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ACTION SCCT-01
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 SSO-00 SY-05 CIAE-00 DODE-00
PM-04 H-02 INR-07 L-03 NSAE-00 NSC-05 PA-01 PRS-01
SP-02 SS-15 USIA-06 NSCE-00 USSS-00 CCO-00 IO-10
AID-05 PC-01 A-01 OPR-02 OC-05 SCA-01 SCS-03 DHA-02
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P R 051610Z SEP 75
FM AMCONSUL MUNICH
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6166
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY
AMCONSUL ZAGREB
INFO AMEMBASSY BONN
AMCONSUL BREMEN
AMCONSUL DUSSELDORF
AMCONSUL FRANKFURT
AMCONSUL HAMBURG
AMCONSUL STUTTGART
USMISSION USBERLIN
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E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: PINS, YO, GW
SUBJECT: ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF YUGOSLAV CONSULATE GENERAL IN
MUNICH
1. SEPTEMBER 5 ISSUE OF SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG CARRIES FRON
PAGE STORY REPORTING ATTEMPTED LETTER BOMBING OF YUGOSLAV
CONSULATE GENERAL, PRESUMABLY ON SEPTEMBER 4. CITING LOCAL
POLICE SOURCES, REPORT STATES THAT ATTEMPT CAME TO LIGHT WHEN
SECRETARY OPENED PADDED ENVELOPE DESIGNED FOR MAILING
BOOKS AND FOUND SUSPICIOUS-LOOKING WIRES ATTACHED TO ENCLOSED
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BOOK. YUGOSLAVS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIEDPOLICE, WHO FOUND BOOK
WAS HOLLOWED-OUT AND CONTAINED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WIRED TO A
DETONATOR. BOOK WAS ENTITLED "FREIDRICH SCHILLER" AND AUTHORED
BY FRIEDRICH BURSCHELL. DEVICE WAS NOT RPT NOT
DETONATED.
2. ARTICLE STATES THAT ENVELOPE BORE POSTAL MARKINGS INDICATING
THAT IT WAS MAILED IN MUNICH AT 2400 HOURS SEPTEMBER 3. NO
RPT NO RETURN ADDRESS WAS REPORTED. ENVELOPE, WHICH MEASURED
25 X 40 CM, WAS PRODUCED BY A FIRM IN RADEVORINWALD WHICH
SPECIALIZES IN SUCH PRODUCTS. NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF EXPLOSIVE
DEVICE ARE REPORTEDLY NOT RPT NOT YET KNOWN.
3. ARTICLE STATES THAT LOCAL AUTHORITES DO NOT RPT NOT YET HAVE
ANY CONCRETE INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE PERPETRATORS, BUT REPORTS
SPECULATION THAT BOMB MIGHT BE THE WORK OF CROATIAN "USTASHA"
EMIGRE GROUPS WHO ARE DESCRIBED AS HAVING BEEN ESPECIALLY ACTIVE AS
OF LATE.
4. BAVARIAN OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CONSTITUTUION
(LFV) HAS INFORMED US THAT IT PRESENTLY HAS NO RPT NO MORE
INFORMATION THAN THAT CONTAINED IN THE SUDDEUTSCHE ARTICLE.
WE WILL REPORT SIGNIFICANT FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
SPIVACK
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