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IRAN; HE HAS SELECTED FOR THIS PERSONAL APPEAL SOME OF
THOSE WORLD LEADERS WHOSE PRESTIGE AND INFLUENCE TRANSCEND
THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR COUNTRIES AND WHOSE PERSONAL INTER-
VENTION MIGHT HELP INFLUENCE EVENTS IN TEHRAN.
-- EAS APPROPRIATE} WE APPRECIATE THE APPEALS YOU HAVE
MADE ON OUR BEHALF TO DATE, BUT THE SITUATION REMAINS
UNRESOLVED, CALLING FOR CONTINUING EFFORTS;
-- I WANT TO START WITH A BRIEFING ON THE LATEST DEVELOP-
MENTS REGARDING THE HOSTAGE SITUATION IN TEHRAN. THE
IRANIANS HAVE PROMISED THE RELEASE OF SOME WOMEN AND
BLACKS.
THE REMAINING INCLUDE AMERICANS AND
ASIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE EMBASSY.
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-- THE UNITED STATES HAS NO HIGHER PRIORITY THAN SECURING
THE RELEASE OF THE AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAN;
--WE ARE INTENT ON SECURING THEIR RELEASE THROUGH PATIENT
PERSISTENT DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS AND WILL DO NOTHING TO
ENDANGER THEIR SAFETY;
--
WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS NECESSARY THAT ALL GOVERNMENTS
MAKE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THE VIOLATION OF TRADITIONAL
RIGHTS OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY AND THE ABUSE OF ELEMENTARY
HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES ARE INTOLERABLE;
-- WHAT HAS ARHAPPENED TO THE AMERICANS IN IRAN COULD
HAPPEN TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY STATE IN ANY OTHER
STATE IF THIS PRECEDENT SETTING ACTIVITY IS ALLOWED TO
GO UNCHALLENGED;
-- THE UNITED STATES CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE PRESSURED
INTO ACTION UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES;
-- THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY FOR THE IRANIANS TO
GENERATE UNDERSTANDING FOR THEIR; REVOLUTION:
-- AMERICAN REACTIONS TO DATE HAVE BEEN RESTRAINED AND
WE ARE DETERMINED TO ACT IN THE FUTURE WITH RESTRAINT,
BUT YOU MUST RECOGNIZE THAT PRESSURE IS MOUNTING {WITHIN
THE AMERICAN GOVERN
BUT YOU MUST RECOGNIZE THAT PRESSURE IS MOUNTING AMONG THE
OUTRAGED AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR SOME STRONGER RESPONSE TO
THIS FORM OF TERRORISM:
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This document is a November 17, 1979 cable regarding the hostages in Iran. It was originally attached to a November 19, 1979 Department of State Briefing Memorandum providing an update on the Iran hostage crisis.
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