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...second document, a cable signed by Secretary of State Vance to Laingen last July, also discussed "the Shah's desire to reside in the U.S." It asked Laingen what effect this might have on the safety of Americans in Iran and on U.S. relations with the Iranian government, particularly if the Shah were to renounce the throne and agree to abstain from all political activity while living in the U.S. Vance added: "We understand the key to minimizing the impact of the Shah's mission would be in Bazargan and the [Iranian] government's willingness and ability in such...
...continuing guerrilla war in Kurdistan would be disastrously expensive for Tehran and agreed to send four Cabinet ministers to negotiate with the Kurdish rebels. Khomeini said last week that he wanted the mission to continue. But the danger is that, with Bazargan gone, hard liners on the Revolutionary Council might be tempted to try for a quick military solution, thereby inflaming the Kurds once more. That in turn could lead to interference by neighboring Iraq, which has a substantial and equally restless Kurdish population...
...government has seized upon, it is the Shah, whom they consider to be murderous. When the U.S. let him in, even for humanitarian reasons, it was almost predictable that there would be a tremendous reaction in Iran." In Bill's view, many Iranians still fear that the Shah might be attempting a comeback, with covert U.S. assistance. "To us that seems ridiculous," says Bill, "but we are dealing with Iranians and their perceptions of reality." Indeed the question of the Shah's admission to the U.S. is a contentious issue among Americans as well as Iranians; some argue that...
...quickly ruled out a Mayaguezor Entebbe-style attack as impractical under the circumstances. Nor did the Administration have the option of undertaking any kind of covert action inside Iran that might have tempered the situation. When the Shah fell last January, most of the U.S. intelligence apparatus in Iran fell along with him. Confessed one Washington official: "We have reviewed our assets and our options, and they are precious...
...mission did not go well. Fearful of jeopardizing the P.L.O.'s close ties with Khomeini, Sayel announced that he would not be a mediator after all, because the "situation is only related to the revolution in Iran." Some P.L.O. leaders implied that, in the end, Arafat himself might be willing to go to Tehran to try his luck with the stubborn Iranians...