It seems the"buyer" was perjhaps duped and has just asked for his outlay to
be covered. The nation awaits the news tonite for the full story, but its
nice that they got it back. NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly, Robert" <Robert_Kelly@FCEINC.COM>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Stolen Enigma machine recovered
> Hello,
>
> I had read in the newspaper just a few days ago that the thieves had in
fact
> "kidknapped" the machine and were looking for a ransom of some $36,000 or
so
> US for its return. I could be wrong on the amount, I am going from my
rather
> suspect memory.
>
> Regardless, there was talk that the monies had been raised through a
private
> donation and that the machine was to be returned intact, rather that
> destroyed as the criminals had threatened.
>
> Can you corroborate or dispute this information Nigel?
>
> Glad to hear that its back in safekeeping. Wonder how long your caustic
high
> profile journalist will hold onto the machine pruior to its return?
>
> Bob K.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NIGEL HAY [mailto:nigel@milweb.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 1:01 PM
> To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> Subject: [MV] Stolen Enigma machine recovered
>
>
> Breaking news is that the Enigma machine stolen from Bletchley Park
appears
> to have been sent in the post to a BBC TV presenter , Jeremy Paxman (the
> interviewer most politicians and many viewers loathe for his rudeness) The
> BBC announced just noew that it has the serial nimber of the missing one.
> Should be an interesting Newsnight later (which Paxman presents - maybe he
> can interview himself?) when the recovered Enigma will be shown live.
> So you heard it here first.....
>
> Regards, NIGE
>
>
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