Word: bonne
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Steven Holmes Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Roland Flamini Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott
...Hamburg shipper, was carrying $6.8 million worth of Portuguese-made munitions, including some 67,000 120-mm mortar shells that were originally bound from the port of Setubal to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. The shipment in a West German flag carrier was illegal under a Bonn law that forbids the transport of armaments to "areas of tension." The delivery was contracted for by the Danish shipping firm of Finn J. Poulsen, which has an indirect connection with Iranscam. Last April the company sold a 163-ft. ship to shadowy private partners of Oliver North, who paid with funds...
West Germany was alerted on Feb. 9 to Gretl's illicit actions by members of the national seamen's union. The Bonn government immediately demanded that the ship put in at the nearest port of the twelve-member European Community. Not eager to have its cargo confiscated, Gretl headed back to off-load in Setubal...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Steven Holmes Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Erik Amfitheatrof, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Roland Flamini Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott
West German officials, concerned the Iranians might spurn a request to help secure the release of two West German hostages in Lebanon, tried to mollify Tehran by explaining that West German TV programming is beyond government control. That, noted Bonn officials, was met with "limited understanding." The show's host, Rudi Carrell, first reacted lightheartedly to the Iranians' fit of pique, then contritely allowed that "my intention was not to annoy anyone...