$24 BILLION RANSON
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP81B00401R000400150002-3
Release Decision:
RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
4
Document Creation Date:
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date:
November 3, 2005
Sequence Number:
2
Case Number:
Publication Date:
December 23, 1980
Content Type:
NSPR
File:
Attachment | Size |
---|---|
CIA-RDP81B00401R000400150002-3.pdf | 373.42 KB |
Body:
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: