European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 described As fish at office Christopher becomes 11 Chhour hero Washington a the 11 hour Rush to settlement of the Carter administrations most crisis produced an 11 Chhour hero Diplomat Warren a Man described by associates As a Genius at Christopher wanted to quit last year when president Carter passed him Over for Secretary of Carter talked him into and his diplomatic tenure climaxed in the waning Days of Carters term As Christopher led negotiations to free the american around the state he is known As a cold secretive and totally con but he is admired for his skill at he is very Bright and gets plenty of professional but Hes aloof and there is very Little personal affection for an aide As Deputy Secretary of has been involved in the hostage crisis since iranians the embassy in Tehran about 14 months he initially played a secondary role to the Secretary of state Cyrus but after Vance resigned last april Over his opposition to the foiled hostage Rescue Christo Pher emerged As the principal spokesman on since the 55yearold lawyer has shuttled Between Washington and in the process becoming a familiar face on the nightly television when in Christopher is up before Dawn every Day to he is usually at his office by 7 and rarely is Home before he has worked seven Day Christopher was born in on but now lists his Home As los he was graduated Magna cum lauds from the University of California at los Angeles in 1945 and attended Stanford University Law school from 1946 to Christopher clerked for supreme court Justice William Douglas for a year after Law then went into private he met Vance when he was Deputy attorney general from 1967 to and when Vance was named Secretary of state in he lapped Christopher As his Christopher is married to the former Marie Josephine they have four aged 18 to he said recently that he is Uncertain about his own future after Ronald Reagan becomes i guess ill go Back to private he in ready for a Iran negotiator Nabavi emerges As Man to watch Beirut a Iran chief negotiator in the 14month hostage is a Veteran revolutionary whose handling of the delicate bargaining could propel him into High political some political analysts in Tehran rate the bearded former underground activist As a possible future candidate for prime min a Job now held by his longtime Mohammad Ali As the negotiations dragged it was Nabavi rather than Rajai Given the Job of working out the details of an agreement by parliament who stepped into the limelight As the Man in this prompted one political analyst in Tehran to rate Nabalis chances of political advancement As there is a Good pos id say 80 that he will be come prime minister in the he in his mid is the minister of state for executive he was Given the additional title of chief government spokesman during the hostage negotiations which began in with Algeria serving As an intermediary be tween the United Stales and before the Nabalis political activities against the monarchy of the late Shah Mohammad Pahlavi earned him an Lightyear prison sentence for illegal pos session of weapons and membership in outlawed political Nabavi is considered by iranian observers to be a Hartline islamic fundamentalist aligned with clergy oriented militants such As Rajai i opposing the More moderate ideology of president Abolhassan Bani Nabavi began his political activities As a member of the fed Avcin a group founded by Navab a Clergyman who waged an underground Campaign against the Shah regime in the Nabavi spent his Early Days As a political activist distributing ant regime pamphlets and associates he founded his own political known As the islamic but he went to jail after one of the groups Mem Bers betrayed him to the Shah dreaded secret he was released from prison in 1978 and resumed his activities As an anti Shah Revo despite his government Nabavi favors revolutionary often wearing an army jacket instead of a coat and a photo Deputy Secretary of state Warren Christopher receives formal agreement Between and Iran on hostages fran dumps newly released dollars terms could create financial chaos Algiers not the emerging agreement unfree zing blocked iranian funds in return for the release of the 52 american hostages is threatening to create financial tensions As Iran withdraws its Dol Lar deposits from american Banks and switches them to other currencies or according to sources close to the Neotia american and British financial officials have been striving to put together an under standing with Iran that would resolve the hostage Issue without plunging financial markets into such a situation could arise if the iranians were to sell off the billions of dollars they Are expected to re cover to protect this Money against further freezes or court ordered a key problem in this sources is convincing Iran suspicious leadership that any financial Deal that guarantees the return of some of their blocked assets in return for the hostages Freedom will not be reversed once the captured american Diplo Mats Are but officials Here indicate that it will be difficult to dissuade Iran from withdrawing Unfrozen Dollar deposits from the big american Banks and switching them into other currencies and precious such As according to an algerian the iranians feel so strongly about the and the Way american Banks immediately exploited the freeze to declare Iran in de fault of its that they Are Likely to Transfer All of their deposits and business to other nations Banks once the freeze is lift any such Large scale Selling of dollars by the iranian authorities threatens to destabilize International currency the officials perhaps reversing the Strong gains in value the Dollar has made and subjecting some american Banks to a liquidity squeeze that could affect the level of the interest rates they since the end of when president Carter froze Iran assets in american Banks in retaliation for the hostages Sei the iranian authorities have been systematically transferring much of their remaining wealth from the big Western financial apparently to protect themselves from lawsuits by companies and others seeking compensation for losses suffered As a result of the iranian latest British customs statistics show that Iran repatriated some million Worth of Gold Bullion from London to Teh ran in the first 10 months of last the pulitzer prize Winner Dies at age of 75 Washington a Richard the pulitzer prizewinning former Bureau chief for the Des Moines Iowa died after a Long he was who won the pulitzer in was the newspapers Washington Bureau chief and chief correspondent for 37 years until he retired in after he he wrote a syndicated big London Banks have also reported that iranian government deposits last year aver aged Only about a third of their former lev a team of american government financial whose names have not been assisted by the Deputy Gover nor of the Bank of Christopher and the Banks chief David held lengthy discussions with the algerian officials who Are acting As intermediaries in the negotiations with the previous the two teams met for More than six according to american the Bank of England has become deeply involved in the financial aspects of the hos Tage negotiations partly because it has agreed to handle the Gold and other iranian government assets that Carter is ready to but also because roughly a third of Iran Frozen assets Are deposited in the London branches of american which it according to sources important differences have emerged Between Britain and the United states Over the treatment of these iranian neither the British government nor the British courts have accepted Carters right to freeze Money in american owned Banks under British con As a the Bank of England is said to be More willing than the Carter administration to see the funds returned to even though the Banks themselves want to seize part of them As compensation for out standing Loans to Iran or other debts they say Are owed by