$24 BILLION RANSON

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CIA-RDP81B00401R000400150002-3
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RIPPUB
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K
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4
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December 19, 2016
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November 3, 2005
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2
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December 23, 1980
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NSPR
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F AN INDEPENDI 4E SFgIABER o IRAN NOW`demands,thi ,the United AStates e Ira "` - w-. *iii, eaI/ sego ration might have succeeded' But with put up .$24 boon th . equivalent `of ransom the I amio re gl tionar re rme'Ireh an n ith n y u g r e er -,aigainst the; return~of:that hc~atagee?,, The proposal is, readiiiees for determination has been evident. Its. of simply. disappointing:.,Itiis.grotesque. and: often ~. performance lies revealed priorities,: aiising from its, sine. The-Iranianso, whocommittedi the grossly illegals r: internal dynamics, quite different from completing a act that triggered the crisis 'now knowingly suggest 'negotiation-. and?-reclaiming. the benefits-of normal tiaat the United States set'aside'its own=laws, as it relatioris with the rest of the world: This is not to say e~ ould have to do to meet the new terms: They, who `Jimmy Carterwas,wrong to see if Iran could be dealt 'lave been. condemned throughout the world for their wl as a state motivated-by conventional considera- iolation of: practice; end' obligation in :this matter, ton qj. of national interest; and to tryl to enter a real propose a solution resting on a premise ofAmericar negotiation. He did -what he had to do at the time. bad faith,` The administration has been ready to roll `Certainly he` negotiated-as the world can now see, pack the clock to- the day the hostages: were seized -'11' thanks to Iran's broadcasting of the details-in good rid to forgo demanding of Iran,: as Americans have faith ;i The fact remains that the negotiation has very right?todemand,. that it pay for its assault on washed out ' r . the liberty, of,50-odd Americans. Procedures, to put,??;Patriotism. and self interest all e. had made Ron- this offer into effect: