Jimmy Carter actually said...

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.

Context

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

02/19/1980

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