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...obvious to me that the Revolutionary Council would never act and that the hostages were not going to be released. I decided to act. On April 11, my top advisers and I went over the rescue plans again. In the Cabinet Room with me were Mondale, Brown, Brzezinski, Christopher, Central Intelligence Director Stansfield Turner, General David Jones, Hamilton Jordan and Jody Powell. (Vance was on a brief and much needed vacation.) Because the militants had threatened to "destroy all the hostages immediately" if any additional moves against them should be launched, we had to plan any action with the utmost...
...Brown to Brzezinski: "I think we have an abort situation. One helicopter at Desert One has hydraulic problem. We thus have less than the minimum six to go." C-130s to be used to extract. Request decision on mission termination from the President literally within minutes [because of the importance of completing the operation at night...
...President, after obtaining a full report from Brzezinski, requests full information from Brown and Jones and specifically the recommendation from the ground commander. [Beckwith and Vaught in Egypt both recommended termination, complying with the plan requiring a minimum of six helicopters...
...where he had some enthusiastic advocates. Henry Kissinger called to ask me to let the Shah come to the U.S. David Rockefeller came to visit, apparently to try to induce me to let the Shah come into our country. Rockefeller, Kissinger and my National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, seemed to be adopting this as a joint project...
...President, and I recalled that earlier that evening when I had wanted to see Sadat, his aides told me that he had retired early and could not be disturbed. In the middle of the night, about 4 a.m., I got up, talked to the Secret Service agents and to Brzezinski, and directed that security around Sadat's cottage be strengthened and kept alert. Later, my concerns seemed groundless, but at the same time, I was greatly relieved to see Sadat in good shape the next...