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Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi tolerated little political opposition at home, but allegations were increasingly heard in the U.S. that his secret police, SAVAK, were brutalizing Iranian citizens. The Shah was a likable man-erect without being pompous, seemingly calm and self-assured in spite of the tear gas incident, surprisingly modest in demeanor. The air of reticence in his first conversations with me could not have been caused by his unfamiliarity with American Presidents. I was the eighth he had known...
...continued, as other Presidents had before me, to consider the Shah a strong ally. I appreciated his ability to maintain good relations with Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and his willingness to provide Israel with oil in spite of the Arab boycott. At the time of his visit I was especially eager to secure his influence in support of Egyptian President
Meanwhile, President Reagan must try, in spite of Israel's outright rejection of his peace plan, to persuade the Begin government to return to the negotiating table. That is where the issue of Palestinian autonomy, the central question in the Middle East, will have to be addressed. Begin rejected the Reagan peace plan in large part because it put the U.S. closer than ever before to those who have been insisting that Israel must restore Arab sovereignty to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. As long as Begin refuses to budge on that point, a lasting Middle East peace...
...generous in praise, indeed, as he is in criticism, and he seems overall to be kind, without spite or envy. He appreciates good acting and treasures fine writing, in prose as well as dialogue. First and foremost, he loves the theater. He concludes a description of a delightful party by saying that there were few "civilians"-people from outside the theater...
...situation in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan and South and North Yemen. He seemed especially worried about the vulnerability of Saudi Arabia, adding that if a real threat ever developed there, he would be willing to help. He had told Crown Prince Fahd, "Your borders are my borders." In spite of the Saudis' public criticism of his peace initiative, he was still