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The KGB Are Not That Bothered About the Pope. Apparently They Are
The Orlandi family stood by helplessly as the clock struck midnight and the deadline passed. It was radio silence from the American and the kidnappers didn't deliver Emmanuela's body like they had promised. The Secret Service decided that the terror plot idea was most likely fabricated to serve as a distraction from something that had taken place inside the Vatican. If it had been the KGB, chances are by some analysts at the time they probably would have played it better.