Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit July 27, 1978, 791, 947 and 948, Dockets 78-1007, 78-1020 and 78-1021 (United States v. Vladimir Dizdar, Jozo Brekalo and Marijan Buconjic)

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

Following an increase in acts of violence in various countries against foreign diplomats and representatives, Congress in 1972 passed legislation extending the protection of our federal criminal laws to designated categories of foreign officials, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 1116(b), S.Rep. No. 92-1105, 92nd Cong.2nd Sess. (1972), reprinted in [1972] U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News, p.