Word: rochat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...continued chaos in Jordan made negotiations all but impossible. After arriving in Amman from Geneva, Red Cross Negotiator Rochat was trapped all day Wednesday in his hotel by the wild street fighting outside. He finally managed to reach one Front official by telephone. Pleading that circumstances made it impossible to start bargaining, he persuaded the commandos to agree to a 72-hour extension of their original 10 p.m. Wednesday deadline for blowing up the planes and their occupants...