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Alert for Possible Letter Bombs from Karlsruhe, West Germany

October 24, 1972
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Dutch postal authorities were alerted today to look out for possible letter bombs postmarked in Karlsruhe, West Germany, addressed to the Israel Bond office here. Jules Syes, director of the Bond office told police he had received a warning from the Israel Bond office in Paris that the letter bombs were being mailed. The suspicious envelopes carry the name Jacobson as the return addressee, Syes said.

(A spokesman for the Israel Bond office in Paris told the JTA that they had been alerted by their offices in Vienna and Geneva to look out for letters containing poison as well as explosives. According to the Paris spokesman, no one has received such letters as yet.) (Jewish organizations in the US have also been alerted to use extreme caution with letters from Karlsruhe which have the name of Jacobson as the return addressee.)

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