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...into several international conventions and agreements. The Tokyo Convention of 1963, for example, committed the 88 signing countries to take "all appropriate measures to restore control of the [hijacked] aircraft to its lawful commander." The Hague Convention of 1970 called for the prosecution of captured hijackers. An agreement in Bonn in 1978 attempted to go a step further: the country that accepts hijackers must either prosecute or extradite them-or else face the cutoff of commercial air traffic by the other countries...
...ranks of the Communist Party and the government's security organization. Said one Eastern Europe expert: "Given the ease with which the group organized the rally and distributed leaflets, it is evident that the people behind the new movement are close to the police and power apparatus." One Bonn Foreign Ministry official, however, suspected a more elevated figure: "Mieczyslaw Moczar is back in the power structure. This could be his work...
Call it pacifism, call it incipient neutralism, call it complacency born of three decades of peace and prosperity, but across Europe today an antimilitaristic mood is spreading through the body of public opinion, this time under the shadow of a growing Soviet arsenal. From Amsterdam to Bonn to London to Rome, marchers with BAN THE BOMB banners and antinuclear badges are loudly protesting attempts to reinforce Europe's nuclear deterrent forces. What is perhaps most remarkable about the phenomenon is that it is no longer seen only in traditional radical and leftist circles. TIME Senior Correspondent William Rademaekers reports...
...jilted trade partners are understandably piqued. Said one Japanese businessman with characteristic understatement: "If China fails to solve the problem, the Japanese people will be very disappointed." A senior Bonn economics ministry official was more blunt: "When we sign contracts, we honor them, even if it is a tremendous hardship for us. We expect our business partners to do likewise." Only the prompt payment of "sufficient compensation" could alleviate "doubts about Chinese reliability," said Heinrich Weiss, the board chairman of Schloemann-Siemag...
...compensation will have to await the outcome of complicated negotiations. Japanese Trade Representative Saburo Okita visited Peking last month to discuss the cancellations, and a Chinese delegation is in Tokyo this week laying the groundwork for talks. Special Chinese envoys are also expected in Bonn later this month...