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If 2 A The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, December 8, 1979 Vir Hostage Issue Widens Rift Between Iranian Militants, Government subservient SAVAK (the shah's secret police) attempt new plots every day to disrupt your unity, he said The Iranian nation will not cease to maintain its campaign to neutralize world imperialist plots led by the United States. Continued From Page One the president did not say he wouldn't use force if the hostages were harmed. He previously warned Iran of extremely grave consequences if the captives are Injured and his administration has left open the possibility of military action if they are put on trial. In another broadcast by Tehran Radio, Ghotbzadeh was quoted as saying, In cooperation with all forces hostile to imperialism and Zionism in Iran and the world, a committee of independent and liberated personalities will be formed to investigate the file on the S. government's crimes against Iran.

It reported the foreign minister said the world will learn from this committee of the activities of spies who are active in the guise of diplomacy." mation and did not say if his statement was related to students call for liberation movements" to hold, an -international conference in Tehran. A separate broadcast said Moslem student followers' ol Khomeini have sent invitations to the Palestine Liberation Organization and a number of Third World liberation groups to send delegates to the conference. It did not say when the conference might be held The militants seized the embassy Nov. 4 demanding that President Carter send the ousted shah back to Iran to stand trial for alleged crimes against the people. Carter has refused, and last Sunday the shah was moved to a Texas Air Force base to convalesce from his cancer and gallbladder treatment in New York For the second time in 24 hours, Khomeini sought to rekindle Iranian hostility against the United States and divert opposition from his Islamic Consititutton, passed overwhelmingly this week.

The charter establishes a theocracy and makes the, 79-year-old Khomeini ruler for life. In a statement read over Tehran radio, he said. In the present sensitive situation Iranians should cherish their links with each other because this is our motto for You brave people of Iran have decided to rub Americas nose in the dirt." The United States and the CIA- After the speech, thousands of Tehran residents shouted "Allahu Akhar (God is Great)" from their rooftops. The broadcast gave no further infor- Stresses Caution 8 Carter Blasts Kennedy For Remarks on Shah Carter Rules Out Force To Free U.S. Hostages By Barry Schweid Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON President Carter Friday ruled out any military action against Iran that would cause harm to the hostages In Tehran, but families of the hostages were told that action to free the captives would be taken soon.

"I am not going to take any military action ht would rmme hloodshed or arouse the unstable captors of our hostages to attack them or punish them, the president said. Speaking to a group of State Department employees, Carter said: Im going to be very moderate, very piutious." 'The president made the comments as left the State Department after a meeting with about 100 relatives of the We dont care about where he stays at this point Any Discussion Harmful Any discussion of those issues are harmful to the hostages and dont help us in trying to free the hostages, the first lady said. Mrs. Carter also said the administration has a good record on black issues despite liberal criticism by Kennedy backers. She said she received "a real warm, wonderful welcome" by New York blacks at Harlem church earlier this week, and hecklers at the meeting were members of a new progressive party strategically planted in the crowd.

The Washington Post, meanwhile, quoted Stephen Smith, Kennedys brother-in-law and campaign manager, as complaining that President Carter is blatantly playing politics from the White House while using the crisis an effort to muzzle cnticism from other contenders. Comments on Complaints Commenting on Smith's complaints, Press Secretary Jody Powell said Carter does not intend to be held hostage or immobilized by the crisis, and will continue to pursue his political campaign from the White House. Asked how much time Carter is spending on politics, Powell said: I don't generally ask the president for a time card. Kennedy was critical of former' California Gov. Ronald Reagan's call for permanent U.S.

asylum for the exiled monarch, and asked: Why is Mr. Reagan, when he calls for granting permanent asylum interpreted as supporting the president? The Post article also said there is no question that Kennedy's managers were stung by criticism heaped on the senator's remarks about the shah. Critical calls hit their headquarters some of them inspired by Carters own operatives and campaign workers across the country reported what one New Hampshire Kennedy leader called a sudden coolness to requests for help in his cause, said the Post. And in Hartselle, Ala late Thursday the president's mother Lillian Carter said she wasnt aware what she was saying when she suggested the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini should be killed. By Elizabeth Wharton United Press International President Carter, criticizing an opponent for the first time since he became an official candidate, injected himself Fnday into the political debate over the shah and said it delays the date when we will see the American hostages come home.

The presidents remarks, obviously directed at Sen. Edward Kennedy's cnticism of the shahs repressive regime, came in an extemporaneous sperh at the State Department to families of the hostages and department staff members. Earlier Friday, both Rosalynn Carter and Kennedy fielded persistent questions about the same issue while campaigning in different parts of the country. Only One Issue Carter said there is only one issue, and that is the early and safe release of the American hostages from their captors in Tehran." He told the warmly applauding group: in our own country are confusing the issue. At this moment, I am not interested in trying to resolve whether or not the shah was a good or a bad leader, or the history of Iran.

We do not want to confuse the issue by injecting these extraneous questions or debates into the present situation. When that does happen, in my opinion, it delays the date when we will see the American hostages come home." Out of Proportion Kennedy, in a telephone interview with the Iowa State Radio Network early in the day, said the issue has been blown out of proportion." Asked whether, if he were a hostage, he would want to be part of a domestic political debate, Kennedy answered: To tell you the truth, my own sense is that it may enhance the security and release of the hostages." But Mrs. Carter had a different view. Winding up her four-day campaign trip with Vice President Walter Mondale by a visit to her home state of Georgia, she said: "We don't care about the past history of Iran. We don't care about the shah's money.

We don't care about whether he was a good leader or not. hostages, who have been held captive by Iranian militants since Nov. 4. His remarks appeared to indicate a change In the administration attitude toward the Iranian crisis. Administration spokesman consistently have refused to rule out military action against Iran if normal diplomatic efforts to free the hostages fail.

But Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, speaking to reporters Islet, said Qte piesidciK has hot filled out any option. I think the president has made clear he prefers means peaceful in nature to resolve this problem. But the president has also been equally clear that he has maintained his other options, Christopher told reporters after emerging from a briefing for top Senate leaders. While Carter ruled out military action that he felt would endanger the hostages inside the embassy, he did not rule out the use of force if the hostages are harmed by the militants holding them. Previously, Carter has warned of extremely grave consequences to Iran if the hostages are harmed, and administration officials have left open the option of military action against Iran if the Americans are put on tnal.

Threaten Trials The Iranians have threatened to try the captives as spies unless the United States turns over the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for trial. The shah is recuperating at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas after undergoing treatment for cancer and gallstones In New York. Carters meeting with the relatives of the hostages was private, but the sister of one Marine hostage said the family was promised that the government would take action soon to free the Americans. Mrs. Judy Ehrlenbeck of St.

Louis refused to comment on what type of action was discussed. She would not say whether the comment had come from the president or from other high U.S. officials who spent some five hours briefing the family members. But asked if the action would come in the near future, she replied: definitely. U.S.

Authored Betrayal, Shall Charg es kJfhk Associated Press Laterphoto of Iranian hostages at a news conference in Mississippi. First called Carter release Lady Rosalynn for the rapid Senior Fires on Intruder DALLAS (LTD A wheelchair-bound, 61-year-old man shot and wounded an unarmed 12-year-old boy who spent 30 Police responding to Randolph's subsequent burglary report were able to identify the youth as the intruder through a description provided by Randolph. Comments Applauded Vandals Hit Elvis Home The president's public comments were applauded by State Department officials, and some relatives of the hostages cried. v. rij it'' By Joesph Collins New York Times Writer LONDON The deposed Shah of Iran has charged in a book to be published this month in Paris that a high American officer went to Iran last January, "with the clear purpose of neutralizing the Iranian army so that it would not fight for his beleaguered regime.

Excerpts from the book, "Reponse a THistoire are being published exclusively in Britain in the weekly magazine Now! The first installment appeared Friday. "At the beginning of January this-year when I was still on the throne of Iran, the story begins, General Robert Huyser, Deputy Commander in Chief of the American Command in Europe, USAF" came secretly to Iran. Bound by Oath' My officers were bound by their oath of allegence to the Crown and the Constitution, he contmued. "As long as the Constitution was respected they would not falter. But the intelligence services of.

NATO and the CIA may have had good reason for thinking that the Constitution would be abused. It was therefore necessary to neutralize the Iranian army. That rM clearly the purpose which brought General Huyser to Tehran." The shah wrote: Before the parody of a trial which preceded his execution. General Rabii. commander in chief of the Iranian air force, was questioned about the role played by Gen.

Huyser. He replied to his judges that General Huyser threw the Emperor out of the country like a dead mouse. Surprising Proposition' The shah speaks of a "surprising proposition" that the American general put to General Ghara-Baghi, the shah's chief of staff. General Ghara-Baghi told me of this but only General Huyser Mr. Barzagan (the former pnme minister) can say what decisions were taken," the shah said.

I know only that General Ghara-Baghi used his authority to persuade the generals under his command to play no part in the events about to take place. I saw General Huyser on a single occasion during his visit He accompanied Ambassador Sullivan of the United States on one of the last interviews I had with him. The one thing that was on the minds of both of them was to know on what day and at what time I should be leaving." (Copyright) Carter also took the opportunity to criticize Sen. Edward M. Kennedy for his declaration that the deposed Shah of Irans regime was oppressive.

Although he did not mention Kennedy by name, Carter said: At this time, Im not interested in trying to resolve whether the shah was a good or a bad leader. Carters statements, contrasted with his remarks over the month-long crisis, appeared conciliatory, possibly in response to remarks from Iranian leaders that seemed to hint at the possibility of a negotiated settlement. hristmas Eve at twilight -Chestnuts roast on the fire. Wassail brews in the pot, and gaiety's anticipated By each chinning of the clock. minutes breaking into the mans modest frame home.

Paul Randolph, who was not arrested, said he was shooting to kill. "I figure if a person breaks into my home, he's committed a mans crime and he's got a mans punishment coming Randolph, a bachelor who lives alone, said he was awakened by a noise at his back door early Thursday. 'OK. Brother "I got up, got dressed, put my shoes on, got my gun sat down in my wheelchair. I sat there listening to all that noise and thought, OK, brother, you brought this on He came in and 1 saw about a five-foot silhouette.

He saw me and said, 'Hey, man, and then I let him have one. I never did say any thing to him. I figured I didnt have to say anything about his rights since he'd already violated my rights by breaking into ray house. Fair Condition The unidentified youth, who was listed in fair condition at Parkland Memorial Hospital, staggered to a nearby beauty shop with a chest wound He told employees he had been shot by three youths in a car. MEMPHIS, Tenn.

(UPI) Obscenities spray-painted on the walls outside the mansion of the late Elvis Presley have prompted a group of off-duty policemen, sheriff deputies and security guards to set up 24-hour patrols. John A. Berry, president of the Graceland Preservation Society, Fnday said the volunteers will arrest and prosecute anyone found defacing the stone wall around the Presley family home on Elvis Presley Boulevard We do not object to the small print on the wall, but we do not condone the spray painting of obscenities and such," Berry said Since the singers death in 1977, thousands of tourists have flocked to the home to see Presley's grave in Grace-land's garden, and many have left behind autographs and messages on the stone wall that encircles the estate There was at least one arrest for spray-painting on the all For Voodoo Buffs Or Shah Backers I rv. OsilS NEW YORK (AP) Americans frustrated by events Iran now are invited to vent their anger on "The Ayatollah Doll," being offered for sale by a Manhattan firm for 4 95 plus shipping charges. Available for those who want to stnke back." says an advertisment for the Khomeini likeness in the New York Post.

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