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The actual liberation of all our citizens who were prisoners in Algiers, while it gratifies every feeling of heart, is itself an earnest of a satisfactory termination of the whole negotiation.
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Washington highlights the successful release of American prisoners in Algiers as a positive outcome of negotiations.
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