38 Friday, Febrsaty 1, 1980 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Palestinian Terrorist Case Reveals Collaboration ROME (JTA) — Seven- year prison sentences pro- nounced here on three former members of Parlia- ment and a Jordanian busi- nessman for collaborating with Palestine terrorists, of- ficially closed a case that had been shrouded in mys- F -L412 tery since the arrests were made last November. But it opened to public scrutiny an unsavory record of Italian government ap- peasement of Palestinian terrorist groups since the early 1970s. Ironically, one of the chief authors of that _J7411c117 117 0 /C) ,L=112:2:112. -- 1' PARTY CONSULTANTS Weddings. Bar. 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The vessel had arrived from a Middle Eastern port, presumably in Lebanon. The defendants were ac- quitted of the more serious charge of "importing arms of war." The court took into con- sideration a letter written by the PFLP to their lawyers attesting that the missiles were "in transit" and that their final destina- tion was "not Italy." The come to the source con- your For venience, we now offer a Gift Registry. NORTHLAND • EASTLAND • WESTUND UNIVERSAL MALL • OAKLAND MALL Tapper's 26400 A'. 12 Mile Rd . 357 78 ROSINA'S FASHIONS FINAL WINTER CLEARANCE SALE! AT COST OR BELOW (FALL & WINTER MERCHANDISE ONLY) VALUES TO$150 NOW ALL CASUAL DRESSES VALUES TO$185 NOW ALL SLACKS values to$185 NOW ALL COATS values to$98 NOW ALL LEATHER JACKETS values to$60 NOW ALL BLOUSES values to$125 NOW ALL PANT SUITS OR SKIRT SUITS values to$80 NOW ALL SKIRTS ALL EVENING GOWNS & VALUES TO$250 NOW PARTY DRESSES $30 15 $60 40 $15 40 $25 $50 OPEN FOR THIS SALE 2 SUNDAYS, FEB. 3 & 10 (12-4 p.m.) NEVER BEFORE. NEVER AGAIN. NO LAYAWAYS. ALL SALES FINAL. CHARGES ACCEPTED SALE ENDS FEB. 16th ROSINA'S FASHIONS 15623 W. 9 Mile at Greenfield Greenfield Plaza Shopping Center an Sat 11-5 Stays, ha. 3 & 11 ally 12-4 I.R. Southfield 569-2080 missiles were of the same type used by Palestinian terrorists in an attempt-to shoot down an El Al plane over Ostia, near Rome, in September 1973. ex- The three Parliamentarians were all members of the left-wing "Autonomy" political group. Abu Salgh, a gar- ment industry executive, had connections with the PFLP in Bologna. Baumgartner, an X-ray technician at the Univer- sity of Rome Hospital, had been active in the past or- ganizing the transportation • of medical items to Palesti- nian refugee camps. His name was found in Abu Salgh's address book. The connection of the Ita- lian extremists with Habash's group was re- vealed only after the PFLP's letter was made public by their defense attorneys. This led to an expose in the Italian press of what had been an open secret in some circles — the Italian government's collaboration with Palestinian terrorists since 1972 — when a series of terrorist acts were occur- ring on Italian soil. Gen. Vito Miceli, former chief of the Italian secret service (SID) revealed de- tails of this collaboration in an interview published in the weekly L'Espresso. "At that time (1972) there was the danger of Palestinian terrorism, an exceptional means," Miceli said. "On the basis of precise orders by the government, of which all ministers were informed, we contacted the various Palestinian groups and made arrangements whose purpose was to avoid (terrorist) attempts that would involve Italy." The person who repre- sented the Italian authorities in these negotiations over the last eight years is Col. Stefano Giovannoni, a diplomat stationed in Beirut. Giovannoni was men- tioned by Moro, in letters written during his captivity by the Red Brigade ter- rorists, as the ideal man to bargain for his release. Mom was the head of the Italian Foreign Ministry when "deals" with the Palestinian terrorists were made and it was under his direction that all Palesti- nians detained in Italian jails were eventually freed. These included two ter- rorists who had attempted to down the El Al plane. They were secretly flown out of the country on an Ita- lian military aircraft which exploded mysteriously on its way back to Italy, killing its crew. Similarly, five other ter- rorists arrested in posses- sion of Strela missiles in 1973 were released on pay- ment of 60 million lire bail and flown to Algiers accom- panied by an official of the SID, presumably Antonio La Bruna. In his letters from cap- tivity, Moro pleaded with his own Christian Demo- crat Party to follow the example of past govern- ments that compromised with Palestinian ter- rorists in order to save his own life. But the gov- ernment and the Chris- tian Democrats took a hard line in the Moro case which proved fatal to him. L'Espresso observed that the latest "missiles case" revealed three facts of prime importance: "This is the first time a Palestinian organization (PFLP) has of- ficially admitted importing arms into Europe and hav- ing ties with Italian ex- tremists; it is the first time that there has been no at- tempt by the Italian gov- ernment to hide the fact that a non-aggression pact (probably verbal) exists be- tween the Italian secret service and Palestinian groups, involving hands-off planes and Italian air space in return for benevolent as- sistance by Italy to the Palestinian cause; and this is the first time the Italian government has admitted some of these facts." Observers here say the case must be viewed in terms of the closer official relationship of the Italian government with the Pales- tine Liberation Organiza- tion which "supposedly" does not include the PFLP, and the shifting oil power interests in the confused Middle East situation. Sweden to Teach Students About Holocaust Era NEW YORK — The Swedish Jewish community has projected a broad-based educational program on the Holocaust that it hopes to have integrated into Swe- den's general school system. The projected program would: • Enlarge understand- ing among Swedish public opinion and in the school system of the Jewish cause and of the dangers of neo- Nazism; • Stress the permanent moral and political lessons to be learned from the Holocaust, including the link between the Holocaust and Israel's right to exist; • Inform pupils about the history of the Jews in Swe- den and about Judaism in general. A program carried out during the past year coin- cided with showing on Swedish television of the American TV serial, "Holocaust." The report points out that the educa- tional and other materials produced had a tremendous impact on Swedish students and on public opinion gen- erally in the country. Among the sources of those innumerable calamities which from age to age have overwhelmed mankind, may be reckoned as one of the principal, the abuse of words. Treasure Hunt —Israeli Style TEL AVIV — Israeli pri- vate investigators have been searching the Sinai desert for an improbable buried treasure —140 Mer- cedes Benz cars believed stolen in Israel and waiting to be dug up and smuggled to Egypt. Shmuel Flatto-Sharon, a member of Israel's parlia- ment claims that the cars are buried in the Sinai sands on the Israeli side of the border, waiting to be dug up and sold when the area is turned back to Egypt. Flatto-Sharon, who be- lieves his own Mercedes is among those buried, has re- nted a helicopter and four jeeps to hunt for the buried vehicles around the dunes near El Arish. Police and Is- raeli soldiers have already dug up 32 automobiles in the area. According to Flatto- Sharon's secretary, Zvi Videlr, the thieves, both Arabs and Israelis, drive the cars to Gaza with fake Holocaust Study NEW YORK (JTA) — Zachor, the Holocaust Re- source Center of the Na- tional Jewish Resource Center, has received a fed- eral grant of $69,000 for the assessment of five secon- dary school Holocaust cur- riculums, according to Dr. Mary Glynn, assistant di- rector of Zachor. The schools in the study are in New York, Philadel- phia and Massachusetts. Gaza registration plates. There they sell them to local Bedouin Arabs, familiar with the pathless sands of the area, who take them off for burial. Police sources say that traffic in stolen goods across the border is huge; includ- ing items such as linens, television sets, and even foreign currency. ZOA President Criticizes U.S on Israel Stand NEW YORK — Ivan J. Novick, president of the 130,000-member Zionist Organization of America, in a major address to the members of its national executive committee, ex- pressed reservations re- garding what appears to be "good understanding" be- tween the Administration and Israel in relation to basic issues. "In spite of all the rhetoric, there are funda- mental differences between the United States and the state of Israel that have not been reconciled." Said Novick, "I am con- cerned that powerful influ- ences in the Administration are urging that Israel be placed in a lower level of priority although, develop- ments in the Middle East and surrounding areas dic- tate that the United States' interests would be best served by enhancing Is- rael's position as a strong and dependable ally."