October 1977
GDR Ministry for State Security, Main Department XX, 'Entry of a Terrorist Group into the GDR'
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[GDR Ministry for State Security/MfS]
[Main Department XX]
[undated October 1977]
Entry of a Terrorist Group into the GDR
On 11 October 1977 a Jordanian citizen showed up in the Embassy of the GDR in Damascus and informed that a Palestinian group is planning a terror attack in Berlin (it was not known whether in the Capital of the GDR[i.e., East Berlin] or in West Berlin).
Members of the group are supposedly:
xxx [translator’s note: names and other personally identifying information were redacted by the Federal Stasi Archive in Berlin.]
Jordan. Passport #xxx, issued on xxx.
21 years old
Entry in Damascus on 15 September 1977, travel continued to Berlin on 6 October 1977.
Daughter of the above-mentioned Jordanian citizen [approaching the GDR Embassy in Damascus].
xxx
Palestinian and leader of the group.
Departure [from Syria] with unknown destination supposedly already occurred.
xxx
Iraqi [female].
xxx
Iraqi.
xxx and xxx are supposedly traveling with an official student delegation from the University of Damascus.
All members of the group are supposedly belonging to the “Liberation Front”. They are said to have visa for [West] Berlin and the FRG [West Germany].
The Jordanian citizen stated he has also informed the Embassies of the FRG and Jordan [in Damascus].
An assessment of the reliability is not possible. Those individuals are not registered with [MfS] Department XII, they have not yet registered with other foreign representations of the GDR.
[illegible signature]
Colonel
A Stasi intelligence report on the potential for terrorist activity in Berlin.
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