CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST ACTS PLACE EVENT United Kingdom, Israeli bank bombed. London An uni enti ie man hurled a bomb into the Bank of Hapoalim, Israel's third-largest bank, in London's financial district. One employee was slightly injured by flying glass. (UNCLASSIFIED) No Foreign Dissem/Nem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209AOOd bd6Y6Vb4l -1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 6 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 25X1 C3b2 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 No Foreign Dissem/No Disi Abroad/ Controlled Dissem SEC 25X1 C3b2 U.S. Targets Worldwide Unknown A warning statement from "the Pales- European Targets tinian people" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 December 1973 issue of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. The paper described the dec- laration as a 17 December Rome and Athens operation. (Comment: France, Greece, Italy and West eny are the European countries currently holding fedayeen prisoners.) (See 3 January issue, page B-I-10.) (UNCLASSIFIED) B-I-8 SE No Foreign Dissem/No D' m Abroad/Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209AO60300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE co U Unknown Mexico Mid-February ** The Cuban National Liberation Front (FNLC 1974 is planning to engage in bombings and LO other acts of terror before the 18-23 February meeting of the Organization of American States in Mexico, according to information provided to an FBI source by a Cuban exile leader. The Cuban exile said that the FNLC has good connections with Cuban and Mexican students in Mexico City and claimed that the FNLC was re- sponsible for the 20 January bombing of the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City. (This incident was described in the 23 January issue, page A-1.) (UNCLASSIFIED) 25X1 C3b2 No Foreign Dissemssem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08) CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 9 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/0: CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/Controlled Dissem 25X1 C3b2 Arab Switzerland, Unknown Participants Geneva in Geneva Conference 25X1 C3b2 25X1 C3b2 A letter appearing in the PFLP weekly magazine claimed that Black September terrorists will assassinate every Pales- tinian and Arab who participates in the Geneva conference. (See 19 December is- sue, page B-III-8.) (UNCLASSIFIED) ET No Foreign Dissem/ issem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 19 /09/08: CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 CO U X LO N Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 12 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE No Foreign Dissem/No 9 m Abroad/ Controlled Dissem : Targets Worldwide oppan 25X1C3b2 Worldwide Unknown 25X1 C3b2 A warning statement from "the Palestini- an People" to all European states holding Palestinian fedayeen and to the U.S. people appeared in the 21 December 1973 issue of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar. (See 3 January issue, page B-I-10. UN- CLASSIFIED) N CO U X LO N New threat reported for the first time. Revision of a threat reported in previous issues. The absence of a * symbol indicates that the threat was reported previously and is in summary form with a Darenthetirni_ reference to an earlier issue reporting the threat in full detail. Appears in Sections II-VII, indicating a threat against a U.S. target reported in detail in Section I. SEC No Foreign Dissem/No Di Abroad/Controlled Dissem I Approved For Release 1999/09/0 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A0003000,50001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Next 2 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 IA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SE T No Foreign Dissem/No em Abroad/ Controlled Dissem 25X1 C3b2 Unknown Worldwide 25X1 C3b2 Unknown Unknown Airlines and Unknown Interests of Countries Detaining Terrorists CO U LU N Unknown Fedayeen terrorists are being held in prison or otherwise detained by ten coun- tries: France, Greece, Italy, West Ger- many, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan and Paraguay. The airlines or in- terests of those non-Arab countries de- tajnjng terrorists could be subjected to fedayeen attack as a means of gaining freedom for their imprisoned comrades. (See Tab B, Section I.) (UNCLASSIFIED) Unknown Unknown 25X1 C3b2 No Foreign Dissem/Noem Abroad/ Controlled Dissem SE Approved For Release 1999/09/08 CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 !Approved For Release 1999/09/0 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 SEC No Foreign Dissem/No D ' Abroad/Controlled Dissem Turkish Officials and Aircraft Unknown Unknown 25X1 C3b2 and aircraft in France, could emerge as a means for terrorists to free the support- ers of the Turkish Popular Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who were arrested by French authorities on 20 December. (See the 3 January issue, page 1 for complete information on the arrest of the TPLF and PFLP supporters.) (UNCLASSIFIED) X LO Western European Unknown Unknown Fedayeen operations against European oil N installations are a continuing possibil- ity, particularly against those countries which support Israel or detain fedayeen prisoners. (UNCLASSIFIED) ** Reported for the first time. Ivision of report in previous issues. A6 ,absence of a * symbol indicates that the item was reported in a previous issue. co Approved For A000300050001-1 Release 199 09/08: CIA-RDP79-01209 SE No Foreign Dissem/No m Abroad/ Controlled Dissem Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : No Foreign Dissem/No Disse P79-01209A000300050001-1 broad/ Controlled Dissem Distribution: Ambassador Lewis B. Hoffacker Special Assistant to the Secretary Department of State Mr. James Gregg Deputy Assistant Director for Program Implementation and Coordination Office of Management and Budget General Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr. Assistant Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs Department of Transportation Vice Admiral Ray Peet International Security Affairs Department of Defense Colonel Richard T. Kennedy National Security Council Staff Mr. Kevin T. Maroney Deputy Assistant Attorney General Department of Justice Mr. W. Raymond Wannall Assistant Director Intelligence Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Mr. James B. Clawson Acting Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Enforcement, Tariff and Trade Affairs, and Operations 25X1A9a Mr. Herbert K. Reis Legal Advisor United States Mission to the United Nations Mr. Geoff C. Shepard Associate Director of the Domestic Council Approved For Release 1999/Q9/( o Foreign isse Q?7*QU;g9AX0050001-1 3 0 JAN 1974 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1 .l'EME-D COPY a ipd ftW0 1 For Release, 1999/09/108 : CIA-RDP79-01209A000300050001-1

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