The Palestinians at Munich wanted Bader and Meinhof freed from German jails along with the approximately 200 Palestinians. Israel wouldn't negotiate and Germany never offered to free Bader-Meinhof either. Furthermore, how did the Palestinian terrorists manage to travel around Bavaria and Munich with Kalathnikov rifles and grenades? Easy, Paul Dickopf, a former SS Officer was President of Interpol until 1972. Furthermore, there were senior officials in the Munich Police who were former SS (and ODESSA?) This tragedy all points to certain elements of the German government cooperating with the Black September (handshar) and this was readily seen during the airliner hijacking to free the terrorists 53 days after the Munich massacre.