Security arrangements were strengthened around the home of Israeli Ambassador Eliahi Ben Horin today. Police said they took the measures after they stopped a number of Arabs near the Ambassador’s residence. The Arabs said they were visiting the Arab League office located nearby. A government spokesman had previously reported that the envoy had been under constant guard since the Israel Embassy received an anonymous telephone threat last week that the ambassador would be kidnapped. At the same time, another government spokesman said the German government had learned that Arab terrorists were preparing to renew their activities in West Germany. Werner Smoydzin, Deputy Chief of the German Intelligence Service, said “Thirty thousand Arabs reside in West Germany. Among them are 3,000 Palestinians, many of whom are connected with terrorist groups.” He said the West German government knew of Arab plans to renew terrorist activities in West Germany through “our cooperation with intelligence services of other countries.”
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