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Journalists are acutely aware of one characteristic of the terrorist of the '70s: however small his numbers or narrow his cause, he commands attention. Our Bonn bureau, which provided much of the reporting for this week's cover stories on the international terrorism phenomenon, is a case in point...
...West Germans for the "courage of their decision." Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, whose country mounted the successful rescue of hostages from Uganda's Entebbe Airport on July 3, 1976, cabled, "It was indeed a salvation in which all free men rejoice." British Prime Minister James Callaghan, arriving in Bonn last week on a previously scheduled visit, warmly pumped Schmidt's hand and declared, "It's a great day for you. It's a great day for Germans. That was a superb...
Following Schleyer's kidnaping, Schmidt had set up two crisis staffs that met frequently in marathon sessions, at the heavily guarded Chancellery in Bonn. Elected officials and political leaders spent countless hours there in conferences, and the normal functions of the government slowed discernibly. The Bundestag dealt with only the most pressing business; the Chancellor canceled a state visit to Poland and a number of speaking engagements across the country...
...skyjacked jetliner reached Dubai on Friday after hopscotching from Rome to Cyprus and to Bahrain-picking up fuel along the way. Bonn implored Italian authorities to find some excuse to delay the airliner at Rome; the Italians, concerned for the passengers' safety, did not comply. At Dubai, the Defense Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum, tried unsuccessfully to negotiate the release of women and children aboard. Among them were eleven West German beauty queens who had won free vacations in Majorca...
...situation." In the six weeks since the seizing of the 62-year-old industrialist, West German authorities have been deftly buying time in hopes that they could find a way to obtain Schleyer's release without giving in to the kidnapers. One deadline after another has expired as Bonn kept negotiating with the kidnapers through Denis Payot, a Swiss human rights activist who is not a terrorist sympathizer. German officials even went through the motions of asking Algeria, Libya, South Yemen, Iraq, Viet Nam and North Korea not to grant asylum to any of the imprisoned terrorists...