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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 01 USBERL 00506 171341Z ACTION SY-05 INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 MCT-02 CIAE-00 INR-10 NSAE-00 PA-01 ICA-11 PM-05 NSC-05 SP-02 SS-15 /069 W ------------------074230 171932Z /43 R 151017Z MAR 79 FM USMISSION USBERLIN TO AMEMBASSY BONN INFO SECSTATE WASHDC 8567 AMEMBASSY BERLIN AMCONSUL BREMEN AMCONSUL DUSSELDORF AMCONSUL FRANKFURT AMCONSUL HAMBURG AMCONSUL STUTTGART LIMITED OFFICIAL USE USBERLIN 0506 DEPT. FOR A/SY/CC/TAG BONN FOR RSO AMEMBASSY BERLIN FOR RSO AMCONSULS FOR PSOS E.O. 12065: N/A TAGS: ASEC SUBJECT: TERRORIST THREAT 1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM USILO IS QUOTED FOR YOUR INFORMATION. "DURING THE WEEKEND FROM 10 TO 11 MARCH 1979, WEST BERLIN INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AUTHORITIES WERE IN AN ALERT LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 USBERL 00506 171341Z STATUS AWAITING POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS BY MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ANTIFA IN WEST BERLIN, ALLEGEDLY TO BE DIRECTED AGAINST RADIO/TV STATIONS AND OFFICES OF NEWSPAPER AGENCIES. SOME OF THE ANTIFA MEMBERS HAD ARRIVED IN WEST BERLIN A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE WEEKEND AND HAD TAKEN PREPARATIONS IN ANTICIPATION FOR THESE ATTACKS. DURING THE WEEKEND, THE MAJORITY Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 OF THE ANTIFA TERRORISTS (TOTAL NUMBER MAXIMUM TEN) HAD BEEN UNDER CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE BY LFV BERLIN AND WEST BERLIN'S POLITICAL POLICE. THE ATTACKWAS BELIEVED TO BE DIRECTED, AMONG OTHERS, AGAINST THE AFN RADIO/TV STATION. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO PROTECT RADIO/TV STATIONS, OFFICES OF NEWS AGENCIES, AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS BELIEVED TO BE HIGH ON THE LIST OF THE TERRORISTS HAD BEEN TAKEN DURING THE WEEKEND. AS FAR AS U.S. INSTALLATIONS WERE CONCERNED, PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES HAD BEEN COORDINATED BETWEEN U.S. COMMAND, U.S. MISSION, GERMANY POLICE ANS LFV PERSONNEL. HOWEVER, NO ATTACK TOOK PLACE UP TO NOW. IT APPEARS THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TERRORISTS IN BERLIN HAD BEEN COORDINATED WITH IMPRISONED TERRORISTS SITTING IN WEST BERLIN PRISONS WHO WERE ON A HUNGER STRIKE DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME. FURTHERMORE, OTHER TERRORISTS, ALSO MEMBERS OF THE ANTIFA, COMMITTED MINOR TERRORIST INCIDENTS IN HAMBURG, DIRECTED PRIMARILY AT BUILDINGS OF THE SPD AND BANKS. THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS ON CONTEMPLATED ATTACKS BY TERRORISTS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN WEST BERLIN. 2. MISSION WILL KEEP ADDRESSEES ADVISED OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS. ANDERSON LIMITED OFFICIAL USE NNN Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014