Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (H. Reza Taheri) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Context of the Debate Message-ID: <848@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 18:40:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxb.848 Posted: Fri Sep 28 18:40:05 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 09:53:43 EDT References: <1052@ihuxm.UUCP> <1866@ucbvax.ARPA><1316@sdcrdcf.UUCP>, <317@fisher.UUCP> <9@mit-athena.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 33 >> From: martillo@mit-athena.ARPA (Joaquim Martillo) >> If Mossadegh was so much superior to the Shah in manipulating the >> superpowers, how come he hardly lasted any time at all as a ruler of >> Iran while the Shah was there for years? You are right. Mosaddegh (the d is pronounced twice not the s) was very superior to the Shah in "being manipulated" by the superpowers. (Shah was not manipulated by the US government; he was controlled by them and he "knew" it). Mosaddegh's biggest source of popularity was his refusal to bow to the colonial wishes of the British Empire. In this, he was openly and secretly encouraged by the United States! Letters from the US Secretary of State at the time to Mosaddegh are in the public domain. How little did he know that the support he received from the US was only to get rid of the British influence in Iran through a third party and to later on practically colonize the country. He even received indirect support from the Soviet Union. The Tudeh Party (the Communist party) was a part of his coalition government. It has been said that the sudden pull-out of the Tudeh Party out of the cabinet and their ensuing opposition to Mosaddegh was partly responsible for his demise. H. Reza Taheri ...!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza (312)-979-1040 P.S. I hope I am not boring the net with my accounts of the history of a country that is not directly involved in the debate. I am just trying to show that the situation in the third world countries has not changed and continuing the old practices will result in more countries like the present Iran.