CIA REPORTEDLY THOUGHT SOME HOSTAGES WOULD HAVE DIED IN RESCUE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R000500140012-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: January 1, 1980
• Content Type: PREL

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-S NOUGHT WE
rL+!ii ELtL 1 t NLi ~i ! j W!'!E
__ iRGE-. WOULD HAVE DIED IN RESCUE
:}j!! FRANCISCO (RP) - THE CENTRAL
y: T' --r 2.2 FF. r2- rV -r:Irtt rr. THAT
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY L'LLL?LL2 .!HIS
rr rHOSTAGES -
60 PERCENT OF THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN _RAN WOULD ? : ~i: ??LrD , ?? HAitttE SEEM KILLED LLLLt r. OR
it 1 ['? PRESIDENT 1r. _~?i'i+l CARTER'S F. i:LSLU -}!C Y F tL-i-:lt fi t:r: CARRIED WAS r r.Rr. IrLr, OUT n.: r *LfllY tt ttYir-r.r.L:
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WOUNDED
KCSS RADIO REPORTED.
THE t - LSLL_NE r_WS : I - ---t1IONS QUOTING ~ A SOURCE i I I T-' SAID HAS r BEEN "ACCURATE
D EEIN L: EVERY DETAIL - - SO FAR. . SAID ~ t TL r. t:t}jr,n i E7i ti.rr.rRL t witnP. F A r. S4iu " REPORT SAYING
n 1160 PERCENT OF THE AMERICAN CAPTIVES WERE LIKELY TO BE KILLED OR
WOUNDED EVEN IF THE ASSAULT HAD GONE OFF AS PLANNED.';
"IL SPOKESMAN iT IN i } WASHINGTON ! WHO WAS r ? ii-OT IDENTIFIED DECLINED
! f CIA !
COMMENT ON THE STORY.
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THOUGH THE JOINT :I'iTiE rF-C i_ -r - S!-F-! REPORTEDLY WERE s--ERE GIVEN THE tt GIVEN TCI?!
r. r. DOCUMENT.
HE L?.LU BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FREE ALL THE
HOSTAGES -T i:HE SAME TIME ?r BECAUSE T:fltr?.i: WERE FiLrr.R_ r 1T yt.'s : SMALL t?rSr.t ? GROUPS t
AT THE :r:L Tirr IIN DIFFERENT AREAS .Jr THE r C?';L:-iS--I Clj - ?tM-.P.?itt}tN'0r.: . Y' !?sl?3;t?- _ Sri P.iTr. IT TOLD r. L?r.?I !
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SOURCE. THE DOCUMENT SAID THAT IF SOME 'jr THE HOSTAGES HAD SEEN FREED
OTHERS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN BEEN ry: L:??L' :r=L-..it-.rLr.i THE SOURCE SAID.
N URRENCY
THE U. +s MILITARY MEN CARRIED MORE THAN ?'? MILLION IN *S.Y LION IN IRANIAN CURRENCY
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f ~i LOAL PRR I iANs i '. S I R iN - CLAIMED.
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PENTAGON OFFICIALS r.Er~ REFUSED r. COMMENT - r. ON ! ? r REPORT. THE CIA ! HAS NOT
BEEN F ICIALL1 LINKED WITH THE RSORTED RESCUE PLAN,
WHITE --ii-=-G PRESS S 'L?i ~ r.rr.r.._- -~TLr.=-irr'rY.?i i. r.?.t ti?ii?:lirLL x DENIED i!i IiRSHI Y 3 Lift 311111
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r r- -P.I- ?=-R r. F. - r. t !'iti_i FOLLOW ADVICE : . ? FROM HIS !'F r. -._'t!'i r? ? ? rITr ttI?LTLi-~r1r.r.?=r PLANNERS.
1 T "AT NO TIME DID THE PRESIDENT DENY OR FAIL TO CONCUR 114 1114T
- SUGGESTION FROM ! THE MILITARY rLi:l~i~3=.-r FOR rOR THE REQUISITE AMOUNT Ur.
St~ ! '-OF
FORCE OR CAPABILITY WITH rr rir ! ~i -.U r. TO FIREPOWER F. OR TRANSPORTS" OW iEr tL
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