European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Iran Are on the Brink of ending hostage ordeal Tehran reports agreement but cautious authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 274 january 1981 is doily and sunday if 21855 a from press dispatches the United states and Iran stood Sun Day near agreement for the release of 52 american possibly before presi Dent Carter leaves office next his Ronald endorsed the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden is preparing for the examination and of the 52 american a photo whatever Deal Carter could official word of an agreement was expected to come from where Alge Rian diplomats have acted As intermediaries in trying to resolve the 442day in Iran top negotiator said an Accord had been struck and that the hostages would go free in the next few but an algerian official told a group of journalists sunday night that no formal agreement had yet been Carter broke off his weekend Retreat to Camp David and returned to Washington shortly after noon he was scheduled to address the nation later in the one top aide said it was conceivable that the hostages might be freed simultaneous with official announcement of a set Iran chief hostage Behzad announced in Tehran that the government has finally accepted All the terms set by the government of the islamic Republic of Iran for the release of the american according to the iranian news i think matters have reached their con Nabavi said in a Midnight inter View with Tehran he said Washington has expressed readiness to sign an algerian government statement and at the same time started to Transfer our assets to the Central Bank of a third Nabavi then outlined the basis on which the hostages physically would be released on the basis of the agreement reached after the statement has been signed by both he and the algerian government has made it Public and the assets which it has been agreed to Deposit in an account with the Central Bank of a third country have been so the hostages will be released Nabavi said the third country Central continued on Page 1 Carter might Fly to Greet them Wiesbaden Hospital awaits captives by Bill Walker City editor Germany an air of after Many false pervaded the air Force Hospital Here sunday evening As word of a hostage release agreement with Iran flashed across news the possibility that president Carter would be Here late monday to Greet the returning52 americans on the last full Day of his presidency was not dampened by a government spokesman in he said that any announce ment of Carter travelling to Europe would come from the White in presidential press Secre tary Jody Powell said such a trip by presi Dent Carter was speculation at this half a dozen times in the past 14 months a team of several Hundred Ameri can service members and government civilians in Germany stood ready for the imminent release of All the american hos raps hikes Al Salvador Aid Washington a tossing an accusation at the state department has announced an escalation of its military Aid program to Al Salvador and said lethal equipment will be provided for the first it was the second announcement on Mili tary Aid to Al Salvador since leftist guerrillas began a final offensive a week ago aimed at toppling the country civilian Mil itary for the first the Carter administration also accused Cuba of playing a role in the leftist insurrection in Al we must support the salvadoran government in its struggle against left Wing terrorism supported covertly with am training and political and Mili tary advice by Cuba and other communist the department in a written the department said the million Aid package includes urgently needed arms and ammunition and four Huey transport on the administration announced an initial million in military Aid that included two Huey helicopters As Well As other nonlethal at the it said the assistance was continued on Page i but each time their Hopes were on the announcement by Iran pars news Agency that final agreement had been reached sparked increased activity by military personnel in this City and at nearby Rhei main where the hos tages will be brought after their release in Iran and an interim flight to the air Force spokesman in Wiersba Chris said roving patrols of Security police have been assigned to the Hospital the patrols Are there basically because of the dozens of journalists in and around the Hospital area in recent were not trying to put a Clamp on Weber but the sheer number was disrupting the Normal operation of the at Rhei main air Force Crews stood ready sunday evening to Fly anywhere to pick up the who have been held by the iranians for 14 no special preparations have been continued on Page