September 6, 1972

Trenton, NJ, law enforcement officials disclose on Sept 5 that adm of Elizabeth Mayor Dunn is target of Union County grand jury investigation; Dunn, Dem who is running for 3d term, asserts that he has 'no knowledge' of any investigation involving him or his adm; notes that he volunteered last spring to go before county grand jury; official sources say that jury is investigating charges of payoffs and kickbacks involving city officials, contracts and businessmen; city license officials have been subpoenaed, as well as number of city records and contracts; Dunn asserts he volunteered to appear before jury to 'clear the air' of allegations contained in conversations bugged by Elizabeth tavern owner, J Oliveri; Oliveri secrety taped conversations involving some city officials over 6‐yr period; County Prosecutor K Asch refuses to comment on nature of reptd investigation but notes his staff has been instructed to seek indictments before Nov 7 elections; last wk, 2 of Dunn's 3 mayoral opponents were indicted in separate matters by grand jury; M J Nilsen, Repub freeholder in county, was indicted on charges of assault in Aug in case involving alleged extortion; in other indictment, M J DeMartino, Elizabeth Dem City Councilman, was charged with misconduct in office in case involving $3,000 bribe in '68; county pol observers note that indictments of 2 of Dunn's opponents were sought by Repub prosecutor and were seen as aiding Dunn's re‐election chances; Dunn recently endorsed Pres Nixon for re‐election; Dunn illus

contradictory repts on Sept 5 about fate of Israeli hostages seized by Arab terrorists in Olympic Village throws public into confusion all over world; initially, W Ger spokesman C Ahlers said that intervention of Ger police and army at Furstenfeldbruck airport led to escape of hostages unharmed; this was confirmed by Internatl Olympic Com pres A Brundage; then there was silence, while police repts dealt with number of terrorists killed or still at large; finally, complete contradiction came from Mayor of Munich, when he announced that all hostages were dead

11 members of Israeli Olympic team and 4 Arab terrorists are killed on Sept 5 in 23‐hr drama that began with invasion of Olympic Village, Munich, W Ger, by Arabs; drama ended in shootout at mil airport 15‐miles away as Arabs prepared to fly to Egypt with their Israeli hostages; bloody interlude began about 4 AM when Arabs climbed fence into lightly guarded compound that is housing more than 10,000 athletes; about 1 hr later, commandos, armed with automatic rifles, broke into 3‐story structure where 26 Israelis were staying and killed Israeli coaches J Romano and M Weinberg, who attempted to warn remaining Israelis; guerrillas seized 9 Israeli hostages; day‐long negotiations with Arabs by W Germans and effort at mediation by repr of Arab League are rebuffed by raiders; Arabs demanded release of 200 Arab commandos imprisoned in Israel; at night, hostages and Arabs left by bus and then helicopters supplied by W Ger armed forces to Furstenfeldbruck airport, location from which they were to be flown to Egypt on Boeing 707 provided by Lufthansa Ger Airlines; hostages were killed in airport shootout between Arabs and Ger policeman and soldiers; Ger sharpshooters reptdly opened fire from darkness at Arab guerrillas and Arabs returned fire; in addition to Israelis and Arabs, 1 Ger policeman is killed, helicopter pilot is critically wounded and 3 Arabs are wounded; torment of event is heightened by confusion created by contradictory repts from Ger and Olympic officials after gunfire erupted at airport; Bavarian Min Merk says goal to free hostages was made difficult by lack of agreement from Israel to free prisoners or to get guarantees from Arabs not to take action against hostages; says W Ger Min Genscher had offered to substitute himself and other Ger officials for Israeli hostages but this and money were rejected by Arabs; how hostages were killed is still in doubt; theory is that Arab threw grenade into helicopter in which some or all of hostages were bound by their hands and feet; Merk says at least 1 of terrorists was official employe of Olympic Village and that some of his confederates also obtained accreditation; says idea of trying to liberate hostages at Olympic Village was rejected because it could have 'involved athletes from other nations' living nearby; says that though hostages had acquiesced to Arab insistence on flying to Egypt 'we felt that would have been a certain death sentence for hostages'; bloodshed brings suspension of Olympic Games and there is doubt if they will resume; W Ger Organizing Com pres W Daume says he will ask Internatl Olympic Com to meet and decide whether Olympics will continue; Egyptian athletes forfeit basketball game in protest against commando action; UN Sec Gen Waldheim, Pres Nixon and Dem Pres candidate Sen McGovern denounce action; W Ger Chancellor Brandt expresses his country's profound shock and outrage over incident; illus of W Ger policeman talking to spokesman for Arabs, ambulance passing through gate at mil airport, Min Genscher negotiating with Arab and apartment block housing Israeli athletes; maps

Nixon on Sept 5 returns to Washington from San Francisco

delegates at 17‐nation conf on airline hijacking, Washington, DC, on Sept 5 reject US‐Canadian proposal to impose sanctions against all nations that harbor hijackers; rejection seen reflecting opposition echoed earlier by USSR that proposal represents fundamental departure from current standards of internatl law governing imposition of sanctions