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Japan Relents on Haiti Hijack Ransom Demands at Dacca
The Japanese government agrees to pay 6 million dollars and deliver nine prisoners to ransom 146 hostages held by ultra leftist hijackers aboard a JAL plane at Dacca airport. Five hostages released include two Americans, an Indian couple, and their infant son. Remaining captives include banker John Gabriel of Montebello and his wife. Hijackers threaten to kill hostages if deadlines aren’t met. Japan plans to transfer prisoners but cannot move them to Dacca within 18 hours.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
California
Walter Karabian
Krueger
Karabian
John Gabriel
Montebello
Calif
Gabriel
Tokyo
Japanese Falls
George E. Danielson
Washington
Soviet Armenia
Carter
Danielson
White House
Primoe
Takeo Fukuda
Kyoto
Okinawa
Jaldcs
Bombay
Paris
Foreign Ministry