LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

OPEC hostage crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Dec 1975

Year of production

1975

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Duration

00:04:23

Description

Jon Snow reports on the end of the Austrian OPEC hostage crisis. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, having submitted to the kidnappers’ demands, defends his actions by quoting the agreement between Austria and OPEC. Police Commissioner Edward Hockenbikler(?) is also keen to avoid an escalation of violence. The incident is compared with other recent terrorist occurrences.

Contributors

Jon Snow; Bruno Kreisky; Edward Hockenbikler(?)

Keywords

Terrorism; Hostages; OPEC; Austria; Carlos the Jackal

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