A Montreal police official said yesterday that security measures for the 1976 Olympic games here had been changed after news was leaked that several Palestine Liberation Organization members visited Montreal recently and had a good look at the site of the games here.
Normand Toupin, assistant director of the Montreal Police Force, in issuing a warning to newsmen to refrain from leaking information on security measures for the 1976 Olympics. said “We have learned enough from the Munich tragedy so that under no circumstances will that kind of thing be repeated here.” Eleven Israeli athletes were murdered in an Arab terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich.
According to the news report, the presence of the PLO members had been detected by Montreal police. The PLO members left the city after their actions had been recorded by police security forces. Toupin said. He said the entire security system “is going to be changed following these indiscretions.”
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