European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 2, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3all hostages must be freed Bush says Washington apr president Bush is using a Carrot and stick approach to encourage Iran and Syria to help free the six american hostages remaining in Lebanon. A it is joyous news that he a released a Bush said tuesday after educator Frank Reed was released in Beirut Lebanon following 43 months in Captivity. Reed was the second american to be freed in nine Days. Robert Polhill who was held for 39 months was released april 22. Bush said that Polhill had Given him a secret message monday from his captors but refused to comment further on the hostages. Bush praised Syria and Iran for exert ing pressure on the kidnappers. And in a step Likely to be applauded by the two nations the president also gently nudged Israel to release a shiite moslem cleric Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid and others As demanded by a Tehran newspaper As a next step in the process. In the past Israel has freed hundreds of Arab prisoners to attain the release of a handful of israeli captives. Yet Bush also prodded Syria and Iran to work for the release of More hostages emphasizing that they should not expect Normal relations or a vast improvement until All americans Are  a when a step is taken that goes toward that Day when Alt hostages Are re leased i should say a thank you a Quot Bush said. A but beyond that i can to say that i can be Happy. A a in be tried to put myself in the place of the other families and say a hey what about my loved one a so this is a Tough business a the president said. Appearing before a Senate appropriations subcommittee Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii was asked what the United states might be asked to do in return for assistance from Iran and Syria. A i will not comment on what we Are being asked to do directly or indirectly a Baker replied. He went on to say that a your policy is that we should not engage in Deal Mak ing Quot Over hostages. Iran meanwhile said no More americans would be released unless the United states reciprocated with a gesture of Bush soft stated Promise of a Good will begets Good  a now the Ball is in the court of the . And the Western countries Quot said the English language Tehran times considered close to president Hashmi a Sfanjani. Asked if he was ready to make a Goodwill gesture in return for the hostages release Bush said All must be freed. A a we re not in a piecemeal basis bidding for one human life holding out Hopes Only to have them dashed for one american family or another a he  reunited with wife son on 1 St Day of Freedom from Page 1 landed at the Hospital the Crew and Reed saw scores of people waving flags and banners to Welcome the 57-year-old educator to Freedom. A it was pretty touching in there with All those people waving flags a Babine said. A we were All pretty touched by  two White banners stretched across the Hospital proclaimed a Welcome Back to the free world and a Welcome Home or.  As he had done earlier at Rhein main Reed raised his hands in a v sign and blew a kiss to the crowd. Reed was kidnapped in september 1986. He was freed monday by his captors in Beirut and turned Over to syrian troops who drove him to Damascus where he boarded the Green c-141 transport plane that brought him to West Germany. The plane landed about 7 20 . Reed wearing a dark suit and sporting a White Beard stepped from the plane with some difficulty at 7 33 . As his foot hit the red carpet spread on the Asphalt however he straightened and seemed to come to life As if energized by the Bright morning Sun. He walked briskly and unaided past the Honor guard and waved both hands toward the journalists and about 25 onlookers there to watch his arrival. Before stepping into the Van that took him to the helicopter he kissed his right hand and touched it to the ground. There to watch him arrive was Mary Ann Willeford the wife of a major assigned to Rhein main. She was there last week when Robert Polhill arrived after More than three years of Captivity in Lebanon. A and ill be Here every time they come in a she said. A a it a just neat to see them to see them free. In a so excited for  with Willeford was Paula Schwein who was glad she came. A it was wonderful a the lieutenant colonels wife Hospital personnel and spectators cheer the arrival of released american hostage Frank Reed. A amps l. Emmett Lewis or. Said just after Reeds arrival. A the looked pretty Good considering what he a been through a a Little tired and thin  one of the first to Greet him was Alexander Rattray the . Consul general in Frankfurt. He boarded the plane before Reed stepped Down. A i thought he looked in Good spirits. A Little thin and frail a Rattray said. There Are still 16 westerners including six americans held hostage in Lebanon. Rattray who welcomed freed hostage Polhill last week at the air base was asked if head like to make a habit of these appearances a that would be Nice a he said. Contributing to this report staff writer Dave Walczak in Frankfurt Reed led full vigorous life before his abduction by the los Angeles times Washington a before Frank Reed was taken hostage in 1986, he enjoyed a Good life in moslem West Beirut even As a civil War raged around him. An adviser at a private elementary school Reed then 53, was a sociable golfer who made Superb Chili and enjoyed entertaining. He and his wife Fahima a known As fifi a a third Grade teacher at the school had a Cook a Driver and a Penthouse apartment. Shortly before the kidnapping their Only son Tarek had just turned 5, and the Reeds were talking about having a second child. A the loved the climate and the people a David Reed a Baltimore businessman said of his Uncle. A the was Able to use his talents. There was a lot of Opportunity for him to Advance his  Edward Reed Franks older brother by 13 years described Frank As a a rather Happy go Lucky kind of Man. He a the Type of fellow who liked to take some  that Carefree spirit and love of adventure Are what got him into trouble. In the Spring of 1986, Reed temporarily left his family in the moslem Quarter and moved to the Christian area in East Beirut where hostility against americans was not so great. Fifi Reed 39, said in a recent interview that she repeatedly warned her husband that there would be trouble if he ventured Back to their apartment. A but he had so Many lebanese friends a she said. A the thought nobody would Hurt  so for part of the summer of 1986, Reed moved Back to the moslem Quarter. He told his wife that they should begin to think about returning to the United states but for the Lime being he Wasny to worried. No american had been taken hostage for More than a year. Then on a warm afternoon in september 1986, Reed was on his Way to play Golf at a local country club when two gunmen intercepted his car. A caller to a Western news Agency claimed responsibility for the kidnapping saying that Reed was a Cia spy. His family denies that claim and insists that Reed had no interest in politics. Reed was born dec. 3, 1932, in the Boston suburb of Malden where his father Frank Reed sr., owned a leather goods store and his Mother taught elementary school. The Young Reed was the Only one of a set of triplets to survive birth. Reed followed an older brother Edward through Malden Public schools and then attended the University of Maine and northeastern University where he earned degrees in education. He eventually settled in Medford mass., but later moved with his then wife Nancy and their two daughters to nearby Whitefield . There Reed was a school principal. His wanderlust kept him travelling a to the North pole the Jungles of Brazil and the australian Outback. In Whitefield he founded the Admiral Byrd Polar club which sponsored expeditions to Antarctica. After his first marriage broke up Reed left the Boston area. In 1977, he moved to the Middle East where he initially travelled extensively. In letters to his family in Massachusetts he said his Mission was to bring new leaching techniques to the Arab world. A the wanted to train Arab children about the Western Way of life Quot brother Edward said. During an educators training course in Beirut he met Fahima Dalali a Small cheerful syrian woman known As fifi who was 18 years younger than he. Despite her parents objections they married in 1980. Reed a methodist converted to the moslem Faith. He worked for Beirut International College until it was destroyed in a bombing. He then helped found the lebanese International school an elementary school. In May 1988, Jean Paul Kauffman a French hostage who had been freed told fifi Reed of sharing a cell with her husband. After roughly 44 months in Captivity Reed now 57, after enduring his ordeal has achieved what his frail 91-year-old Mother Leota Reed Sprague had so patiently prayed for. Over the weekend Sprague told her grand aught. Or that the Only thing keeping her alive was the Hoe that someday she would see her son again. Now reunion is Only a few Days away