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...first time I became concerned about our involvement in Iran was last August 9th, upon reading an article in The Christian Science Monitor entitled: U.S., IRAN DRAW UP GIANT DEAL. Nuclear Technology, Oil, Weapons Linked in Talks." This report detailed the lengthy communication between the Shah of Iran and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 in the three controversial areas of U.S. relations in Iran--arms sales, transfer of nuclear technology, and the price of oil. The article reads in part as follows...
...contrast, many of the other OPEC members, notably Algeria and Libya, are already running low on reserves. They want to get as much money as possible from every remaining barrel. Iran is especially hard-pressed. The Shah badly overcommitted his oil income on ambitious development projects for his relatively large population, and now needs more money to make ends meet...
...language in written form by the government. But, she is also the niece of Reza Baraheni, Iranian poet and former political prisoner, who is now the most outspoken voice of opposition abroad. Since his release from prison in 1974, he has spoken and written about the Shah's repression while residing in the United States. This victimization of innocent members of his family can only be interpreted as an attempt by the Shah to silence any opposition abroad...
...pursuance of this goal, the Shah has dispatched his secret police to the United States and Europe. The Washington Post reported on October 26, 1976, that the Shah formed SAVAK and now conducts its activities with the complicity of the U.S. government...
...ties between the two agencies have always been close. One intelligence source, whose reliability has been tested, (said) that SAVAK agents hound and harass Iranians in the United States, with the full knowledge and sometimes the assistance of the CIA.................Answerable only to the Shah of Iran, SAVAK has become one of the most feared secret police agencies in the world. It uses terror and torture to achieve its ends....(There is) documentary evidence that SAVAK agents...commit burglaries, forgeries and other crimes in behalf of the Shah. Dr. Richard Cottam, a political science professor at the University of Pittsburgh...