WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2017
• Case Number: F-2017-00199
• Publication Date: April 13, 1976

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Weekly Situation Report
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International Terrorism
DO WSRIT 76-015
13 April 1976
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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
13 April 1976
Niehous Kidnappers Make Final Demands (Page 3)
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Niehous Kidnappers Kidnappers Make Final Demands
During the past week an attempt by Owens-Illinois to
break the deadlock with William Niehous' kidnappers resulted
in a rift between Owens-Illinois and the government of
Venezuela. Owens-Illinois tried to comply with two of the
kidnappers' demands by publishing the terrorists' original
communique in the New York Times, the London Times and Le
Monde, and by paying each of its Venezuelan employees a bonus
equivalent to US $116. The Venezuelan government, which was
still maintaining a hard line toward the kidnappers, became
extremely upset and retaliated by initiating expropriation
of Owens-Illinois assets in Venezuela. Negotiations between
Owens-Illinois and the Venezuelan government concerning the
expropriation are still continuing.
On 10 April Niehous' abductors released what they
called their "final offer with regard to the conditions that
would bring about the immediate freedom of Mr. William
Frank Niehous in complete mental and bodily health." In the
communique, the terrorists continued to demand that Owens-
Illinois reach a compromise with the Ministry of Interior so
that the kidnappers' 28 February communique as well as the
10 April communique could be published locally. Additionally,
they demanded an unspecified sum of money to pay for the
purchase of bags of food and other social assistance for the
poor, to cover the expenses for Niehous' imprisonment, and
to provide a "bond" as a guarantee that Niehous will not
intervene in Venezuela's internal affairs. The communique
also says that Owens-Illinois will be informed later as to
the channels through which the ransom is to be paid. The
press speculates that the ransom may run as high as US $2.3
million.
the "final
communique" is noticeably strident in tone and appears de-
signed to push Owens-Illinois into further conflict with the
government. For example, the terrorists accuse the company
of dragging out negotiations in order to give the government
a chance to identify and capture a terrorist messenger.
They also claim that the expropriation of Owens-Illinois was
nothing but a maneuver on the part of the government.
feel the message does not suggest that the terror-
ists plan to kill Niehous but rather that they are prepared
to hold him indefinitely.
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