2021年1月23日发(作者：何美钿)
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Freed American hostage, David Jacobsen, appealed today for the release
of the remaining captives in Lebanon, saying,
we've got to get them home.
Wiesbaden,
West
Germany,
accompanied
by
Anglican
Church
envoy,
Terry Waite, who worked to gain his release. And Waite says his efforts
will
continue.
Jacobsen
had
a
checkup
at
the
air
force
hospital
in
Wiesbaden.
And
hospital
director,
Colonel
Charles
Moffitt
says
he
is
doing well.
he
is
physically
in
very
good
condition.
It
also
seems
that
he
has
dealt
with
the
stresses
of
his
captivity
extremely
well.
Although
Jacobsen
criticized
the
US
government's
handling
of
the
hostage
situation
in
a
videotape
made
during
his
captivity,
today
he
thanked
the
Reagan
Administration
and
said
he
was
darn
proud
to
be
an
American.
The
Reagan
Administration
had
little
to
say
today
about
the
release
of
Jacobsen or the likelihood that other hostages may be freed. Boarding Air
Force One in Las Vegas, the President said,
now.
We've
been
working
on
that.
We've
had
heart-breaking
disappointments.



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Mr. Reagan was in Las Vegas campaigning for Republican candidate, Jim
Santini, who is running behind Democrat, Harry Reed.



In
Mozambique
today
a
new
president
was
chosen
to
replace
Samora
Machel who died in a plane crash two weeks ago. NPR's John Madison
reports:
FRELIMO Party was announced on Mozambique radio this evening. He
is Joaquim Chissano, Mozambique's Foreign Minister, No. 3 in the Party.
Chissano,
who
is
forty-seven,
was
Prime
Minister
of
the
nine-month
transitional
government
that
preceded
independence
from
Portugal
in
1975. He negotiated the transfer of power with Portugal.



This
much
is
clear
tonight:
an
American
held
in
Lebanon
for
almost
a
year
and
a
half
is
free.
David
Jacobsen
is
recuperating
in
a
hospital
in
Wiesbaden,
West
Germany.
Twenty-four
hours
earlier,
Jacobsen
was
released
in
Beirut
by
Islamic
Jihad.
But
this
remains
a
mystery:
what
precisely led to his freedom? Jacobsen will spend the next several days in
the US air force facility in Wiesbaden for a medical examination. Diedre
Barber reports.

After preliminary medical checkups today, David Jacobsen's doctor said
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he was tired but physically in very good condition. US air force hospital
commander, Charles Moffitt, said in a medical briefing this afternoon that
Jacobsen had lost little weight and seemed extremely fit. He joked that he
would not like to take up Jacobsen's challenge to reporters earlier in the
day
to
a
six-mile
jog
around
the
airport.
Despite
his
obvious
fatigue,
Jacobsen spent the afternoon being examined by hospital doctors. He was
also seen by a member of the special stress-management team sent from
Washington. Colonel Moffitt said that after an initial evaluation it seems
as if Jacobsen coped extremely well with the stresses of his captivity. He
said there
was
also no evidence
at
this point
that
the
fifty- five-year-old
hospital director had been tortured or physically abused. Jacobsen seemed
very alert, asking detailed questions about the facilities of the Wiesbaden
medical complex, according to Moffitt.

So far, Jacobsen has refused to answer questions about his five hundred
and
twenty-four
days
as
a hostage.
Speaking briefly
to
reports
after his
arrival
in
Wiesbaden
this
morning,
he
said
his
joy
at
being
free
was
somewhat diminished by his concern for the other hostages left behind.
He thanked the US government and President Ronald Reagan for helping
to secure his release. Jacobsen also gave special thanks to Terry Waite, an
envoy
of
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury,
for
his help
in
the negotiation.
Waite who accompanied Jacobsen from Beirut to Wiesbaden today, said
he
might
be
going
to
Beirut
in
several
days.
There
are
still
seven
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American hostages being held in
Lebanon
by
different
political groups.
Jacobsen will be joined in Wiesbaden tomorrow by his family. Hospital
officials said they still do not know how many days Jacobsen will remain
for tests and debriefing sessions before returning to the United States with
his family. For National Public Radio, this is Diedre Barber, Wiesbaden.


Lesson 2
Iran's
official
news
agency
said
today
former
US
National
Security
Advisor
Robert
McFarlane
and
four
other
Americans
were
jailed
in
Tehran
for
five
days
recently
after
they
arrived
on
a
secret
diplomatic
mission.
The
report
quoted
the
speaker
of
Iran's
parliament
as
saying
President Reagan sent the group to Tehran posing as aircraft crewmen. He
said they carried with them a Bible signed by the President and a cake.
He said the presents were designed to improve relations between the two
countries.
Neither
the
Reagan
Administration
nor
McFarlane
had
any
comment on the report.


There
were
published
reports
in
the
Middle
East
that
hostage
David
Jacobsen was freed as a result of negotiations between the United States
and
Iran.
Asked
about
that
today,
Anglican
Church
envoy
Terry
Waite
said that he didn't want to comment on the political dynamics. But Waite
said he may know within the next twenty-four hours from his contacts if
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he will be returning to Beirut to negotiate the release of more hostages.


Jacobsen was reunited with his family today, but again said his joy could
not
be
complete
until
the
other
hostages
are
freed.
He
appeared
on
the
hospital
balcony
with
his
family
and
talked
with
reporters.
Hospital
director
Colonel
Charles
Moffitt
says
Jacobsen
needs
to
communicate
with people now.
to individual physicians. Once you get him started on a subject, he wants
to talk because he hasn't been able to do that.
good health and will not need followup medical care.


A
low
to
moderate
turnout
is
reported
across
the
nation
so
far
on
this
election day. V
oters are choosing members of the one hundredth Congress,
thirty-four
senators
and
all
four hundred
thirty-five
members
of
the
US
House of
Representatives.
One of the
big
questions is
which Party
will
control the Senate after today's voting.



President Reagan's former National Security Advisor, Robert McFarlane,
and
four other
Americans
may
have
visited
Tehran
recently
on
a secret
diplomatic
mission. Today, on the seventh anniversary of the seizure of
the
US
embassy
in
Tehran,
Iran
Speaker
of
the
Parliament
said
the
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