Word: shahs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vocal group of the Shah's friends approached Vance and Brzezinski repeatedly and on occasion appealed directly to me. They had an ally in Zbig, but could not convince me or Cy. Each time, we explained the potential danger to those Americans still in Iran, emphasizing that the Shah had been living comfortably in Morocco, the Bahamas and now Mexico. Each time, they went away partially mollified, only to return again. Some were merely representing the Shah's interests, while others, like Zbig, thought we must show our strength and loyalty to an old friend even...
...Shah settled upon the Bahamas but later complained about the high prices and moved on to Mexico. Despite his great wealth, he seemed obsessed with the belief that people were trying to cheat him. He still wanted to come to the U.S., where he had some enthusiastic advocates. Henry Kissinger called to ask me to let the Shah come to the U.S. David Rockefeller came to visit, apparently to try to induce me to let the Shah come into our country. Rockefeller, Kissinger and my National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, seemed to be adopting this as a joint project...
Predictably, our embassy people in Iran recommended against our inviting the Shah to the U.S. We had already reduced our Tehran diplomatic staff to fewer than 75, vs. 1,100 before the revolution began. We had also completely revamped the embassy's security features, and were convinced
...that with the support of the host government, our people would be safe. However, the staffs recommendation confirmed my own decision to continue moving Americans out of Iran and to let the Shah stay in Mexico...
...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...