U.S. DIPLOMAT KIDNAPPED IN MEXICO STILL MISSING

Created: 4/3/1974

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John Patterson, . Vice-Consul In llcnaosillo, Mexico who was kidnapped onarch. Is still being held captive, presumably in Mexico. There has heen no further communication fron cither Patterson or his captorsansom ten by Patterson was discovered at the consulnto noon of his disappearance.

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