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260 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONthe PLO representative in Vienna, just in case Salem didn't comethrough. Another unit was immediately sent to Vienna to keeptabs on Hussein. Vienna was a sensitive area for the Mossadbecause it was the terminal for Russian Jews on their way toIsrael. The ties between Israel and Austria at the time were verycordial. For the Mossad, there was nobody there to talk to. TheAustrians took their neutrality seriously. They had hardly anysecurity services at all.The hashish to be brought in by the Black Bloc terrorists waspacked in the usual fashion, a series <strong>of</strong> bales called "soles"because they look like the soles <strong>of</strong> shoes. The idea was to ship itby sea from Lebanon to Greece, where the Black Bloc would useits customs contacts to load it into cars, with each <strong>of</strong> the 25 or 30European terrorists putting some <strong>of</strong> it in their cars and drivingback through Europe to a warehouse in Frankfurt.One <strong>of</strong> them was to handle the sale <strong>of</strong> the hash and deal withSalem. But the GSG-9, tipped <strong>of</strong>f by the Mossad, arrested him ona trumped-up charge <strong>of</strong> subversive activities aimed at U.S. bases.The Germans were not told about the hash, but once they had theman in custody, the Mossad was allowed to interrogate him. AGerman-speaking Mossad man, posing as German security,managed to extract the name <strong>of</strong> his second-in-command by<strong>of</strong>fering to cut a deal. Then they arranged with the Germans thatthe man would be held incommunicado until the "deal" waswrapped up."I know about the dope," the Mossad man told the prisoner. "If youdon't tell me who to deal with, you'll spend the rest <strong>of</strong> your lifehere, not because <strong>of</strong> subversive activities, but for dealing in hash."And so, with Arafat's shopping list in hand, the Mossad went toKhashoggi's Saudi dealer friend to fill the order. Aloony, a militaryman, was told he would be responsible for checking theequipment and making sure it was sealed for delivery to Lebanon.The weapons were brought by truck to Hamburg. The Mossaddidn't tell the Germans. But if we had happened to meet them, wewould have explained.In the meantime, Stoler was talking to Salem about a Bei-

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