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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1981)
Iran 'generally’ accepts terms From Associated Press Reports A top Iranian official said Wednesday that Iran has “generally” accepted the latest, still secret proposals for resolving the 14-month-old hostage crisis. But U S. officials said important issues remained unresolved. The statement by chief Iranian hostage negotiator Behzad Nabavi, elaborating on sketchy remarks Tuesday by Iran’s prime minister, seemed to confirm that some progress, perhaps significant, had been made toward end ing the U.S.-lranian deadlock. Urgent messages flashed back and forth across the Atlantic late Tuesday to clarify some items in the new plan. But details of the proposals remained undisclosed, and cautious officials on both sides refrained from saying a breakthrough was at hand. “The process aimed at release of our hos tages continues but a number of important ques tions remain to be solved,” State Department spokesman John H. Trattner said in Washington. Another U S. official said, however, that agreement had been reached on some "basic principles.” Iran is prepared to revise its demand that the United States put $24 billion in cash and gold in Algeria’s central bank to guarantee even tual compliance with Iran’s financial demands, said this official, who requested anonymity. Since last weekend, Algerian diplomats act ing as go-betweens in the crisis have been discussing the latest proposals with Iranian leaders in Tehran. The Algerians had conferred for five days last week with U S. officials in an effort to find acceptable alternatives to Iran’s $24-billion plan. On Tuesday, Iranian Prime Minister Moham mad Ali Rajai said Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had authorized acceptance of a proposal from Algeria "to solve our problem with the United States.” At a Tehran news conference Wednesday, Nabavi, who is minister of state for executive affairs, said the Algerians had made a new proposal involving unspecified guarantees. “This subject has been studied and has been agreed upon generally,” he said Nabavi's remarks left the nature of the “guarantees” unclear. At one point, he also said, "The Algerian government has said in its proposal that it is ready to accept the undertakings of both sides, in other words Iran and the United States can empower the Algerian government with their undertakings." Later, official Tehran Radio said, "In these proposals, the Algerian government is prepared to obtain a guarantee from the Iranian and U S. governments." !"s c 81-82 Financial Aid Applicants: You must act now, but don't risk critical ERRORS! 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The state of the current bud get "is far worse today than we thought even in October,” Reagan’s budget director designate Rep. David A. Stock man, R-Mich., said after he and other chief economic advisers met with Reagan. Stockman said the task of bringing federal spending under control “is going to be even greater than we expect ed." He added that the advisers still believe they can cut 2 per cent from the 1981 budget and balance future budgets if Reagan’s tax cut plan goes into effect. Stockman said the advisers and Reagan discussed the state of the economy and their ideas for improving economic condi tions and cutting federal spend ing. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Stockman and Donald T. Regan, treasury ,25% OFF Jan. II 2ale FABRIC* corduroy; V&lvtie4-rtj S4+in? waoJ> terry cbth, Me/our Patterns, thr't^J, laces CLOTHES * Dresses, SHirff^ 5busty Pant* ii mortli . (22*/e Off Per tneltt <&*!*) 2W! 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