Word: sullivans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ambassador William H. Sullivan "relayed to the government in Iran our intentions to maintain diplomatic control relations with that government," State Department spokesman Hodding Carter III said yesterday. "This is the formal declaration that our relations do continue...
...Khomeini regime not freed Sullivan and the other hostages, the U.S. government might have had to take military action to protect the Americans, a U.S. official said...
TEHRAN--Guerillas firing automatic weapons stormed the U.S. Embassy in downtown Tehran today, wounding two Marine guards and taking Ambassador William H. Sullivan and 101 other Americans hostage before forces of the new Iranian government rescued the Americans after a 3 1/2-hour gun battle...
...spokesman commended the Khomeini regime for acting quickly to free Ambassador Sullivan and the others and added that Assad Homayoun, the head of the Iranian embassy in Tehran, telephoned assurances from the Khomeini government that the army would protect the Americans...
Belatedly changing a long-held policy of the U.S. embassy in Iran, Ambassador Sullivan has encouraged his subordinates to open a dialogue with the Khomeini forces. U.S. diplomats have initiated contacts with a number of the Ayatullah's key aides, both in France and Iran. By and large, they have been well received by Khomeini's representatives, who have stressed that it was not too late to repair relations between the Shilte leader and the U.S. Mehdi Bazargan, a Khomeini adviser in Tehran with broad political experience who is often mentioned as a potential government leader, emphasized to U.S. officials...