Letters, Dec. 31, 1979

Shah's Refuge

To the Editors:

High as the price may be, the nation's honor requires that we now repay the Shah's [Dec. 10] long and faithful friendship with a permanent refuge in this country. No pious hypocrisy can wash away this obligation.

José Sánchez Indianapolis

I will readily confess that the Shah of Iran was far from a saint, but the people of Iran, by ousting the Shah and welcoming Khomeini, have chosen to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire. And now they want to accuse the U.S. of lighting...

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