Word: kigoma
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...State Department's ironclad nonnegotiation policy on three counts. He had 1) given temporary diplomatic protection to two rebel representatives who arrived unexpectedly at the embassy; 2) allowed an embassy communications officer from Nairobi to accompany the students' parents to a rendezvous with the terrorists near Kigoma, Tanzania; and 3) allowed the ransom money to be shipped from London to Dar es Salaam by diplomatic pouch. Kissinger wanted to fire Carter outright, but aides persuaded him to soften the punishment. Summoned to Washington for "consultations," Carter was told to forget about going to Copenhagen...