Yes, but that was because Reagan made it very clear to them that he was going to do whatever it took to get those people released . . . unlike turn the nation's other cheek, Jimmy. They decided -- rightly so -- that Reagan was not bluffing.
Bear in mind that I should have liked Jimmy as president since back then I was a Democrat and -- like Jimmy himself -- a submariner. But we couldn't get vital replacement parts for systems because Democrat Jimmy was starving the military to shovel money into pet liberal projects and to BUY good will abroad.