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...TIME: Bruce Laingen was the top American diplomat held hostage in Iran in 1979-80. And he has publicly raised a question in connection with your visit: What does the government of Iran owe the American hostages? And he's not talking about money. Morally...
...ceremony naming the latest nuclear submarine the U.S.S. Jimmy Carter. As Dalton so aptly put it, Carter is like a submarine in that he runs "silent but deep." It's a pity that many of our leaders these days are just the opposite, loud and shallow. PENELOPE B. LAINGEN Bethesda...
...also depends on the physical and psychological resources hostages bring to the ordeal. Youth is an advantage in weathering physical hardships. More crucial, however, are a person's emotional and intellectual traits. "It really depends on what you came in with, what your life experience has been," stresses Bruce Laingen, who a decade ago was held hostage in Iran for 444 days. "Human beings are like tea bags. You don't know your own strength until you get into hot water...
...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...
...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...