Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP75-00001R000300260048-5
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HIS is a picture of Gustav C, Hertz, an achninistrator o t iQ
Aency for International Development, abducted by the cone
munists while riding a bicycle
outside Saigon 14 months aoo.
The \Vhite House and Statc De-
parlment refused comment ou a
report that fresh negotiations
~ are under way with the Viet
Cong for the release of the cap-
turecl U.S. official. A State De-
partment spokesman said "we
have said many times that the
U. S. Government is -doing
everything it ?an to effect the
release of all Americans held
by the Viet Cong and in North
Vict Nam, but we're not going
' to discuss any details of these
efforts."
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GUSTAV HERTZ ;
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