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...Knox would have been quite factual if you had not written that the French Ambassador persuaded the Haitian government to pay the ransom demanded...
...John Godey's "What if...?" exercise, the front car of such a train is hijacked by four highly organized, submachine-gun-toting terrorists. They hold the motorman and 16 passengers hostage while their leader negotiates with the city government for a $1,000,000 ransom. The hostages do not panic; after all, they represent that well-rounded social group - a call girl, a wise old man, a black militant, a housewife and her children - that has survived so many capsized ships, stalled elevators and jet liners piloted by Dean Martin. They seem to realize, as the reader surely does...
...first letter continues with a precise recording of the details of the kidnaping, the ladder at the window, the ransom note. "I was afraid of a lunatic. But the well-made plan knocks that out." Again and again throughout the letters, Mrs. Lindbergh assures her correspondent-and herself-that professional kidnapers would not kill the baby. March 9th: "We rest on our assurances that the baby is safe. . . C. slept late this morning and went out for a walk. Our colds have vanished." March 16th: "They keep assuring me they are certain the baby will be returned. . . we must play...
Knox immediately called Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier, Haiti's 21 -year-old President for Life. The Haitian government said that it could not find or identify 19 of the requested prisoners, but agreed to release the other twelve. The mustachioed leader of the kidnapers then demanded a ransom of $1,000,000. In Washington, Secretary of State William Rogers flatly refused to pay the sum out of fear of encouraging kidnapers elsewhere...
Acting as an intermediary, French Ambassador Bernard Dorin persuaded the Haitian government to pay as much of the ransom as it could raise within the kidnapers' four-hour time limit -$70,000. He then persuaded the kidnapers to take the money and the dozen released prisoners and go to Mexico. Kidnapers and hostages drove together to the airport, then parted company beside the four-engine...