'Red Army terrorists’ policy’

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34127, 13 April 1976, Page 21

' Red Army terrorists’ policy’

(N.Z.P.A.Reuter—Copyright) TOKYO, April 12. The Japanese Red Army guerrilla movement is planning to make its policy more flexible, 'he news agency, Kyodo, reports. It says that a group of Red Army terrorists are now meeting in Beirut to work out the new policy. According to information from Leftist sources abroad close to the guerrilla group, the Red Army has advocated simultaneous revolutions by armed action throughout the world.

Those attending the Beirut meeting are believed to include Fusako Shigenobu, a woman aged about 30 who is considered to be one of the leaders of the group; a former assistant professor at the Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Taketomo Takahashi; and a film director, Masao Adachi.

“In planning their new policy, which is likely to be announced this summer, Red Army members have said that some of their attacks have been isolated from the people,” Kyodo says, “The Red Army has now decided that its future actions will be carried out in such a way that people can understand them. “Its members are undergoing strict military training to refine their military techniques and knowledge.” The Red Army’s past missions included the massacre at Lydda Airport, Israel, in May, 1972, when three of its guerrillas killed 27 people and wounded more than 80 others.