Leaked Cables on Israel: An Interview With a Black September Leader
(March 29, 1973)
FM Sudan Khartoum
TO Algeria Algiers | Bureau of African Affairs | Department of State | Egypt Cairo | Germany Bonn | Kuwait Kuwait City | Lebanon Beirut | Libya Tripoli | Saudi Arabia Jeddah | United States Information Agency | VOA RHODES | VOA RHODES ALGIERS
1. US NEWSMAN HAS GIVEN EMBASSY ON CONFIDENTIAL BASIS TEXT PUR- PORTED BUT UNRELEASED INTERVIEW " SOMEWHERE IN GERMANY" WITH BSO MEMBER BY GERMAN TV NEWSMAN.
2. DURING INTERVIEW, BSO MEMBER STATES ( A) NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN AL FATAH AND BLACK SEPTEMBER, ( B) BSO RECEIVES $80-85 MILLION ANNUALLY FROM LIBYA ($30 MILLION), SAUDI ARABIA ($15 MILLION), LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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GULF STATES ($10-12 MILLION), ALGERIA ($5 MILLION) AND PRIVATE SOURCES. STATED EGYPT AND SYRIA PAY NOTHING, ( C) ARAFAT RECEIVED $5 MILLION " BONUS" FROM LIBYA FOR MUNICH OPERATION AND HAS PRIVATE BANK ACCOUNT IN SWITZERLAND, ( D) 10-15 EUROPEANS INCLUDING GERMANS ARE PART OF BSO, AND ( E) BSO WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION COME FROM USSR, PRC, EGYPT, SYRIA AND ALGERIA.
3. TEXT BEING POUCHED AF/ N. FRITTS LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
Sources: Wikileaks
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