A Shah in his Labyrinth: Not the Thatcher They Knew…………
”Britain despatched an undercover diplomat on a covert mission to the Bahamas to convince the deposed Shah of Iran not to seek to settle in the UK. The revelation comes in official archive documents made public 30 years after they were written. The 1979 papers reveal that the British government was very concerned that Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, then in exile, would seek to live in England. But Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was upset she could not help the Shah. Mrs Thatcher told her foreign minister she was "deeply unhappy" not to be able to offer refuge to the Shah whom she said had been a "firm and helpful friend to the UK". ………”
U.S president Jimmy Carter also “encouraged” the ailing shah to settle outside the USA. With “firm” friends like these………
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