CONTINUING PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE KIDNAPPING OF WILLIAM F. NIEHOUS

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2017
• Case Number: F-2017-00199
• Publication Date: November 12, 1976

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CONTINUING PRESIDENTIAL INTEREST IN THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE KIDNAPPING OF WILLIAM F. NIEHOuS
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1. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CARLOS ANDRES
PEREZ REITERATED HIS INTEBFST IN Sucr:Ess7uLLY RESOLVING THE
CASE OF KIDNAPPED UNITED STATES BUSINESSMAN k:L_IAm F, NIEHOUS. PEREZ
SAID THAT HE IS UNDER UNSPECIFIED FOREIGN PRESSURE TO RESOLVE THE
MATTER. ALSO. PEREZ SAID THAT A RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL HAS
DISCLOSED THAT THE VENEZUELAN PUBLIC STILL HAS A HIGH DP1REE OF
INTEREST IN THE NIEHOUS CASE.
2. ERASTO FERNANDEZ.APRESIDENTIAL SECURITY CHIEF.
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