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ACTION SS-15
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 SYE-00 USSS-00 SCA-01 VO-03
MCT-01 SSO-00 CIAE-00 INR-07 NSAE-00 INRE-00 NSC-05
NSCE-00 ARA-06 PM-04 SP-02 DODE-00 SY-05 /062 W
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O 061126Z SEP 76
FM AMEMBASSY BONN
TO AMCONSUL BREMEN IMMEDIATE
AMCONSUL DUSSELDORF IMMEDIATE
AMCONSUL FRANKFURT IMMEDIATE
AMCONSUL HAMBURG IMMEDIATE
AMCONSUL MUNICH IMMEDIATE
AMCONSUL STUTTGART IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USBERLIN IMMEDIATE
INFO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1620
C O N F I D E N T I A L BONN 14896
E.O. 11652:GDS
TAGS: ASEC
SUBJECT: ALLEGED PLANNED TERRORIST ATTACKS BY ILICH
RAMIREZ SANCHEZ AKA CARLOS, HANS JOACHIM KLEIN AND OTHERS
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, RECEIVED ON 9/5/76 FROM
FEDERAL CRIMINAL POLICE AUTHORITY (BKA/TE) VIA OCA,
EMBASSY BONN, IS HEREBY REPEATED TO ADDRESSEES:
"SUBJECT: ALLEGED PLANNED TERRORIST ATTACKS BY ILICH
RAMIREZ SANCHEZ AKA CARLOS, HANS JOACHIM KLEIN AND OTHERS.
"SOURCE: A GERMAN OFFICIAL ABROAD FROM AN INFORMANT NOT
OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED.
"ILICH RAMIREZ SANCHEZ AKA CARLOS (HEREAFTER CARLOS)
AND HANS JOACHIM KLEIN BORN 21 DECEMBER 1947, GERMANY ARE
AT PRESENT AT ALGIERS. THEY PLANNED DEPART ALGIERS SOON.
CARLOS HAD TICKET FLY ALGIERS TO BELGRADE, BAGHDAD AND
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HAD ALGERIAN PASSPORT IN NAME OF GEORG SHAREN. KLEIN
HAD TICKET FLY ALGIERS, BELGRADE, BRUSSELS AND HAD
BELGIAN OR DUTCH PASSPORT IN NAME OF PETER KLARSEN.
TICKETS BOOKED WITH AIR ALGERIE. OTHERS, INCLUDING
WOMEN, MIGHT ACCOMPANY CARLOS AND KLEIN, ALL WITH FORGED
PASSPORTS.
"(BKA COMMENT: INFORMATION DATED MID-JUNE 1976
INDICATES THAT GABRIELE KROECHER-TIEDEMANN, RELEASED
3 MARCH 1975, TO GO TO ADEN HAD LEFT LIBYA FOR ALGIERS.
FIELD COMMENT: GABRIELE KROECHER-TIEDEMANN WAS ONE OF
SEVERAL GERMAN TERRORISTS RELEASED IN MARCH 1975 FROM
GERMAN PRISON IN EXCHANGE FOR RELEASE OF KIDNAPPED WEST
BERLIN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT LEADER PETER LORENZ.)
"PLANNED ACTIONS BY THESE TERRORISTS WERE NOT
IDENTIFIED. HOWEVER, INTERESTING TARGET AREAS OF THE
TERRORISTS WERE DESCRIBED AS ZURICH, REPEAT ZURICH, OR
FRANKFURT AND THE COLOGNE/BONN AREA.
"FOLLOWING ARE KNOWN AIRLINE DEPARTURES FROM ALGIERS:
5 SEPTEMBER 1976 AIR ALGIERS FLIGHT 3220 AT 1645 ARRIVAL
SOFIA 2125. SEPTEMBER 6, 1976 AIR ALGIERS FLIGHT 3234
AT 1530 ARRIVAL BELGRADE 1910.
"(BKA COMMENTS: NUMEROUS PERSONAL DOCUMENTS USED AND
FORGED BY CARLOS AND HIS FELLOW TERRORISTS WERE
CONFISCATED IN GERMANY AND ABROAD. AMONG THESE WERE
SEVEN COMPLETELY FORGED ECUADOREAN PASSPORTS. FORGERY
SIGNS FOLLOW: FORGERY - THE MOUNTAIN IN THE NATIONAL
SHIELD RISES TO THE RIGHT; GENUINE - THE MOUNTAIN RISES
TO THE LEFT. FORGERY - QUOTE VISAS END QUOTE PRINTED ON
PAGE SIX; QUOTE OBSERVACIONES END QUOTE PRINTED ON
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
"NUMEROUS PASSPORTS CONTAIN FORGED ENTRY AND EXIT
STAMPS. DEFINITE FORGERIES MAY BE RECOGNIZED ON ENTRY
STAMP LONDON AIRPORT 339 WITH SHARP CORNERS. (GENUINE
LONDON AIRPORT ENTRY STAMP HAS ROUNDED CORNERS.) ENTRY
STAMP FRANKFURT/M (FRANKFURT AIRPORT) NR. 37 WITH LAST
TWO LETTERS OF MONTH ABBREVIATION QUOTE JAN END QUOTE
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IN LOWER CASE. (GENUINE FRANKFURT AIRPORT ENTRY STAMP
SHOWS MONTH ABBREVIATION IN UPPER CASE LETTERS ONLY.)
"BKA PASSED ABOVE TO ALL WEST EUROPEAN AND TO
BELGRADE INTERPOL OFFICES."
ADDRESSEE POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO PASS INFORMATION TO
APPROPRIATE USIS FACILITIES.
HILLENBRAND
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