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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1977
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Dutch bargain with gunmen
United Press International
ASSEN, The Netherlands — Au
thorities here yesterday asked
South Moluccan gunmen holding 60
hostages in two locations where
they want to fly the plane they are
demanding.
It was the first real bargaining
session since the terrorists seized an
elementary school and a train in
northern Holland last Monday.
The gunmen released more than
100 school children Friday, but still
hold 56 hostages aboard a hijacked
train near Glimmen and four
teachers in the village school of
Bovensmilde, 15 miles away.
Deputy Justice Minister Hendrik
Zeevalking said yesterday the “great
uncertainty” remained over the des
tination the gunmen had in mind.
“If you don’t know where you
want to go, you will never find
someone to fly you there,” he said.
The gunmen have demanded the
release of 21 South Moluccans im-
Vance hopes conference
will start cooperation
By GEORGE SIBERA
United Press International
PARIS — Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance said Sunday he hopes
this week’s North-South economic
conference will lay the foundation
for cooperation between the world’s
rich and poor nations.
Eight delegations from industrial
countries and 19 from underde
veloped nations have been negotiat
ing since 1975 in preparation for the
three-day Conference on Interna
tional Economic Cooperation.
“Many countries have been work
ing for two years to prepare this con
ference to see how both developed
and developing countries can work
together to meet the pressing needs
of the developing world, ” Vance
said on his arrival Sunday.
“I look forward to the meeting
and hope that we can build, in the
conclusions reached, a base which
we can be proud of for the future.”
Before the talks, Vance — who
will address the opening session —
planned to confer with other mem-
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bers of the American delegation in
cluding Richard Cooper, Undersec
retary of State for Economic Affairs.
Although the cabinet-level meet
ing is supposed to end the two years
of dialogue, the participants may
decide to keep some of the confer
ence structures in place, notably the
four committees on energy, raw ma
terials, finance and aid. Or they may
decide to turn these matters over to
the World Bank or specialized
groups within the United Nations.
Two favorite ideas of the poor
countries already have been re
jected by the rich ones: cancellation
of some or all Third World debts,
now approaching $200 billion, and
gearing the prices of raw materials
to the world inflation rate.
Cooper said last week that debts
“should be dealt with on their merit
and on a case-by-case basis.”
He said if the meeting this week
is successful, the rich countries will
propose a $1 billion “special action
program” to help poor countries.
prisoned for similar terrorist attacks
and a Boeing 747 to take gunmen,
prisoners and hostages out of the
country.
Zeevalking said the government’s
asking the gunmen for a destination
did not mean it was willing to let
them leave.
He said this move was aimed at
getting crisis bargaining out of the
realm of irrationality and onto some
thing concrete.
At an all-night crisis cabinet ses
sion, the government also discussed
how to avoid a possible backlash
against the Moluccan community,
Zeevalking said.
Dutch sources said World War II
resistance fighters and veterans had
planned reprisals against the
Moluccans.
At Sunday services, priests and
ministers pleaded with Dutch citi
zens not to let “understandable
abhorrence” at the takeovers cause
vigilante violence against the
35,000-strong South Moluccan
community in the Netherlands.
The Moluccan gunmen are trying
to press the Dutch government to
support their bid for independence
for their Asian homeland, formerly
known as the Spice Island. In
donesia took over the islands after
Dutch colonial troops pulled out
more than 25 years ago.
The 56 hostages near Glimmen
were crowded into the front car of a
hot, four-coach passenger train
without toilet facilities.
Authorities, who said conditions
aboard the train must be “stinking,”
delivered mops, brooms, dusting
cloths, soap and hot water to the
train Sunday.
Authorities also delivered
sandwiches, water and oranges
along with medicines for a man suf
fering from depression and a woman
seven months pregnant.
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