Word: cy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pete Vuckovich of the Brewers won the Al Cy Young Award...
...heard about the Shah's illness. In his evening report Vance noted that David Rockefeller had sent his personal physician to Mexico and that if the Shah's ailments were serious we might be asked to admit him for treatment. Cy added, "Our charge d'affaires [Bruce Laingen] in Tehran says local hostility toward the Shah continues and that the augmented influence of the clerics might mean an even worse reaction than would have been the case a few months ago, if we were to admit the Shah-even for humanitarian purposes...
...Cy received another report from Rockefeller telling us the Shah was quite ill with a disease difficult to diagnose and to treat. Some of the doctors suspected cancer. The physicians wanted to bring the Shah to Cornell University Medical Center in New York City An eminent Columbia Medical School professor was to see the Shah on Oct. 18 and then consult with the State Department medical director before making a joint recommendation to Vance about what treatment the Shah required...
...Cy explained this to me on Oct. 18 and added, "If we permit the Shah to come to the U.S. for treatment, we would want to inform the Iranians that we were doing so for humanitarian purposes and to leave open any question of future residence." In the margin I wrote "O.K." and returned a copy of the document to Vance...
...following morning, a Friday, Cy made it obvious that he was prepared to admit the Shah for medical reasons. I was now the lone holdout...