Police headquarters here was warned by West German authorities today that Palestinian terrorists might try to hijack the plane of Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban who is visiting Scandinavia. Eban is due here tomorrow from Norway. The warning said that Leila Khaled, the young Palestinian woman who tried to hijack an El Al plane over Britain in Sept. 1970 was in Scandinavia and might lead the attempt.
The police here have imposed tight security measures at the airport. Officials expressed fear that terrorists may try to seize Eban as a hostage for Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese gunman detained in Israel after the Lydda Airport massacre May 30.
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