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A12 BUFFALD COURIER EXPRESS, Sunday, August 31, 1980 Shah's Memoirs I was touched and grateful that President Nixon and Both are old and treasured * From Page A1 About a month after my departure, the tone of the messages became warmer and they suggested that I could, of course, come to the United States if I were so inclined. But I was no longer so Inclined. How could I go to a place that had undone me? Increasingly, I began to believe that the United States had played a major role in doing just that. THIS BELIEF WaS af- firmed in the weeks and months following my move to the Bahamas. Although my decision to leave Moroc- co and visit the Bahamas had been abrupt, the move went smoothly enough. We found everything had been arranged through my new advisers, former associates of my good friend Nelson Rockefeller. Our vacation home was the comfortable oceanside villa of the chair- man of Resorts Internation al that included a hotel, ten- nis courts and swimming pool. The three-bedroom house was far from lavish, but quite adequate for our needs. I spent much time listen- ing to the depressing news coming over Radio Tehran. Khomeini's revolutionary courts had swung into ac- tion. Every day stories of new atrocities flowed from my country. My friends and colleagues were being ex- ecuted by firing squads. The < Henry Kissinger contacted friends, and their visits ghowed how much they still cared, not only for me $11 more importantly for the problems we had fought ' together for so long to solve. I had long discussions with bath men and found that our » views on geopolitics stHl coincided, as they had dur- ing our common years in power when relations be- tween the United States and Tran were so close.. My friendship with Rich 'ard Nixon dates back to 1953 when he was Dwight Eisen hower's vice president. With regard to foreign affairs, President Nixon has a re- markable vision and under- standing of men and events. His policies of disengage ment in Vietnam and nor- malization of relations with the People's Republic of China were based on reason, common sense and pru- dence. His rigorous conce tion of the balance of world power gave the United States very definite pre- stige. Henry Kissinger is an ac- complished statesman whase breadth of under- standing of American and international affairs is ex- traordinary. Always faithful to his principles, he served his country with an unremit- ting awareness of America's responsibilities for the maintenance of an honora- bie world peace. His supert- or Intellect is complemented by two qualities unfortu- nately lacking in many of that my family was always welcome in the United States and that I could al ways go there for medical treatment But increasingly Washington signaled some dneasiness about my pre- sence. Perhaps that feeling was transmitted to the Ba- hamian government. TEN DAYS BEFORE our visas expired, we learned they would not be renewed. There was no explanation, no expression of regrets and no further discussions with Bahamian officials. British influence in this former territory has re- mained strong, as it has el- sewhere in the crown's colo- nies. I have a long-standing suspicion of British intent and British policy that I have never found reason to alter. With the United States distant and cool, and the British, as always, hostile, Bahamian Prime Minister Pindling wanted me out - despite the enormous sums I spent there for my 10 weeks' stay. Mexico was first on my own list of preferred places of exile. Crash efforts were begun to explore the possi- bility of a Mexican haven. moved two weeks later, heartening. sembled a average Americans me well and help. President Lopez-Portillo, as did a number of other peo- ple, including Carter ad- ministration officials. Two days before our visas ex- pired in the Bahamas we were Invited to visit Mexico. nored. phoma. In the best interests of my country, I had previ- . ously withheld this informa- tion. Recently, I had deve- loped intermittent obstruc- tive jaundice -- the cause of which could not be deter- mined. The question of whether the two conditions were related or not, de- manded sophisticated study and analysis. My physicians at New York Hospital deter- mined that the jaundice was due to gallstones. At 8 a.m. my gallbladder and 83m were surgically removed. A stone was also discovered in my common duct, which was semi-surgically re- Two days after the opera- tion I celebrated my 60th birthday with my family around me and felt myself regaining strength. The out- pouring of affection for me around the world had been rooms re- orist sHop. Thousands of letters ac- cumulated. Many were from offering me THE FRIENDSHIP shown me by American citl- zens has always pleased and amazed me. It is in such stark contrasts to media ac- counts and, alas, govern- ment policy. Demonstra- tions against me, when they occurred, were always mag- nified, while shows of sup- port were dismissed or ig- I remember the protests during my last state visit to the United States in 1977 when about 50 people de- ministration. President Carter never phoned or sent a message, neither did any gained strength, however, a stream of visitors calne to see me, Agusual, little nite, was taken of expressions of support: ore that cheered my staff 'Ifivolved a small Biane flying up 'the East ver floating a streamer that said \Long Live the Shah.\ '~ON NOV. 4, two weeks after: my arrival in New York, militant fanatics in Tehran occupled the U.S. Embassy and seized more than 50 hostages. There -is little I can say about that act of villainy, allegedly committed to \punish\ the United States for offering me a medical haven. Any detailed comment would be inappropriate, even today. Nevertheless, the incident had a~profound impact on my own life. Although Washington still did not communicate with me di- rectly, the signals were un- mistakable. The administra- tion wanted me out of the country just as quickly as medically possible. For my part, I had no desire to stay any'longer than absolutely necessary, Thus, on Nov. 8, I publicly expressed my to leave the United States in hopes of freeing the Ameri- cans being held hostage. Ho- wever, my doctors' position was that any travel for me at that time could well be fatal. I reiterated that my friendship with the United States remained unim- paired, and pointed out that navaca was perfectly ade- quate for our needs. p Although my visa to Mex- 'tco expired on Dec. 9, I fore- gaw little trouble in renew- 161186 Imm1 Lopez-Por- o told me personally on two occasions to \consid- er Mexico your home. You are welcome here.\ And ac- cording to newspapers' ac- counts, the Mexican govern- ment had quietly informed the United States that there would be no problem about my return. ~ AGAIN, I BELIEVED what they said. For all my growing disillustonment with the West, I still had faith. > I refused to criticize the West then and only do so now with great hesitation. It is in ly obvious that Western policy in Tran, and indeed around the world, is dangerously shortsighted, often inept, and sometimes downright foolish. I find it difficult to believe that the Iranian disaster was simply the result of shortsighted or nom-existent policy and unresolved con- flicts within the American government. Yet analysis both of the past and of events since the seizure of the hostages does not allow any other conclusion. Con- sider my own fate! By the end of November 1979 the United States want- 'ed me out of their country at almost any cost, and I was as eager to go. By the 27th my doctors reported that ra- diation treatment on my neck had been completed, and an attack of cholangitis with high fever brought un- be contrary to Mexico's \vi- tal interests.\ He did not ex- . plain the nature of the vital Interests. - Press reports later quoted Mexican officials as fearing militant attacks on their embassies in the Middle East and Europe. The ex- planations seemed weak. I don't know what moti- vated Mexican policy. They have plenty of all for their needs and therefore had lit- tle to fear from Mideast pro- ducers. Perhaps the government hoped to play a larger politi- cal role in the councils of the Third World and feared my presence would dash that hope. I have heard ac- counts of a deal Cuba of- fered: bar the shah and Cas- Sears for Sears Authorized Service WILL PAY... INSTANT CASH: * CHAINS e COINS e WATCH CASES » CHARMS * RINGS » BRACELETS e ANTIQUE JEWELRY SILVER ® ANYTHING MARKED STERLING o @ U.S.4. or CANADIAN COINS @ tro would give up dead- locked efforts to win a U.N. Security Council seat and throw his support to Mexico, This theory has some plausi. bility. Cuba dropped out of the race and Mexico was elected. Next: Panama Excerpted from the book, \Answer 'To History,\ by Mobammad Reza Pahlavi. To be published by Stein and Day Publishers, Sear- borough House, Briarcliff Manor, New York 18510. To be published in Canads by Clark, Irwin & Co. Ltd. ©1980 Mohammed Rezo Pahlavi ©1950 Transiation Michael Joseph Ltd. ©1979 Sditions - Albin Michot Distributed by Special Fea- tures => Sem the luminaries of this world: an abllitv to lister and a very fine sense of humor. ON OCT. 22, we left Mex- ico for medical treatment in New York. The plane touched down at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport. It took the officials who had been alerted to meet us at a smaller monstrated against me in Williamsburg, Va., while 500 were demonstrating support for me. The media switched the numbers and asked rhe- torically who had paid to bring the shah's supporters. No one bothered to answer my own question: Who had paid the anti-shah support- ers to come? Surely they Aides found a place on a small street In Cuernavaca. It was a large house that had not been lived in for se- veral years. It was a beauti- ful setting, although the area was thoroughly infest- ed with m: squitons. On Ju - 10 we flew to Mexico. I paid a courtesy call on President Lapez-Por- homes of my supporters were sacked and robbed, their bank accounts looted, automobiles and personal belongings stolen. The ex- ecution a few weeks earlier of my longtime prime minis- ter, Amir Abbas Hoveyda, had distressed me deeply, but It was only the starting der control. Though my doc- tors called the outlook \guarded I was recover- ing. I wanted to return to Mexico as soon as possible. TWO DAYS LATER Fo reign Minister Jorge Cas- taneda announced in Mexico City that my return would during my reign 45,000 Ame- ricans bad lived in Iran in \peace tranquility and prosperity.\ The first reaction to my statement came not from Washington but from Cairo. President Sadat dispatched Ashraf Ghorbal, ambassa- dor to the United States, to FREE ESTIMAT * PURCHASED point for Khomeini's hang- tilo and resumed a the hospital with tt quiet so- cross - Were paid, for it was hardly osp an offer to Sears Southgate gra riz millil- contacts with the cial life. I now had the time 13:3? f: 2:22:00551 glue. an Iranfan demonstration. return to Egypt for further - Easter Hills Mail 831 so00 United States in the Baha: 200 Solitude to ponder the Meanwhile, a U.S. official Thf CTOWd was dotted with . medical treatment in Cairo. n Summit Park Mall 207 8200 mas were minimal. U.S. &°OPolitical aspects of the approached and asked the P!2CK (80e8 and blond -I was touched, of course, but oreN ToDaY WHERE wapriz - recent events in Iran and to manes, rarely found in Iran: - unwilling at that time to im- NOON 5 Pm ' Ambassador Schwartz pilot if we planned to dump the kind- ears AMERICA SHOPS called on me only near the TCSh2DPe my philosophy on garbage and whether we my stay in New | pose once again on suy ONE, GET OnE raee FOR VALUE end of my stay. My staff, ho the free world's future in carried plants. He proved to YOrk Hospital, there was lit. ness and generosity of my | | , ,, salty AVE # adio wever “gas 13; contact with - USht of what was happening | be an agflcultilral inspector tle contact with the U.S. ad- friend. The house in Cuer- ore HEmMWOOD a 521-3700 - N various other members of !\ mY country. with no idea who we were. the embassy. Through vari- MANY FRIENDS visited, With the formalities in Florida finally completed, we were able to continue our fiight to New York, arriving k at LaGuardia Airport before midnight. The plane landed in a remote part of the air- port. Strong security meas- ures had been taken. New York police were every- where. A small fleet of cars lined up on the tarmac. No TV cameras had been set up and I was grateful for that. I was relieved to be in New York and thus assured of the best medical treat- ous channels I was assured too, and helped the process. on custom antique satin, | f FILM DEVELOPING phore . as d opinion available O e h See Your anywhere. 1 nad Intended \ mesin. mill Fr2 a sheers and lining - /tora look. T 7 Manhattan and greet the omoviouw. staff there. 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