European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes january 1981 the hostages so and yet continued from Page i Day night a White House spokesman said president Carter would not go to Germany to Greet the hostages As president but has accepted president elect Ronald reagans offer to go later As reagans monday night a Tehran radio commentary claimed that Freedom for the captive americans was being delayed to de Prive Carter of the Opportunity to personally Greel them As his last official act before the inauguration of Reagan on the hostage drama dragged through another agonizing Day of waiting As a hangup Over documents connected with the Transfer of iranian assets pushed the Captivity of the 52 americans into the 444th the drama in played out through most of the Day left a team of americans stretched from Algiers to Central plus relatives and friends by the stars and stripes and wire reports of the hostages in the United wait ing anxiously for what was hoped would be the last act in the authorities in Tehran said the hangup arose Over documents connected with the escrow account which would put Frozen Ira Nian assets into the hands of the algerian nearly All Day monday reports persisted that the who have been held since were at the Tehran air awaiting transportation out of the country on two air Algeria Boeing state department representative John speaking to newsmen in washing ton Early monday afternoon said the hos tages were not even at the confusion reigned in the captives were to remain in Tehran until at least late tuesday morning Tehran a Tehran Airport official said Mon they will probably leave about 10 said the reached by Tele phone from new that would be the Crews have All gone Back to their and  come Back about 8 or so in the he he said the hostages were not at the Airport and he did not know their a team of several Hundred american service members and civilians had waited impatiently most of monday for the Opportunity to help the hostages along the Way out of Iran and Back on the Road to a nor Mal despite the claims about delaying the flight to thwart any visit by other sources in the iranian capital had said because of the dangers involved in a night flight from Tehran which is sur rounded on three sides by the 52 might not be Able to leave until Daybreak at Rhei main where preparations to handle the arrival of the 52 were put on hold for one More nearly journalists set their sights on tuesday when the group was expected to arrive after a Stopover in Algiers and trans Fer to two air Force c9 Nightingale inauguration telecast change Frankfurt the time for of tvs live satellite coverage of the inauguration of Ronald Reagan As presi Dent has been the new starting Lime is and it will continue until shortly after president reagans expected to end at about the telecast will be seen live in West Germany except Bremerhaven and Bremerhaven and shape will see it on a delayed Hospital in iranian chief negotiator be had Nabavi we managed to rub in the dirt the nose of the worlds biggest oppressor and thus forcing it to submit to the demands of our majlis Par the delay monday apparently entered on the actual Transfer of an estimated billion in funds to thought to be the largest Transfer of Money in the associated press Nabavi said an american pledge not to interfere in iranian affairs was in the nature of formal our guns and the Unity of our people Are the guarantee of our islamic revolt he he said Iran relations with the United states would remain at Low level so Long As Washington remained hostile to the Ira Nian islamic Nabavi confirmed that Iran wanted to race through an specifically re Ferring to the possibility that president elect Reagan might aggressive Atti during the Day the hostages were exam ined by six algerian an algerian embassy spokesman said the doctors found the americans in Good iranian Tele vision transmitted to the West a videotape of some of the hostages receiving their med ical including Nabavi told the pars news Agency that statements had been taken from the Ameri cans so later distorted statements May not be attributed to the hostages re Behzad Nabavi formal repentance Garding their condition during their stay in the agreement was initiated and signed in then flown to Algiers for Ini tiling and signing Early monday by Deputy Secretary of state Warren Christo and algerian negotiators kept work ing around the clock for 48 hours As intricate details were drafted into a closely 19page settlement in French and the language of the United states pledged never to inter Fere in Iran internal affairs and to insofar As the assets Frozen by an escape clause ensured that Iran received payment Only after the hostages cleared its late an official who identified himself As Deputy manager of the said he was not sure they will depart to but anyhow they have not american television networks showed film supplied by Iran of algerian doctors examining some Louisa a spokeswoman for the hostage Suid she thought the hostages might have to spend another night in Iran because of the dangers of night flights out of Tehran Mehraban the 52 were among nearly 100 persons taken captive when the embassy in Tehran was captured by moslem militants thirteen of the prisoners Blacks and women were released within three weeks of the and a 14th Diplomat Richard was set free in july 1980 when doctors discovered he was suffering from multiple at Rhei main a the tension and excitement built during the Day As base personnel and German technicians fitted communications equipment near the Tarmac where the aircraft bringing the 52 was to six flatbed trailers for photographers and television cameramen were set up ready for the and an area was cordoned off in front of the trailers for the nearly 500 reporters expected to witness the the group will be taken to the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden by bus immediately after arrival at they Are expected to spend about five Days there before returning to the United states and a reunion with friends and at Wiesbaden a special team of psychiatrists and hostage pay cology assembled by the depart ment of made ready to help the group through the difficult process of adjusting to Freedom after 14 i months in Cap the team included nearly a dozen state department who arrived at the nearby Amelia Earhart hotel during the former Secretary of state Cyrus Vance has been named As the top state department representative to Greet the hos two psychiatrists and a psychologist from the army 97th general Hospital in Frankfurt were among the group assigned to help the at the service members and their families tied yellow ribbons to the Trees around the compound and on the hos Pital German traffic who control the superhighway Between Rhei main a and the Wiesbaden said that the Auto Bahn would not be sealed off for the motor special traffic escorts will be used in speeding the motorcade directly to the hos Pital grounds in about 25 Miles a spokesman said the police will treat it As we did the earlier hostage when we sent two officially marked cars and one unmarked to accompany the bus unless the officials at Lindsey air station ask for word was awaited throughout the Day monday for the notice of the settlement came on the 443rd Day of the president Carters last full Day in the 52 include Marine Diplo communications specialists and teachers and a the youngest is 20 and the oldest the a reported that the agreement freeing the hostages was signed for the at monday in Algiers by Christo at the ceremony in the algerian foreign ministry before a group of Christopher told Mohamed Alge Rian foreign minister 1 would like to take this Opportunity on behalf of president Carter and All the peo ple of the United states to thank your government and especially for undertaking the difficult role of intermediary Between the United states and Christopher told be Yahia the Ameri can people will always remember this contribution to humanitarian matters by the algerian people and their Christopher spoke in his statement of initiating the documents in diplomatic parlance that meant signing the three documents were one of three one of seven and the third of about 10 in the predawn hours Christo Pher received authorization from the presi Dent and Secretary of state Edmund mus Kie to exercise full Powers in initiating the who was dispatched from Washington to Algiers on 8 for the said at one Point in the pre Dawn this is a very Happy at another Point he looked up at the Moon in an otherwise pitch Lack sky and Nice int it the two air Algeria Boeing 727 jetliners assigned to pick up the hostages landed at Ankara Ese Boga Airport monday morn Ingen route to they were refuelled and took off two hours a Boeing 727 can carry 161 passengers and seven Crew when news of the agreement was first received from the president and other administration officials were preparing to Fly to West Germany to Greet the captives after their but Carters Hopes for a visit to the former hostages be fore his term ended tuesday at noon was dashed by continued delays in the release Carter appeared in the White House press room at est monday after the signing in he said a few documents were still to be signed before any Money was actually transferred and the hostages were Carter following the we will unfreeze and Transfer a major part of the assets that were Frozen by me after the hostages were seized on 4 the agreement had been signed in Teh ran and was then flown to where the document was initiated by on monday afternoon the associated press quoted an algerian government spokesman As saying the United states has agreed to restore the financial position of insofar As to that which existed prior to the algerian statement said that the United states pledges that it and from now on will the policy of the United states not to directly or indirect politically or in Iran internal vice president Walter inter viewed sunday on abcs issues and an denied that the Deal amounts to the United states paying we Are not paying a dime of american Money for the return of these he the iranians Are not receiving any thing that is ours this is their Money that we have Frozen that we will be re turning to it was reported on Tehran radio that a team of algerian doctors began examining the hostages monday also in officials closed off the Tehran and a Tehran television station said it was asked by the government to Send film screws to the Airport and the Nabavi said the americans would be Al Lowed to leave As soon As Algeria officially informs us that our deposits and Gold confiscated by the government have been deposited in a third country Central Bank on the algerian governments the Money Transfer involved nothing More than punching a few buttons at Banks in new but Treasury department spokesman Joseph Laitin said one problem was that Iran had not sent the proper papers to the Bank of the a the Bank of England was acting As financial intermediary in the Central Europe forecast for tuesday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with Brief periods of partly Cloudy occasional Light Snow showers or rain showers will decrease from the extreme North and South areas will experience occasional Snow or High temperatures 28 34 lows Sunset tuesday will be at with Sunrise wednesday at the Outlook for wednes Day Calls for Little change with morning tog and Only widely scattered Snow Shower temperatures will be slightly temperatures recorded monday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm r 46 48 r 32 38 m 36 41 m 41 43 p 52 54 p 27 48 m 30 39 r 30 38 s 27 320 m 45 46 m 4 41 m 34 45 s 25 27 r 32 36 fair partly a mostly Cloudy of fog brain weather so