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Article: BUSH ENTICES IRAN TO AID WITH HOSTAGE RELEASE.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 12, 1991
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Byline: John E. Yang Washington Post
President Bush on Sunday praised Iran for its help in the release of Edward Tracy and pressed the Tehran government for the freedom of the remaining Western hostages held in Lebanon, holding out better relations with the United States as a possible reward.
Bush's remarks, made during a brief news conference, reflected the administration's belief that Iran could use its influence to release the 10 remaining Western hostages and that the flurry of activity over the last four days - in which a British and an American hostage were freed and a Frenchman was kidnapped and then released - could be the beginning of a Middle ...