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Jimmy Carter: We hope that the commission will, as the Secretary-General has said, achieve an early resolution of the crisis between…

On the recordFebruary 19, 1980
We hope that the commission will, as the Secretary-General has said, achieve an early resolution of the crisis between our two countries, which requires the release of the hostages.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Iran White House Statement on the Establishment of the Commission

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