PERU: OUTLOOK FOR THE HOSTAGE CRISIS

DOCID ?.Nc3394583 IC "04V' The Director of Central Intelligence Washington, D.C. 20505 (b)(3) SENSE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMORANDUM 15 January 1997 PERU: Outlook for the Hostage Crisis Intelligence Community analysts believe that conditions are right for a peaceful resolution of the hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy within the next several weeks unless frustration by Lima or the hostage takers--the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA)--boils over and leads to the death of some of the ho...