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...million commission to an Iranian sales agency on a deal involving 500 helicopters made by a Textron subsidiary. Members of the Committee staff claim it is common knowledge that the owner of that sales agency was none other than the commander of the Iranian Air Force and the Shah's brother. In previous testimony, Miller denied knowledge of the involvement of the Shah's brother with the commission, but the seemingly minor incident raises some questions about the man who, if confirmed, would become the most powerful man in the Federal financial structure. Immediately striking is the somewhat shadowy connection...
...expense the shah was established in Rome with his wife, Soraya, and told to hold himself ready to return to his country. While in Rome, Soraya received a visit from an American gynecologist who had been summoned from the United States by Kim Roosevelt. She had been trying for some time to produce a son and heir for the shah, and had failed to do so... The gynecologist went into a complicated explanation of the fertility cycle, the waywardness of ovaries, and why it was difficult to make eggs drop at the right moment. She must just keep on trying...
...Doctor,' said Soraya, 'all I'm asking you to do is find something to break my eggs. I'll see the shah goes on making the omelettes...
Saudi Arabia and Iran, on the other hand, are determined that the Soviets should not expand their power center in the Horn of Africa and are prepared to help defend Somalia against any invasion. Last month King Khalid and the Shah of Iran met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and agreed on joint action in the Horn, including the sending of French-made tanks to the Somalis...
Says Pakzad, with the modesty of a shah: "If somebody needs something, he doesn't belong here. If a man comes in and asks for a size 16½ white shirt, he doesn't belong. But if a man comes in and says, 'I'm throwing out 24 white shirts and I'd like to replace them,' then that's my customer...