Word: informant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...convenes in the Cabinet Room to work on necessary notifications and statements. [I sat alone in my small office, listing everything I needed to do to prevent any harm to our hostages, to protect our agents in Tehran, to notify leaders of other nations in the area and to inform some American leaders and later the general public. First, we had to get our rescue team out of Iran, undetected if possible...
...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...
...happened that Henry Precht, the State Department s Director for Iranian Affairs, was in Iran with Laingen at the time. They were instructed to inform Bazargan and Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yazdi of the Shah's condition, tell them of our possible plans to provide treatment for him and seek their assistance. The next day I received a message from Laingen. He had told the two top Iranian officials that neither the Shah nor his wife would be involved in political activities while in the U.S., and asked for a guarantee of protection for American citizens in Iran. They...
That afternoon, as I bade goodbye to my Cabinet, Muskie brought more bad news. Christopher, normally an optimist, was discouraged because the Algerians' sense of urgency seemed to have vanished. We decided that Christopher should inform Benyahia that our authority would expire at noon the next day; his plane should stand by for his departure from Algiers at that time. We hoped this order would impress on the Algerians and the Iranians that there was a deadline: noon, Tuesday, Jan. 20. After that, neither Christopher nor I could speak for the U.S., and the entire negotiations might have...
Unfortunately, these politicians sometimes disregard the rights of their supporters--failing to inform them of their positions on the issues. As the November 2nd election approaches. Tip O'Neil continues to refuse to debate his opponent. Frank McNamara. As a concerned voter, I want to exercise my right to hear each candidate's position on the issues...