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1970 - Count Karl of Spreti..the ambassador of the Federal Republic in Gustemala, who was kidnapped last Tuesday by revolutionaries, was found this morning in a house, 20 km from Guatemala-City, with a gunshot wound in his head. An official speaker of the Guatemala taken government said, that the ambassador was murdered by a left group of the revolutionaries. These had asked, shortly after the kidnapping of the ambassador, the release of 25 political prisoners and 2, 5 millions DM of ransom. the government of Guatemala, however, did not accept these conditions, because of constitutional reasons as they said, in spite of the offers from the side of the Federal republic. Count Karl of Spreti was born in 1907Castle near Munich. he studied architecture and after the war began his political career as member of Parliament and in the following years as ambassador of the Federal Republic in Luxemburg, Cuba. Amman and the Dominikanian Republic. Last year, Spreti was ordered to Guatemala. PHOTO: The Count Spreti family (from left to right): son Arardo, wife countess Helene Sabine, Count Karl and son Alessandro of Spreti. The photo was taken nine years ago

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