12/25/1979
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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."
"It's still insulting to see them being held as prisoners."
"they seemed to be doing fairly well."
"It's still imprisonment. They are not free. That's the most important single thing."