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 6, 1976

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6 April 1976
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Niehous Still Captive
It has been approximately six weeks since William E.
Niehous was abducted from his home in Caracas, and Venezuelan
authorities have made little progress in breaking the case.
Working on the theory that the kidnapping might have been an
inside job, Owens-Illinois flew in a polygraph expert from
the United States at the request of the Venezuelan government.
Tests were conducted on nine Owens-Illinois employees se-
lected by the police, but eight tests proved to be negative
and one was inconclusive. The police are also investigating
the Chilean exile community in Caracas, but they have not
turned up any leads.
On 31 March a spokesman for Owens-Illinois stated that
the demands of the kidnappers boiled down to three, that
the terrorists' manifesto be published, that food be distrib-
uted to the poor, and that Owens-Illinois employees be given
a bonus. He further commented that the company is locked in
on two of the demands. First, the government will not allow
the publication of the manifesto, and second, the unions at
the Owens-Illinois factories voted not to accept the bonus.
The spokesman was hopeful that the kidnappers would come
around to demanding a ransom so that the company could
negotiate with more flexibility.
The kidnappers have sent several communiques to
Mrs. Niehous, company executives and the press. One local
television station was shut down for three days because it
reported a contact between one of its executives and a self-
styled spokesman for the kidnappers who claimed that Niehous
would be executed. Because of the way in which this contact
was made, it is now believed to be a hoax.
As it now stands, Niehous, his family, and Owens-
Illinois are caught in the middle of a battle of, wills be-
tween a frustrated and unyielding government on one hand and
a clever and thus far anonymous group of kidnappers on the
other. Unless one side backs down from its hardened posi-
tion, Niehous could remain a captive for some time to come.
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