Golda Warns Stern Action; Find Crash Clues LONDON (JTA)—Premier Gol- da Meir warned in a BBC televi- sion Interview that Israel would take its own measures against Ar- ab terrorists who sabotage airliners if the international community fails to take immediate and stern action. She refused to say what Israel would do, remarking, "Even if I .new I would not tell you." The Israeli Defense Ministry re- ported that it had "undisputable evidence" of an Arab terrorist campaign against air traffic to Israel. According to a ministry spokesman, a postcard depicting an attack on an El Al airliner and the inscription, "Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine," was received at the ministry several days ago. The card was mailed from Sar- agossa, Spain. The PFLP claimed credit for the fatal crash for an Israel-bound Swissair jet Feb. 2, a claim subsequently de- nied by spokesmen for the Arab guerrilla coalition in Amman. The postcard reportedly received in Jerusalem claimed that the organization would "tear out Zionism by the roots" and re- store Palestine to the Arabs. An Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman said that evidence un- covered by Swiss authorities con- firmed that Arab terrorists were responsible for the fatal crash and the mid-air explosion that forced an Austrian airliner to make an emergency landing at Frankfurt on the same day. Both planes were bound for Is- rael and were believed to have been carrying time bombs in their mail compartments. The crash of the Swissair plane took the lives of 47 passengers and crew members, including 16 Israelis and eight Americans. The foreign ministry statement was prompted by re- ports from Zurich linking the Au- strian and Swissair explosions. West German police in Frank- furt have arrested a Palestinian Arab, 27 year-old Jaser Qasem on suspicion of having helped mail the bomb that exploded in the Au- strian airliner. Qasem and an ac- complice picked up with him, Issa Abdullah Taboul, 30, of Jerusalem, were linked with two other Arabs suspected of masterminding the Austrian and Swissair bomb plots. The International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations (IFALPA) threw its support be- hind calls for an emergency in- ternational air safety conference to take up not only the technical means for preventing aerial hi- jacking and terrorist attacks against civilian aircraft "but ways of tackling the political sit- uation which provokes such atrocities." ervations to Israel. government to call such a confer- Planes leaving Israel are booked ence or to participate in it. The federation also urged the most to capacity. Incoming planes are stringent security precautions by leis than full. This was attributed all national authorities to ensure to the seasonal lag, although the the safety of their own aircraft. An ministry of tourism announced that IFALPA spokesman said that pi- a record number of tourists arrived lots' repiesentatives all over the in Israel during the first six weeks world will be able to assess prac- of the new year. Lydda Airport reported that in- tical security measures taken by various governments as well as coming air freight and mail was steps on a political level by the about normal despite the suspen- time its annual conference opens sion of cargo and mail service. Air- port officials said that strangely Wednesday. enough, airlines that had an- He said if by then progress in nounced a ban continued to deliver the two areas was deemed inad- freight and mails while others that equate, IFALPA delegates would discuss independent action by made no announcement suspended airline pilots, including a 24- deliveries. Israel made strong representa- hour international strike. Mean- while stringent security measures tions to the International Postal Union against any delays in for- prevailed at virtually all British eign mail deliveries. The Israeli and Continental airports. A num- ber of international airlines, in-, spokesmen pointed out that IPU all signatory statutes require eluding the largest British car- countries to forward foreign mails rier, BOAC, maintained bans on with the greatest possible speed. cargo and mail service to Israel. A spokesman for the British Air- Arkia, Israel's domestic airline, line Pilots Association said Sunday has suspended the carriage of mail that the organization might de- to the town of Eilat on the Gulf of clare the entire Middle East a Aqaba until it is satisfied that ade- "hostile area" and refuse to let quate security measures have been its members fly there. He said taken against possible sabotage. they were still "unhappy" over The airline acted apparently af- security measures taken at Lon- ter consultations with Israeli inter- don Airport since the fatal Swiss- al security services, but the mail air crash. ban took postal authorities by sur- A ban would affect British Over- prise. Arrangements were made to seas Airways (BOAC) which has ship the Eilat mail by truck. In- 22 flights a week to and from Tel ternal air freight and passenger Aviv and Cairo and British Euro- flights were not affecetd by the pean Airways (BEA) with 14 week- ban. ly flights to and from Tel Aviv and The Israeli public learned of it Beirut. in a terse radio announcement The ban on such service was which was not repeated on later widely denounced in Israel and newscasts. There was no official by pro-Israel elements in most explanation. But sources here spec- countries. But Dr. Nahum Gold- ulated that internal security agents mann, president of the World may have warned Arkia after spot- Jewish Congress, said in a state- ting a potential weak link in the ment here that "The present domestic postal service or may emergency measures by some have learned of a plot to blow up national postal authorities and airlines regarding the transfer of a plane. mail and freight to Israel may The Knesset legislative commit- have been required on under- tee meanwhile is preparing a draft standable grounds of security." law that would put air piracy in the same category as piracy at sea. Dr. Goldmann added, "The con- Under the law, anyone suspected tinued interruption of these serv- of air crimes against Israel's air- ices would in effect be surrender lines or aviation centers anywhere to and encouragement of Arab ter- in the world would be tried in Is- orists and would harm only the raeli courts under Israeli law, even victims of their criminal acts." though the act was committed Expressions of shock and de- mands for protection against ter- abroad. assaults against civilian air- rorist The draft law reportedly pro- Such a conference convened by the International Civil Aviation Organization was urged by the Swiss and Austrian governments. IFALPA is an umbrella organi- zation comprised of airline pilots groups in 51 countries with a total membership of 45,000. Its top lea- dership met here under the chair- manship of Capt. Ola Forsberg, of Finland. A statement was issued urging the emergency air safety conference to discuss methods of preventing "politically motivated attacks on aircraft whether by hi- jacking, sabotage or armed ag- gression." The IFALPA statement said that if such a conference is to be ef- fective, it must have the full par- ticipation of governments, airlines, airport authorities and aviation ern ployes' organizations. Each of IFALPA's constituent associations was asked to press its poses a maximum sentence of life imnrisonment of air pirates. But in the long run, Israel is de- pending upon vigorous interna- tional action by governments and civil aviation authorities to end what has been described as a wave of terror against commer- cial aviation. Jewish passengers — 16 of them Israelis—who died in the Swiss air disaster on Feb. 21, were lower- ed into a common grave here Tues- day. 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