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Date: 20 January 1981

By Jonathan Friendly

Jonathan Friendly

At first, the American Embassy in Algiers told reporters and photographers trying to cover the hostage negotiations that they would have to wait outside in the street. But the crush of 160 reporters caused such traffic jams that the officials finally relented and let them into the compound, issuing them swimming pool access cards as passes. The press officer at Rhein-Main Air Base had 560 names on her list of accredited reporters on hand by Saturday morning, with more coming. Among them are three reporters from The Los Angeles Times, two men and one woman, who were still trying to figure out how they would share the one hotel room they had been able to find.

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News Analysis

Date: 20 January 1981

By Richard J. Meislin, Special To the New York Times

Richard Meislin

Just when the Legislature may have thought it knew the budget game, Governor Carey has changed the rules. The underlying message that Mr. Carey sent to the Legislature today in submitting the annual budget for approval was the same as last year's: austerity in state spending for all but the most critical government services. But unlike last year's budget, which made virtually no political concessions to the Legislature, today's $16.2 billion spending plan included almost irresistible programs to take over local Medicaid costs and to add strength to the state's beleaguered criminal justice system. It also put before the legislators the possibility of new tax cuts at the state level for businesses and individuals and lower property taxes at the local level, eventually - but only if the Legislature goes along with new limits on state and local spending and most of the rest of the Governor's plans. This type of compliance, the Governor's aides acknowledge, would also do a good deal for Mr. Carey's expected run for re-election next year.

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LEADER OF IRAN'S NEGOTIATING TEAM

Date: 20 January 1981

By William G. Blair, Special To the New York Times

William Blair

The key Iranian in the negotiations to free the American hostages has been a 38-year-old bearded revolutionary with a background in law, literature and electrical engineering. Early yesterday in Teheran, Behzad Nabavi, the chief Iranian negotiator, seemed to signal the end of the long hostage ordeal by announcing that ''the U.S. Government has finally accepted all the terms'' of the Iranian Government. But today, in a swing that has characterized the talks, he announced through the official Pars press agency that Iran had received an unexpected appendix to the agreement from the United States that he described as ''an underhanded maneuver for delaying the final solution to the problem.'' Behzad Nabavi (whose name is pronounced BAY-zahd nah-BAH-vee) stepped into the limelight of the hostage talks early last November after the Iranian Parliament set forth its initial conditions for the Americans' release.

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News Summary; MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1981

Date: 19 January 1981

International The United States agreed on freedom for the 52 American hostages, a senior White House official said, but an announcement of the accord still awaited final word from Teheran. He said that despite the statement by Iran's chief negotiator that an accord had been reached, Iran had not yet notified Algerian intermedidaries of the its acceptance of the final texts of the agreement. (Page A1, Column 6.) An accord on unfreezing Iran's assets was reached early yesterday between the United States and Iran, banking sources said. Iran has agreed to immediately pay almost all its loans from American banks when its assets in the United States are released, the sources said. (A1:1.)

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News Summary; TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1981

Date: 20 January 1981

The Hostages The hostages' freedom was delayed by objections raised in Teheran over a reported appendix that American bankers added to the hostagerelease agreement announced by the United States and Iran. Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie confirmed that there was a agreement, but he believed that it could be resolved by noon today, before the Carter Administration formally leaves office. Bankers and Administration officials described the appendix as a ''routine'' instrument of the accord. (Page A1, Column 6.) An unexpected American demand delayed the release of the hostages, according to Behzad Nabavi, Iran's chief negotiator. He said that Algerian intermediaries had given Iran an appendix to the AmericanIranian agreement, drawn up by American banks and aimed at forcing Iran to drop claims to certain of its assets. He described the new condition as ''an underhanded maneuver for delaying the final solution to the problem.'' (A1:5.)

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The Best and Worst of Men's Tennis Tour; News Analysis

Date: 20 January 1981

By Neil Amdur

Neil Amdur

The Volvo Masters, which wound up Sunday at Madison Square Garden, spotlighted some of the best and worst aspects of the men's professional tennis tour. Thursday night's three-set match between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe was as exhilarating as any of the 19,103 spectators could have asked. Besides a tiebreaker playoff, which Borg won, 7 points to 2, his having been penalized 2 points for delaying the match, which helped McEnroe win the second-set tiebreaker, might have been one of the more inglorious moments of his career. ''I think the match had everything, from bad calls to great points,'' Borg said after having eliminated McEnroe, his keenest rival on the tour, from the round-robin event.

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ALGERIANS IN HOSTAGE TALKS: 3 ASTUTE DIPLOMATS WHO ARE RISING STARS AT HOME

Date: 19 January 1981

By Robert D. McFadden

Robert

Throughout the delicate diplomacy to free the hostages, the three Algerians who have served as intermediaries between the United States and Iran cultivated a low public profile, seemingly reluctant to appear as anything more than message-carriers. But all three - Redha Malek, Algeria's Ambassador to Washington; Abdelkarim Gheraieb, the Ambassador to Teheran, and Mohammed Seghier Mostefai, the governor of the Algerian central bank - are known among diplomats as astute and gifted functionaries of Algeria's 18-year-old single-party, socialist Government. Mr. Malek, a career diplomat who was a key figure in Algeria's war of independence from France, and Mr. Gheraieb, a largely selfeducated diplomat, were drawn into the hostage negotiations early last November, when the Iranian Parliament put forward a settlement proposal and asked Algeria to provide intermediary services. Mr. Mostefai, who also came to prominence during Algeria's struggle for independence, joined the intermediary team later in November when it became clear that the talents of a widely respected economist would be needed in negotiations that would ultimately involve the transfer of billions of dollars.

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Raiding the Raiders

Date: 19 January 1981

Last Thursday, a photographer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Vicki Valerio, showed up at the Oakland Raiders training site and was greeted by a comment from Lester Hayes, the Raiders star defensive back: ''Oh, a spy.'' He was kidding. The Raiders don't. It is an Oakland policy that the news media representatives from the city of the opponent are not allowed at Raider practice sessions. Other news media members are, and several were on hand last week as the Raiders began their Super Bowl preparations. The opponents' media, in this case Philadelphians, are allowed to interview players, take photos and so on, but not at practice. As it was made clear to Miss Valerio by the Oakland publicist, John Herrera: ''Take it up with the owner. Anybody's who's from the city of the team we're playing can't get into practice. It's been that way for 21 years.''

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FEW PUBLISHERS PLANNING BOOKS ON THE HOSTAGES

Date: 20 January 1981

By Edwin McDowell

Edwin McDowell

The returning hostages are the focus of national attention, but book publishers are guessing that few Americans will want to know more about the hostages than what they read in the newspapers or see on television. As a result, few of them are planning books about the hostages, either ''instant'' paperbacks or hard-cover editions. ''Stories like that are so well covered by the news media we don't see much sense in turning things upside down to get out an instant book,'' Leona Nevler, publishing director of Fawcett Books, said, expressing a common industry viewpoint. At least two publishers disagree, however. The Rutledge Press, a New York subsidiary of a British conglomerate, expects to publish two editions of a book about the hostages by Jan. 28, 350,000 copies of a 192-page $4.95 paperback and 50,000 hard-cover books at $8.95. They will be being published in conjunction with The Associated Press. Peter Costa, a senior editor of United Press International, said U.P.I. ''has a few publishers interested'' in a similar book.

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MEDIA HOSTAGES

Date: 20 January 1981

By Stanley H. Cath

Stanley Cath

From the day that Iran seized the Americans, news coverage has profoundly affected the hostages and their families, and will continue to do so when the hostages return home. The extraordinary invasion of the privacy of the hostages' wives, children, and friends speaks to the nature of the news media's sensitivity - and insensitivity - to the personal nature of the hostages' and hostage families' experience. Many families have been besieged with requests to reveal their ''innermost thoughts,'' and some reporters have sought out psychiatrists and self-appointed experts to delve further into the hostages' and families' private lives. No responsible psychiatrist should risk foolhardiness by commenting publicly on the psychological turmoil and adaptability of an individual he has not met or on that of a family he does not know. Let there be no doubt: Anyone who claims to know what or how the hostages are thinking or feeling is guessing. For the hostages and their families, the stakes of this guessing game are too high.

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