WEST GERMANY/SOVIET UNION: WARNING OF BOMB THREAT HAD BEEN CIRCULATED TO AIRLINES AND UNITED STATES EMBASSIES

Record ID: 1032664

  • Title: WEST GERMANY/SOVIET UNION: WARNING OF BOMB THREAT HAD BEEN CIRCULATED TO AIRLINES AND UNITED STATES EMBASSIES
  • Date: 22nd December 1988
  • Summary: (CELLIERS) 1. SV Woman security person checking passengers going into main body of airport. 0.18 2. CU Gift-wrapped parcel TILT UP TO more people being checked by security. 0.24 3. GV People lining up at check in counters. 0.30 4. SCU Security person speaking (English SOT). 1.10 5. SVUs People lining up at check in desks (2 SHOTS). 1.19 MOSCOW, SOVIET UNION (MUTE) (ZDF) 6. GV ZOOM IN SV EXTERIOR United States Embassy in Moscow. 1.31 7. SCU United States-Soviet flags on noticeboard with warning on noticeboard of threat to PAN AM flights leaving Frankfurt in December. 1.40 8. CU Section of notice saying threat to civil aviation, against PAN AM aircraft (4 SHOTS). 2.02 TRANSCRIPT: SECURITY PERSON (SEQ 4): "It was just like every day. We do our checks and people went on the airplane". QUESTION: "Nothing suspicious reported?" SECURITY PERSON: "No, ma'am". QUESTION: "What kind of people were travelling last night?" SECURITY PERSON: "Pardon me?" QUESTION: "What kind of people were travelling last night?" SECURITY PERSON: "Well, most likely military. We have a lot of military people here, and they fly overland to London and New York, but we also have a lot of people who go just to London, and from London they have new people going into the airplanes". QUESTION: "Were there extra people because it was Christmas?" SECURITY PERSON: "Yes, there were a lot of extra people trying to get home because of the holidays, especially military people". Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th January 1989 12:00
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  • Location: FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY & MOSCOW, SOVIET UNION
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAEI4HLISL3KVRJHRUP71S4CX2W
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