![]() ![]() When word reached the White House, the moment was celebrated with champagne toasts. In the lengthy detailed clauses there was one giving both the United States and Iran 72 hours to change their minds.Īll of this signaled hectic activity at The White House, as Christopher signed the documents at 3:30 am Eastern time. Algeria was to certify the safe release of the hostages and guarantee the transfer of Iranian assets. later, an Algerian interpreter read out the complex legal documents Christopher initialed and signed on behalf of President Carter. The signing ceremony was a low-key end to months of negotiations, the last being 12 days in Algiers and no sleep for the last 48 hours for Warren Christopher. It was done first by Iranian officials in Tehran, and then by Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher in Algiers. In any case, the United States and Iran, earlier on this morning, signed an agreement for the hostage release. ![]() Last minute hitches delayed takeoff, and further reports said the delay would take at least another two hours, as of news time. Reports, conflicting reports – last word was the hostages were on the plane, but it hadn’t left the ground. With agreements signed and handshakes given, all that was left was word the 52 American hostages were safely on the plane, leaving Iranian airspace and heading home.īut even that was a nail-biter. And it was spent on pins and needles, waiting for word on the pending hostage release from Tehran on this, their 443rd day of captivity since the odyssey began. ![]() Janu– The last full day in the White House for Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter – waiting for the on-again/off-again word. ![]()
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