European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A hostage who tried to escape by the associated press in the Early Days of their one of the american hostages in Iran tried to escape by scaling the embassy but he was caught hiding inside an empty Oil drum beside the according to an underground Teh ran newspaper published the Anonymous writer of the article in the paper of the islamic socialist movement claimed to have been one of the militants who seized the embassy and hostages he said he left the group be cause he concluded the militants were not truly the article said three americans tried to escape at different but All three attempts the writer described Only one of the involving an unidentified he said an american who was being kept on the ground floor of the embassy Tore off a screen window one night and lowered to the ground in front of an armed guard who had fallen into a Sweet the article continued the american walks past the sleep ing guard and starts for the Northern Wall of the embassy another guard patrolling the grounds spots orders him to halt and fires warning shots into the the hostage reacts snatch ing the Bullet loader off the guards then sprints again for the North the Story said the hostage made it to the 10foothigh Wall and jumped onto an empty Oil drum to try to scale the other guards alerted by the sound of shooting Start shooting into the the article the hostage is he drops Down into the barrel to after a Long one guard de to look Over the Wall and As he lifts his foot onto the rim of the he realizes the hostage is the article said the hostage was asked what he was doing in the barrel and i became i came out to make a phone hostage Deal hitch reported Stals and authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 265 1sc Ond Sundog january 1981 if 21855 a Algiers up american negotiators Friday unexpectedly put off their de parture for Washington amid reports that they have been confronted with fresh Irani an demands for delaying definitive agreement on a package Deal exchanging american hostages in iranian jails against billions of dollars of Ransom diplomatic sources said Deputy Secre tary of state Warren Christopher delayed his flight Home on White House orders to go Over the latest iranian requests and american counterproposal in a bid to Over come remaining its a Flo Tingball room big balloons hang from the ceiling of among the decorations that Are being the carnival spirit begins to gain its full the largest ballroom in there put into place for the Fasching Ball As stride in a photo in an apparently increasingly Active the algerian diplomatic machine worked full blast in spite of fridays moslem holi shuttling messages Back and Forth be tween Tehran and describing Christophers third and latest trip to Algiers As possibly a Diplo Matic source said a hitch arose thursday when the Deputy Secretary of state conferred with algerian foreign minister Mohammed Seddick according to the gave be Yahia during their three hour talk americas response to the latest iranian re quests for additional clarification of How much Money the americans would be will ing to put into escrow in the go Between to gain the hostages re sources said that be Yahia promptly for warded most of the american response to Tehran but withheld the rest of it for fear it might be unacceptable to the islamic re thus complicating matters in the cur rent phase of talks before the Carter administrations demise at the algerians the Ameri can diplomats plunged into consultations with Washington to see whether to refine the potentially litigious sources the algerians who have played a prominent role As intermediaries in the hostage Tugo War were reported As anxious As Washington to help steer the Tough bar gaining towards a Happy the stumbling Block in the last hour unprecedented in modern was basically Iran Effort to squeeze a maximum amount of Cash to be paid by Washington into the Algiers Central Bank coffers against the release of the prisoners As a guarantee against the ultimate settlement of financial litigation Between Iran and american the latest figure quoted Here and in Washington still was in the neighbourhood of there was no immediate indication where president Carter would draw the line that would make or break the sources however anxious to conclude his presidential term by solving the he was reported not to be ready to accept any of the Las minute iranian incoming Republican president Ronald Reagan already has warned that he is not prepared to pay any Ransom Dod moves encourage cafes critic by Grace Blancett Washington Bureau chief Washington these companies Arent stealing from some face less corporation Worth millions of they Are stealing from the people who have one or two stripes on their and it can no longer be this was one reaction of Dan Dan chairman of the Nona Propri ated fund Naf panel of the House armed services after the army and air Force sent to Congress what the Pentagon said was their plan to ensure elimination of fraud and abuse in the worldwide army and air Force Exchange system the plan responds to Daniels warning to service chiefs last month to clean up or close up which has been under a Federal task Force investigation concerning allegations of bribery and reacting to the services said he is encouraged by the prompt action taken by the service he the committee intends to give ongoing attention to one area mergers intended to circumvent cafes decisions on suspension or debarment of a three year investigation of headquartered at has resulted in 24 convictions for bribery and tax cafes officials ten convictions have been against cafes civilian a spokesman Daniel called the latest Exchange investigation the tip of the in a 6 letter to the army and air Force chiefs of staff said they intended to continue taking firm action to protect the interests of soldiers and air the chiefs also said they intended to provide the Best Exchange service pos sible and deter incidents of abuse and the service chiefs first met with Daniel and other members of the House armed services committee on 9 to discuss alleged fraud and corruption in which operates Post and base exchanges worldwide for the two following that the chiefs directed a thorough review of recent reports of surveys and inspections of the Exchange they also ordered an examination of cafes organizational and management army chief of staff Meyer continued on Page i