https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6wo1987 Tellex Report: "The Plight of Two US Businessmen" Broadcast Transcript http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/ 1979-Oct-16 Transcript of an interview between Willard (Bill) Gregory, Hugh Sykes, and Wendy Jones. Beckman Instruments had a subsidiary company and manufacturing plant called Aplar in El Salvador. In 1979 the country was on the brink of a civil war that would ultimately span three decades. On September 21, 1979, the manager of the Aplar plant, Dennis McDonald, and a Beckman Instruments engineer, Fausto Bucheli, were kidnapped by members of the guerrilla movement and held for ransom. The terms of their release were the payment of a ransom as well as publication of a manifesto in various newspapers worldwide. Beckman Instruments paid the ransom and published the manifesto, leading to the release of the hostages after forty-seven days of captivity. Beckman Historical Collection England--London English Ransom Political kidnapping Hostage negotiations El Salvador--Politics and government--1944-1979 El Salvador--History--Coup d'état, 1979 El Salvador--History--1979-1992 Beckman Instruments, Inc. text records (documents) https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/d7re5v6/thumb_large_2X?disposition=inline https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6wo1987 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/ records (documents) https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/d7re5v6/download_full?disposition=inline https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/brin63v/download_full?disposition=inline https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/f3lpz6k/download_full?disposition=inline https://digital.sciencehistory.org/downloads/deriv/tr1ddjw/download_full?disposition=inline