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Mayer called for the oil-producing nations to "make a special effort to help fellow Moslem countries--Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia," and said the Soviet Union should disclose its grain reserves...
Iran today has a unique position in the world: it is a Moslem nation but not an Arab one. For that reason, the Shah was not invited to last week's summit conference of Arab leaders in Rabat (see following story). Yet it plays a key role in the power politics of the Middle East, without being directly involved in the struggles between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Iran has a proud past and almost unlimited future potential, which the Shah intends to develop with his new-found oil wealth. Within the councils of OPEC, he has consistently argued...
...Empress of a predominantly Moslem nation, Farah is proud of the strides that Iran is making in establishing equal rights for women. One of her proudest moments came when the Shah dispatched her on an official trip to Peking two years ago at a time when Iran was moving to strengthen diplomatic relations. Farah interpreted the Shah's entrustment of such a sensitive mission to her as evidence of his commitment to a new role for women outside the home. What about becoming regent? "I don't want to think about it, but sometimes I do," she told...
...former Bombay coolie who over the past 20 years has parlayed his 390-a-day wages into a $13 million empire and a reputation as the king of Indian smugglers. Mastaan likes to wear Western-style clothes topped with a white silk turban, gives generously to both Moslem mosques and Hindu temples, and by his own account has bought politicians of every party and persuasion. Though arrested several times before, until now he has beaten every rap that was ever brought against him, including a murder charge...
...from Washington last week for a seven-day journey of mediation through the Middle East, his sixth such trek in the past two years. Kissinger reached Cairo on the first leg of his flight to seven capitals (the others: Damascus, Amman, Jerusalem, Riyadh, Algiers and finally Rabat) during the Moslem penitential month of Ramadan. The Secretary of State was unable to meet with fasting President Anwar Sadat until after sundown; Kissinger thus had to while away several hours sightseeing. As he flew out of Cairo, a Secret Service agent's submachine gun-an Israeli-made Uzi-fell from...