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Jimmy Carter: “The international crisis created by the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran and the taking of Americans hostage…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1981
The international crisis created by the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran and the taking of Americans hostage overshadowed much of the 34th General Assembly.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Participation in the United Nations Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report

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