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...stuffy White House briefing room, George Bush sparred with the hostage tar baby last Thursday, anguish shadowing his eyes at each of a dozen questions that have no satisfactory answers. Does the situation look brighter? "I welcome the release of ((Robert)) Polhill and ((Frank)) Reed," Bush answered. "But I can't rejoice and say that my heart is full of great goodwill as long as six others are held hostage...
...failure to act brings criticism. John Root, a young New York City lawyer whose wife perished on Pan Am Flight 103, a bombing with a suspected link to Tehran, was incensed to hear Bush's "thanks" to Iran and Syria for their help in freeing Polhill and Reed. Thanks for a tiny lapse from barbarism? "We can't go by the Marquis of Queensberry rules," says Root, although he acknowledges sympathy for Bush and his impossible equation...
Bush fights with himself. Compromise and accommodation are in his nature. He has fought off aides who whispered that the men who maneuvered for the release of Polhill and Reed must show they can get something in return. Bush has spawned what is now called the "no-deal deal." This includes his vague thanks, subtle pressure on Israel to release Shi'ite prisoners, hints that $1 billion of frozen Iranian assets will be freed faster. The U.S. will increase its efforts to learn the fate of four Iranians who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982. There is more imagery and body...
...Washington Bush meticulously designed a low-key White House meeting with Polhill, who had asked to see the President. There was to be only one photo opportunity; private talk, no press conferences. The coincidental release of Reed changed the script, and Bush felt compelled to surface for reporters with Polhill and give his thanks...
...Jeanne- Marie North, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Audrey Ball, Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Rosemary Byrnes, Val Castronovo, Nancy McD. Chase, Oscar Chiang, John E. Gallagher, Lois Gilman, Tam Martinides Gray, Georgia Harbison, Michael P. Harris, Anne Hopkins, JoAnn Lum, Katherine Mihok, Adrianne Jucius Navon, Nancy Newman, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Zona Sparks, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Susanne Washburn (Senior Staff); Elizabeth L. Bland, Kathleen Brady, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Nelida Gonzalez Cutler, Sally B. Donnelly, Andrea Dorfman, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Mary McC. Fernandez, Cassie T. Furgurson, David M. Gross, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac...