In 1978 the Japanese government passed a law requiring adequate warnings to be given of major earthquakes so that people could be evacuated and emergency services put onfullalert.
Every port and airport was placed onfullalert, and it seemed safe to assume that if Harling left the country he did not do so by any means of public transportation, unless under a convincing and ingenious disguise.
Interpol, the international police organization, urged law enforcement agencies in its 188 member countries to be on"full alert" for retaliatory acts, Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said.