09/11/1980
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"I've just seen the brief tape and we got a message this morning from the Algerians that they have seen all 52 hostages and that they all seemed to be well."
"But what they need is freedom."
"they seemed to be doing fairly well."
"It is now known where all 49 of them were, at least at the one time this week, and we believe that they were observed where they are staying."