The World - News from Oct. 16, 1985
The Salvadoran government said it has been talking to leftist rebels through an unidentified West German mediator about the kidnaped daughter of President Jose Napoleon Duarte. The West German newspaper Die Welt said the mediator is Parliament member Hans-Juergen Wishnewski. In another development, it was disclosed that Salvadoran Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas saw rebel leaders over the weekend and received assurances that Ines Guadalupe Duarte Duran and a companion kidnaped with her are well.
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