From left to right , front row : Reagan ( USA ) , Houphouët-Boigny ( Côte-d'Ivoire ) , A. Sattar ( Bangladesh ) , Chadli ( Algeria ) , Genscher ( FRG ) , Trudeau ( Canada ) , Lopez Portillo ( Mexico ) , Fahd ( Saudi Arabia ) , Pahr ( Austria ) , Saraiva ( Brazil ) , Zhao ( China ) , Marcos ( Philippines ) . Back row : Kraigher ( Yugoslavia ) , Nyerere ( Tanzania ) , Thatcher ( UK ) , Suzuki ( Japan ) , Burnham ( Guyana ) , Mitterrand ( France ) , I. Gandhi ( India ) , Shagari ( Nigeria ) , Fälldin ( Sweden ) , Herrera ( Venezuela ) , Waldheim ( UN ) The scenario of " Nuclear Alert " is filled with real-life events and characters from the 1980s . First among these is the rise of international terrorism ; the fictional group IFARG was inspired by the real-life Provisional Irish Republican Army , Baader Meinhoff Gang , and Islamic Jihad Organization . President Reagan is also a regular character in " The Pilots from Hell " and " Fire From Heaven " , making him the second American president featured in the Buck Danny novels , as John F. Kennedy had previously appeared in the 1962 novel '' Les Voleurs de Satellites '' ( " Satellite Thieves " ) . Finally , the Cancun trade summit targeted by the terrorists was an actual event , the North – South Summit on International Cooperation and Development , taking place from October 21 to October 24 , 1981
North – South Summit
North–South Summit
Nuclear Alert (Buck Danny)