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 27, 1976

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WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
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27 April 1976
Slight Progress in Niehous Kidnapping Case (Page 7)
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Slight Progress in Niehous Kidnapping Case
A few new developments have occurred in the case of
William E. Niehous, the American executive of Owens-Illinois
who was kidnapped in Venezuela on 27 February. His captors
sent another message to Mrs. Niehous on 15 April, repeating
earlier demands that their two political communiques be
published locally. (One of the communiques has been pub-
lished in some leading foreign newspapers. See the 13 April
issue.) Police officials told the press that the amount of
ransom demanded has now risen to the equivalent of about
$3.5 million. On 17 April Caracas police arrested a man
calling the Niehous residence from a downtown telephone, and
they have since arrested three other persons making similar
calls, all of whom are being questioned.
during the weekend of
18 April Venezuelan security forces raided a guerrilla camp
in the mountains about 200 miles east of Caracas where they
speculate Niehous may have been held earlier. An arms cache
and some subversive literature were found. The Minister of
Interior refused to confirm or deny that this raid had any
connection with the Niehous case. He reiterated the Vene-
zuelan government's opposition to negotiations with the
kidnappers or payment of a ransom.
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