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    "ocrText": "Rosalynn Carter's Trip to Tehran, Iran, 12/31/77-1/1/78\nFolder Citation: Collection: Records of the First Lady's Office; Series: Mary Hoyt's Foreign\nTrip Files; Folder: Rosalynn Carter's Trip to Tehran, Iran, 12/31/77-1/1/78; Container 26\nTo See Complete Finding Aid:\nhttp://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/findingaids/First_Lady's_Officepdf\nPRESS SCHEDULE FOR MRS. CARTER\nSaturday, December 31, 1977:\n1700\nPress covering Mrs. Carter assemble at Press\nCenter in Hilton Hotel and depart via minibus\nfor Reza Abbassi Museum.\n1740\nPress arrive at Reza Abbassi Museum and\nproceed to 1st floor, Gallery 4.\n1820\nMrs. Carter arrives by motorcade to museum\nand is greeted by Museum Director Mr. Aghdashloo;\nCurator of Archeological Collection Mrs. Behnam;\nCurator of Rug Museum Mr. Alam and begins tour.\nMrs. Carter arrives at Gallery 4 to view Persian\nrug display.\nPHOTO OPPORTUNITY\nMrs. Carter proceeds to 3rd floor to view ceramics,\nmetalworks, and other artifacts.\nNO COVERAGE\n1855\nMrs. Carter departs for the White Palace of\nSaadabad.\nOPEN COVERAGE\n1900\nPress depart for Hilton Hotel via minibus.\n1920\nPress arrive at Hilton Hotel.\nPOOL REPORT #11A\nOUTSIDE SAADABAD PALACE\nTO AIR FORCE ONE\nTEHRAN, IRAN\nJanuary 1, 1978\nThe air was crisp and the sky was clear when Carter\ngreeted King Hussein outside Saadabad Palace, the Shah's\nsummer digs. Snow covered mountains looked like they were\nin the back yard. Carefully manicured grounds including\nyoung plants propped up by structures resembling minature\noil derricks. Inside was, well, palatial. Marble floors\nwith many fine Oriental rugs. Marble columns. A big game\nroom with billard table and original Miro sketches on the\nwall. Another waiting room with parquet floors and whorehouse\nred drapes.\nEscorting Hussein up the steps and into the palace,\nCarter was overheard telling Hussein that Asst. Sec. of State\nRoy Atherton reported the meetings in Cairo -- he said they\nhad been very friendly.' Then Carter and Hussein went into\na room for private discussions which lasted about 15 minutes.\nAfter that there was a conference for about 30 minutes\nwith the US group (Carter, Vance Brzezinski, Atherton, US\nAmbassador to Jordan Thomas Pickering, and Gary Sick of NSC\nstaff) on one side of big table. On the other side was Hussein\nand Sharif Sharaf, chief of royal court, and Amir Khamash,\nminister of the royal court. Th US did not have an interpreter.\nThere was an exchange overheard during stampede for photos.\nThey were apparently talking about Under Secretary of State\nPhilip Habib, hospitalized with heart troubles. Hussein\ninquired about him and Carter said, \"He was in danger for a\nwhile, he's a fine man, very valuable to us.\nAs they were concluding their talks, the Shah of Iran,\na man noted for his populist tendencies, came tooling up the\ndriveway, driving his own Rolls Royce. Now I ask you, when\nwas the last time you saw the Plains populist at the wheel?\nThe Empress, nattily attired as usual, was riding shotgun.\nNo one else in the car, but following were carloads of guards.\nThey went inside to meet briefly with Hussein and Carter.\nWithin minutes Carter and Shah were back on the steps on the\nway to the airport.\nThe following exchange ensued between Carter and Pool:\nQ: How did Hussein talk go?\nPres: \"Well, last evening the Shah and I had a chance\nto discuss matters primarily relating to the Mideast and this\nmorning and last night King Hussein discussed the same very\ndifficult problem. I will continue these discussions with.\nthe Saudi Arabians when we get to Riyadh. And we have authority\nfrom the Shah and His Majesty the King to relay their opinions\nto the other Arabs. Following that we will go to meet with\nSadat in Aswan and will continue the same discussions. The\nnext step then would be to relay these ideas to the Israelis\nand Secretary Vance will join the foreign ministers of Israel\nand Egypt in Jerusalem on either the 15th or 16th of January.\nSo I believe the discussions have been very fruitful. There's\na great admiration on my part and that of His Majesty and the\nShah for what President Sadat has done and for the progress\nthat has already been made. But we all recognize the difficulty\nMORE\n-2-\nand problems that still are there they were months ago.\nWe have, I think, made progress though in understanding much\nmore clearly the attitudes of one another and also the basic\nprinciples on which Middle East peace might be reached.\n::\nQ: Might Hussein join talks?\nCarter \"I think at this moment it's hard to decide.\nUnder certain principles King Hussein would be ready to join\nthe talks either directly with the Israelis or jointly with\nEgypt and Israel, but at the moment I think President Sadat\nis strongly representing the Arab position and for the moment I\nsee no reason -- I think the King agrees --- for Jordan to join\nthe talks directly. s:\nQ: Did you ask him to do so?\nCarter: \"We discussed it, but I didn't ask him. That's\na decision for him to make. \"\nQ: Was there a meeting of minds on the West Bank?\nCarter: \"Our position on the West Bank has been spelled\nout very clearly in the past. I think it's compatible with the\nview held by the Shah and substantially compatible with the view\nheld by King Hussein. These are based on the principles which\nare clearly enunciated in United Nations Resolution 242 and 338\nwhich must be the basis for any ultimate peace.\nQ: What do you expect from Sadat?\nCarter: \"At this point I'm thinking more about India and\nSaudi Arabia and what just happened with Iran and Jordan.\nWith that the motorcade departed for the airport. Appeared\nthat Iran had solved unemployment problem by hiring everyone as\npolice. There were standing all along the route. Crowds were\nsparse.\nAt the airport, a group of about 200 Americans were waiting\nto greet Carter. One woman had a sign which said \"Georgia.\"\nPresident plunged in campaign style, shaking hands. One kid (very\nwise kid, obviously) said Take me home with you. Carter replied,\n\"I'm not going home. I'm going to India. Kid, apparently\nhellbent to get out of Iran, says \"well, take me there. Another\nman says, \"I'll vote for you if you lower my taxes. Says\nPres: \"We're going to do that and mentioned the figure of\n$25 billion.\nShah and Empress, standing back, also got calls of \"Happy\nNew Year from the Americans. They waved back.\nSec. Vance, responding to calls from the crowd gathered\nbehind a rope on the runway, went over to shake hands too, but\nlooked as uncomfortable working the crowd as your pool feels at\nSunday School in the Plains Baptist Church.\nAfter routine ceremonies and formal handshakes along the\nred carpet, Carter was off at 9.50 am, 20 minutes late, for a\nsometimes bumpy ride to India.\nwilkie/boston globe\n#\n#\n#\nPOOL REPORT #13\nAirport to Rashtrapati Bhavan\nNew Delhi, India\nJanuary 1, 1978\nArrival at Rashtrapati Bhavan was straight out of Kipling. At\nentrance, a quarter mile-long parade ground of red clay and foun-\ntains on each side begins. Limo stopped there briefly for mounted\n\"President's Guard\" to escort it to main doorway. About 40 horse-\nmen dressed in red coats with much gold braid, wearing black tur-\nbans and carrying lances with red and white penants escorted\nCarter in. President's House is former Vicercy House built by\nthe British early this century.\nInside, more president's guards, dressed similarly to horsemen\nlined hallway every 10 feet or so.\nPool was allowed in room for start of meeting between two presi-\ndents. President Reddy had his two small grandchildren with him\nalong with other members of his family. Carter picked up boy and\nwhen group was seated for pictures, held little girl in his lap.\nWhen asked how he liked his welcome, Carter said, \"beautiful.\"\nOn motorcade in, from the point where the press buses split off,\ncrowds grew somewhat larger near entrance to President's House.\nAt some points they were four or five deep, but there were also\nsparse areas with few people.\nLeaving President's House for speech, motorcade drove around\n\"india Gate\", built by the British to honor Indians who died fight-\ning for the empire. Under the gate is India's \"eternal flame.\"\nOn motorcade in from airport and again from President's House,\nCarter had limo roof open and stood waving much of the way. He\ndid not stop or leave the car at any time.\nThe room in President's House where Carter and Reddy posed for\npictures looked out on a large formal garden, again the work of\nthe British. In the center of the room was a \"Casablanca\" type\nceiling fan and two large chandeliers.\nPool was told mayor of New Delhi's official estimate of the crowd\nat the speech was \"300,000 and growing.' There was no estimate\nthat we could find of how many people were along the two motor-\ncade routes.\nSam Donaldson, who covered Nixon here in 1969, said he (Nixon,\nnot Denaldson) drew one million.\nTwo Indian journalists covering meeting at President's House\nsaid street crowds on way from airport were largest for any ar-\nriving dignatary in four or five years. Much larger crowds\nwill be on hand Jan. 26 for annual \"Republic Day\" celebration,\nthey said.\nPhil Smith - Newhouse\n#\n#\n#\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nDECEMBER 31, 1977\nOFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY\n(Tehran, Iran)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nEXCHANGE OF REMARKS\nBETWEEN\nTHE PRESIDENT\nAND\nHIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, MOHAMMAD REZA PALAVI,\nTHE SHAHANSHAH OF IRAN\nMEHRABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT\nIMPERIAL PAVILION\n4:45 Iranian Local Time\nTHE SHAHANSHAH: Mr. President, on behalf of the\nShahbanou and myself and the Iranian people, I welcome\nyou, Mrs. Carter, and your delegation on Iranian soil.\nWe cherish your arrival as the head of state\nof a country with which Iran always had unshakable bonds and\nthe best of relations and at the same time as an exulted\nfriend and a most esteemed guest.\nWe sincerely hope that you will take back with\nyou happy memories of your short visit to our country, and\nin the meantime we sincerely hope that all the stages of\nyour present trip will be marked by the best of successes.\nFor the Shahbanou and I it is a great pleasure\nto be your host, only a few weeks after our trip to your\ncountry. Your distinguished personality, sincerity, good\nwill, moral virtues, your hospitality, and also the kindness\nof Mrs. Carter have remained close to our hearts.\nOn behalf of all the people of Iran, welcome\nto our country.\nTHE PRESIDENT: Your Imperial Majesties,\ndistinguished officials, and citizens of Iran, my own\nNation has been blessed this year by an official visit of\nHis Imperial Majesty, the Shah, and by the Shahbanou, Empress\nFarah. This was a fine gesture of friendship. And we\nalso benefited from extensive discussions between the Shah\nand myself of important issues for Iran and for the United\nStates. 1 am proud and pleased to be able to come to Iran at\nthe end of this year, my first year in office, and I believe\nyour 27th year (37th year) as a leader of this great nation\nand to begin another new year with our close friends and\nallies.\nMORE\nPage 2\nIn these times of endings and beginnings, I look\nforward to consulting with the Shah about two of the issues\nthat have most dominated our thoughts in the year just past\nand will require our best actions in the years ahead. One\nis finding solutions to the economic problems of the world's\nrich and the world's poor. None of these problems is more\nimportant than that of energy. Neither producer nor consumer\nnations can survive and prosper if we recklessly exhaust the\nworld's limited supplies of oil, and neither group of nations\ncan solve the problem without the cooperation of the other.\nIt is because my nation takes this problem seriously that we\nare determined soon to have a comprehensive energy plan\ndesigned to eliminate waste and to develop alternate sources of\nenergy supplies.\nWe are cooperating closely with Iran, and it is\nbecause I respect the leadership of the Shah in this area that\nI have come to him for consultation and for advice.\nThe other great issue is bringing peace to the troubled\nareas of the world and turning back the rising tide of\narmaments and dissension.\nThe Shah and I share the hope that peace will come\nsoon to the Middle East and that as our military alliance\nremains unshakable we may help to reduce the level of tension\nand armaments throughout the world.\nThe interests of our nations are built on the\ninterests of individuals. And in all of our discussions,\nboth public and private, we emphasize guaranteeing our\ncitizens the fullest economic and political human rights.\nI come with warm, personal feelings for the\nleaders of Iran, and I bring best New Year greetings from\nthe United States for the people of this great country.\nThank you very much, Your Majesty, for this warm\nand hospitable welcome.\nEND\n(AT 4:52 Iranian Local\nTime)\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nDECEMBER 31, 1977\nOFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY\n(Tehran, Iran)\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nEXCHANGE OF TOASTS\nBETWEEN\nTHE PRESIDENT\nAND\nHIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI\nTHE SHAHANSHAH OF IRAN\n10:18 Iranian Local Time\nTHE SHAHANSHAH: Mr. President, Mrs. Carter,\nExcellencies, ladies and gentlemen. It gives the\nShabanou and myself great pleasure to welcome you\nto our country. This reception is particularly\nauspicious since it takes place on the eve of 1978,\nand your presence here represents a New Year's gift\nfor your Iranian friends.\nIn our country, according to ancient tradition,\nthe visit of the first guest in the new year is an\nomen for that year. And although the annual new\nyear is celebrated with the advent of spring, nevertheless,\nsince the distinguished guest tonight is such a\nperson of good will and achievements, naturally we\nconsider it as a most excellent omen.\nMr. President, you now have come to a country\nwhich has always had unshakable links with your country\nand your great nation. We are united together by a\nspecial relationship made all the closer by a wide\ncommunity of mutual interests, which we share in\nour firm determination to contribute to the maintenance\nof world peace and security in Lassuring human progress\nand betterment.\nHistory has been witnessed through the growth\nand development of an outstanding relationship between\ntwo nations motivated by common trust, good will, and\nrespect which has repeatedly withstood the test of time.\nHumanitarianism, liberty, good will,\nconstructiveness and creativeness, which are the distinctive\nqualities of the great American nation, have always been\nhighly regarded by us. Fortunately, our American\nfriends have also perceived this friendship and\nregarded our people from the very beginning.\nMORE\n(OVER)\nPage 2\nThe Reverend Mr. Smith, the first American that set\nfoot on the land of Iran in the year 1832 wrote in his\nassignment report that living among good people like\nIranians and serving them was more pleasant for him than\nanything else, and that he considered the best days of his\nlife those spent in this country.\nIt gives me pleasure to state that the fruitful\ncooperation, the social and cultural fields have commenced\neven prior to the establishment of diplomatic relations.\nThe first modern school was established in Iran\nin the year 1836 by American missionaries. The American\nCollege in Tehran, which was established 100 years ago, was\nan outstanding center for education and training of Iranian\nyouth during the whole course of its activities. Our\npeople carry such good memories of its beloved principal,\nDr. Samuel Jordan, that one of the highways of Tehran has\nbeen named after him.\nNow that we are reminiscing on our meritorious\nAmerican friends, it is perhaps suitable to cherish the\nmemory of Howard Baskerville, a young American who upon\ncompletion of his studies at Princeton was for a time a\nteacher in the Memorial School of Tabriz, and during the\nconstitutional revolution of Iran heroically and bravely\nlost his life in the fight for freedom.\nThis feeling towards Iran has always been evidenced\nin the literary works of your nation. For instance, the\npoetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in glorifying Iran, is one of\nthe most beautiful examples of its kind in the world of\nliterature. The basic and comprehensive work of Arthur\nP. Pope regarding the art of Iran is the best research\nwork that has ever been prepared. Like the extensive\nstudies of William Jackson regarding the culture and\ncivilization of Iran are among the most valuable research\nin the history of Iranology.\nMORE\nPage 3\nNumerous universities in the United States have\nexpanded activities in the field of Iranian studies\nand its language. Also valuable treasures of the culture\nand art of Iran are preserved in various libraries and\nmuseums of your country. Moreover, American archeologists\nhave attained an eminent role in archeological\ndiscoveries in art.\nIn the political field, our nation carries\nunforgettable memories of the role of America in our\ncrisis and times of stress, from the beginning of the\npresent century.\nFor instance, we will never forget that in the\ngreat political and economic adversity of our country,\nin the second decade of this century, William\nSchuster, upon invitation of the Government of Iran, sincerely\nendeavored to bring in order the finances of Iran. Moreover,\nfollowing the 1919 agreement, Iran was in danger of\nlosing independence. America raised its voice to the\nworld in support of the sovereignty of Iran, as also in the\nyears after the Second World War America provided us with\nvital economic and political assistance.\nDuring World War II I personally had the pleasure\nof meeting Franklin Roosevelt in our capital. Since then\nI had the opportunity of welcoming to Iran several\nPresidents of the United States. I personally have also\ntraveled repeatedly to your great country, and I am glad\nto say that all these visits have been accompanied with\nthe spirit of friendship and cooperation, which is a distinct\nquality of our relationship.\nAn example of this cooperation is the long-term\neconomic exchange agreement between Iran and the United\nStates which was recently signed, and in its scope is the\nlargest agreement ever signed between us and any other country.\nAlmost 100 years ago the first American Ambassador,\nSamuel G. W. Benjamin, who had been assigned by President\nChester Alan Arthur, came to Iran. In his book, Persia\nand the Persians, he wrote, \"Iran today is a weak and\nunknown country, but certainly this country will step into\n(inaudible) progress and in the not too distant future\nwill again play an important role in the world. R\nNow with this prediction coming true, our country\nhas started its role within its potentialities and\npossibilities. Perhaps it need not be mentioned,\nbut this is a positive and constructive role and in\nconformity with the principle that your great country has\nalways supported independence, of which you, Mr. President,\nare the most notable advocate.\nFrom the early days of your election campaign\nyou indicated how much you will attach to high ideals of\nright and justice, moral belief in human value. These are all\nqualities that have elevated the American society in such a\nshort period of time to its present high prestige in the world;\nMORE\nPage 4\nand a nation like ours with its ancient culture can very\nwell feel to what extent such concepts in moral principles\nare vital, especially in the world of today which is\nsuffering from some sort of a civilization crisis.\nI entertain excellent memories of the fruitful\ndiscussions which I had with you in Washington a few\nweeks ago. The cordial hospitality extended by\nMrs. Carter and yourself and the warmth of your attitude\nand the understanding which you showed in our discussions\nhave deeply touched me. I am glad our discussions were so\nmeaningful, particularly in the case of energy which is one\nof the most important and vital problems of our era.\nWe who are among the greatest producers share the\nsame view that the present unrestricted use of oil -- which\nis an expendable and finite resource -- is not logical\nand that this valuable commodity, instead of the present\nnormal daily use, should be utilized mainly in the petro-\nchemical industry. In the meantime, efforts should be\nexerted to find a substitute in new resources of energy.\nFortunately we enjoy close cooperation with your\ncountry in the field of energy which will no doubt be\nconsolidated in the future. We also share the same\nopinion regarding the establishment of an honorable and\ndurable peace and we sincerely hope that 1978, which\nbegins tomorrow, will be a year of such a peace of which\nyou are the harbinger.\nI wish every success to you, Mr. President and\nMrs. Carter, who has proved to be such a successful\nambassador of good will, motivated, as she is, by high\nhumanitarian ideals in your present role, and hope that\nthis will prove to be a fruitful trip ir the interest\nof the whole world and that of peace, security and\nwelfare for human society.\nWith this hope I propose a toast, Mr. President,\nfor you and Mrs. Carter's health and happiness, for the\nfurther progress and prosperity of the great and noble\nAmerican people; for the ever-increasing friendship and\ncooperation between our two countries andfor international\npeace and understanding. (Applause)\nMORE\nPage 5\nTHE PRESIDENT: Your Majesties and distinguished\nleaders of Iran from all walks of life: I would like\nto say just a few words tonight in appreciation for\nyour hospitality and the delightful evening that we have\nalready experienced with you. Some have asked why\nwe came to Iran so close behind the delightful visit\nthat we received from the Shah and Empress Farah just\na month or so ago. After they left our country,\nI asked my wife, \"With whom would you like to spend\nNew Year's Eve?\" And she said, \"Above all others, I\nthink with the Shah and Empress Farah.\" So we arranged\nthe trip accordingly. (Applause)\nThese visits and the close cooperation that\nwe share, the intense personal and group negotiations\nand consultations are very beneficial to both our\ncountries. They are particularly beneficial to me as\na new leader of the United States. I might pause\nparenthetically and say I apologize for taking ten\nyears off your service this afternoon when I said\ntwenty-seven years. It should have been thirty-seven\nyears, and Empress Farah, thank you very much for\ncorrecting me on that. The Shah said he felt ten years\nyounger when I did that. (Laughter)\nBut we do have a close friendship that is\nvery meaningful to all the people in our country.\nI think it is a good harbinger of things to come, that\nwe could close out this year and begin a new year\nwith those in whom we have such great confidence and\nwith whom we share such great responsibilities for\nthe present and for the future.\nAs we drove in from the airport this after-\nnoon to the beautiful white palace where we will spend\nthe night, and saw the monument in the distance, I\nasked the Shah what was the purpose of the beautiful\nmonument. And he told me that it was built several\nyears ago, erected to commemorate the 2500th Anniversary\nof this great nation. This was a sobering thought to me.\nWe have been very proud in our nation to celebrate our\n200th birthday, a couple of years ago. But it illustrates\nthe deep and penetrating consciousness that comes from an\nancient heritage and a culture that preceded any that\nwe have ever known in our own lives.\nRecently, Empress Farah gave us a beautiful\nbook called The Bridge of Turquoise. We get many\ngifts of that kind from visitors and for a few days\nI have to admit that we didn't pay enough attention to it.\nAnd one night I started to thumb through the pages and\nI called my wife Rosalynn and I called my daughter Amy,\nwho climbed into my lap and we spent several hours\nstudying very carefully the beautiful history that this\nbook portrays of Persia, of Iran, of its people,\nof its landy of its. heritage and its history, and also\nof its future. It caused me to be reminded again of\nMORE\nPage 6\nthe value of ancient friendships and the importance\nof close ties that bind us as we face difficult\nproblems.\nIran, because of the great leadership of\nthe Shah, is an island of stability in one of the\nmore troubled areas of the world.\nThis is a great tribute to you, Your Majesty,\nand to your leadership and to the respect and the\nadmiration and love which your people give to you.\nThe transformation that has taken place\nin this nation is indeed remarkable under your\nleadership. As we sat together this afternoon\ndiscussing privately for a few moments what might\nbe done to bring peace to the Middle East, I was\nprofoundly impressed again not only with your\nwisdom and your judgment and your sensitivity and\ninsight, but also with the close compatibility that\nwe found in addressing this difficult question.\nAs we visit with leaders who have in their\nhands the responsibility for making decisions that\ncan bring peace to the Middle East, and ensure a\npeaceful existence for all of us who live in the\nworld, no matter where our nations might be, it is\nimportant that we continue to benefit from your\nsound judgment and from your good advice.\nWe also had a chance to discuss another\npotential troubled area, the Horn of Africa. And\nhere again we live at a great distance from it. But\nthis region which already sees the initiation of\nhostility and combat needs to be brought under the\ngood influence of you and others who live in this\nregion. And we will be glad to cooperate in any way\nthat we can. We want peace to return. We want Somalia\nand Ethiopia to be friends again, border disputes to\nbe eased and those of us who do have any influence at all\nto use their influence for these purposes.\nWe have also known about the great benefits\nthat we derive in our own nation from the close\nbusiness relationships that we have with Iran.\nAsI drove through the beautiful streets\nof Tehran today with the Shah, we saw literally\nthousands of Iranian citizens standing beside the\nstreet with a friendly attitude, expressing their\nwelcome to me. And I also saw hundreds, perhaps\neven thousands of American citizens who stood there\nwelcoming their President in a nation which has\ntaken them to heart and made them feel at home.\nThere are about 30,000 Americans here who work in close\nharmony with the people of Iran, to carve out a\nbetter future for you, which also helps to insure,\nYour Majesty, a better future for ourselves.\nMORE\nPage 7\nWe share industrial growth, we share\nscientific achievements, we share research and develop-\nment knowledge, and this gives us the stability for\nthe present which is indeed valuable to both our\ncountries.\nWe are also blessed with the largest number\nof foreign students in our country from your own\nnation. And I think this ensures, too, that we share\nthe knowledge that is engendered by our great\nuniversities, but also that when these young leaders\ncome back to your country for many years in the\nfuture, for many generations in the future, our\nfriendship is ensured.\nWe are very grateful for this and value it\nvery much.\nI have tried to become better acquainted\nwith the culture of Iran in the preparation for\nmy visit here. I was particularly impressed with\na brief passage from one of Iran's great poets,\nSaadi. And I would like to read a few words from\nhim. Empress Farah tells me that he lived about 600\nyears ago.\n\"Human beings are like parts of a body,\ncreated from the same essence. When one part is hurt\nand in pain, others cannot remain in peace and quiet.\nIf the misery of others leaves you indifferent and with\nno feeling of sorrow, then you cannot be called a human\nbeing.\"\nI asked Empress Farah why this poet was\nso famous here in Iran, because he had impressed me\nso greatly, too. And she said because he had\nthe greatest facility for professing profound thoughts\nin the simplest possible words that the average citizen\ncould understand.\nWell, this brief passage shows that there\nis within the consciousness of human beings a close\ntie with one's neighbors, one's family, and one's\nfriends, but it also ties us with human beings\nthroughout the world. When one is hurt or suffers,\nall of us, if we are human beings, are hurt and\nwe suffer.\nThe cause of human rights is one that also is\nshared deeply by our people and by the leaders of\nour two nations.\nOur talks have been priceless, our friend-\nship is irreplaceable, and my own gratitude is\nto the Shah, who in his wisdom and with his\nexperience has been so helpful to me, a new leader.\nWe have no other nation on earth who is closer\nto us in planning for our mutual military security.\nMORE\nPage 8\nWe have no other nation with whom we have closer\nconsultation on regional problems that concern us\nboth. And there is no leader with whom I have\na deeper sense of personal gratitude and personal\nfriendship.\nOn behalf of the people of the United\nStates, I would like to offer a toast at this\ntime to the great leaders of Iran, the Shah and the\nShahbanou and to the people of Iran and to the\nworld peace that we hope together we can help to\nbring. (Applause)\nHappy New Year to you.\nEND\n(AT 10:43 Iranian Local Time)\nCOUNTRY AND JIMMY WILL DO THEM, AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY\nARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S JUST TACKLING THE\nPROBLEMS THAT ARE THERE. THE ENERGY PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE. WE\nHAVE TO HAVE AN ENERGY PROGRAM. THAT'S NOT POPULAR. IF IT HAD\nBEEN AN EASY THING TO DO IT WOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN DONE. so,\nTHE THINGS THAT HE IS DOING ARE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR\nOUR COUNTRY, BUT THERE WILL BE CRITICISMS BECAUSE THERE ARE\nHARD DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. BUT I'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT\nTHAT AT ALL. WHEN THE THINGS THAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED ARE SEEN,\nI KNOW THE POEPLE AT HOME WILL APPRECIATE THEM\nQUESTION: ON A SUBJECT CLOSER TO HOME, MUCH HAS BEEN\nDISCUSSED ABOUT THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH WAS DEVELOPED\nBETWEEN THE CARTERS AND THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES DURING THEIR\nRECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON. NOW, HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT\nRELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES, AND WHAT KIND OF\nRELATIONSHIP IS IT?\nMRS. CARTER: WELL, I THINK OUR COUNTRIES HAVE HISTORICALLY\nHAD CLOSE FRIENDSHIP AND WORKING RELATIONSHIP.\nTHIS IS MY THIRD TIME TO BE WITH THE SHAH AND THE SHAHBANOU.\nIT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING FOR ME TO GET TO KNOW THEM. WE JUST LIKED\nTHEM BOTH, PERSONALLY, AS SOON AS WE MET THEM. JIMMY AND I BOTH,\nAND I THINK IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE\nLEADERS OF THE COUNTRIES BECAUSE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR PROB-\nLEMS AND THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO. THEY CAN UNDERSTAND OUR\nSITUATIONS AT HOME. I THINK IT MAKES IT EASIER TO WORK TOGETHER\nIF YOU HAVE THIS CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.\nQUESTION: MRS. CARTER, YOU'VE BEEN CALLED AN \"AMBASSADOR\nOF FRIENDSHIP,\" BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. COULD\nYOU PLEASE TELL US IF ANY RESULTS WILL BE ACHIEVED FROM THIS\nTWO-CONTINENT, SIX-NATION TOUR?\nMRS. CARTER: I'VE BEEN SPEAKING, AS I GO INTO EACH COUNTRY,\nABOUT AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE--THE FRIENDSHIP FORCE--\nAND THERE'S BEEN A CHAIRMAN ALREADY NAMED HERE IN IRAN AND I\nHAVE BEEN TALKING WITH HER ABOUT IT THIS AFTERNOON AND I HOPE\nTHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT A PROGRAM VERY SOON WITH OUR\nCOUNTRY. IT WON'T BE IN THE EXT MONTH OR TWO, BUT IT WILL BE\nA LITTLE BIT LATER BUT I'S LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WE HAVE\nPEOPLE FROM THE FOREIGN COUNTRIES STAY IN THE HOME OF PEOPLE FROM\nOUR COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE STAY IN THE HOMES. THAT WAY, YOU GET\nTO KNOW PEOPLE PERSONALLY, AND I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF\nDIFFERENCE IN THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE COUNTRIES. I THINK IT\nCAN BE A GREAT PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE\nCOUNTRIES AND THE FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNTRIES.\nTO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.\nQUESTION: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MRS. CARTER, ANY SPECIAL\nMESSAGES FOR THE NEW YEAR?\nMRS. CARTER: OH, ME. IT IS NEW YEAR'S EVE, ISN'T IT? WELL,\nI HAVE SO MANY EXCITING PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR--SO MANY THINGS\nI WANT TO DO, AND I JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE\nWORLD WILL BE PEACEFUL, THAT WE CAN HAVE PEACE IN THE NEW YEAR,\nAND THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE A BETTERMENT IN HUMAN WELFARE IN THE\nWHOLE WORLD. I THINK THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.\nINTERVIEWER: MRS. CARTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF\nN-I-R-T INTERNATIONAL.\nMRS. CARTER: I ENJOYED IT.SHELLENBERGER\nFOLLOWING IS COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT NIRT INTERVIEW WITH\nMRS ARTER, DEC 31, 1977. TO DATE, INTERVIEW HAS\nBEEN CARRIED BY BOTH RADIO AND TELEVISION.\nMRS CARTER, MAY I WELCOME YOU TO TERRAN ON BEHALF OF ALL THE\nIRANIANS AND FOREIGNERS IN THE COUNTRY AND WISH THAT YOU WOULD\nBE MAKING ANOTHER TRIP IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE TO THE\nCOUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE COUNTRY, TO BE ABLE TO GET\nTO KNOW THE PEOPLE, YOUR HEAVY SCHEDULE PERMITTING, OF\nCOURSE. COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT A TYPICAL DAY FOR\nYOU IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE?\nMRS CARTER: WELL, FIRST LET ME SAY HOW GLAD I AM TO BE HERE,\nEVEN IF IT IS FOR A BRIEF STOP. I HAVE A LITTLE GIRL, AMY,\nYOU KNOW, AND I TRY TO EAT BREAKFAST WITH HER EVERY MORNING.\nJIMMY GETS UP VERY EARLY AND GOES OVER TO HIS OFFICE, BUT AMY AND\nI USUALLY EAT BREAKFAST TOGETHER AT 8:00, AND SHE\nGOES OFF TO SCHOOL AND I GO TO MY OFFICE, WHICH IS IN THE\nWHITE HOUSE, AND I'VE WORKED WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, WORKED\nWITH THE ELDERLY--THESE ARE SOME THINGS, SPECIAL INTEREST THAT\nI HAVE THAT I'VE BEEN PURSUING SINCE JIMMY HAS BEEN PRESIDENT.\nSO I WORK IN MY OFFICE OR EITHER I'M OUT TOURING OR ENTERTAINING\nGUESTS, AND so I HAVE A VERY BUSY DAY. IF I'M IN MY OFFICE\nI USUALLY GET BACK OVER INTO THE RESIDENCE ABOUT 5:35 IN THE\nAFTERNOON. I DO MARK ON THE SCHEDULE THOUGH THE TIME THAT AMY\nGETS HOME FROM SCHOOL EVERY AFTERNOON SO THAT I CAN SEE HER\nAND LET HER KNOW THAT SHE HAS A MOTHER BECAUSE I THINK IT IS\nVERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE FAMILY CLOSE TOGETHER.\nQUESTION: YOU SAID YOURSELF THAT ONE OF THE PLUSES OF LIVING\nIN THE WHITE HOUSE IS THAT YOU HAVE MORE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.\nHOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?\nMRS CARTER: WELL, FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, BETWEEN THE TIME THAT\nJIMMY WAS GOVERNOR AND THE TIME HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT, WE\nWERE CAMPAIGNING AND I WAS GONE EVERY WEEK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY\nAND JUST GOT HOME ON WEEKENDS. I TRAVELLED ABOUT FIVE DAYS\nOUT OF THE WEEK, AND EVERY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY WAS DOING THAT\nEXCEPT AMY, THE BOYS--MY SONS ARE MARRIED--THEY WERE OUT\nCAMPAIGNING, THEIR WIVES WERE, I WAS JIMMY WAS, ALL IN\nDIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, AND JIMMY AND I WOULD COME HOME ON\nWEEKENDS BUT USUALLY WE DIDN'T SEE THE SONS, THE MARRIED SONS,\nFOR A MONTH OR TWO AT A TIME BECAUSE THEY WENT ON A CAMPAIGN\nAND JUST STAYED. THE DIDN'T COME BACK HOME. BUT, I MISSED\nAMY SO MUCH WE CAME HOME EVERY WEEK TO BE WITH HER. SHE STAYED\nEITHER WITH MY MOTHER OR JIMMY'S MOTHER WHILE I WAS GONE. BUT\nTHEN WHEN WE MOVED TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND EVERYBODY COMES HOME\nAT NIGHT. THE CHILDREN, THE BOYS, DON'T LIVE THERE, ONE DOES,\nBUT THE OTHERS HAVE THEIR JOBS AND THEY'RE MARRIED AND THEY\nLIVE AWAY FROM HOME. BUT AT LEAST I COME HOME WITH AMY EVERY\nNIGHT AND JIMMY IS THERE.\nQUESTION: MRS CARTER, I KNOW THAT YOU ATTENDED THE NATIONAL\nWOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON AND THAT IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE\nRITE OF PASSAGE FOR AMERICAN WOMEN. WHAT WERE YOU PERSONAL\nIMPRESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE AND DO YOU THINK THE EQUAL RIGHTS\nAMENDMENT IS GOING TO MAKE IT?\nMRS CARTER: I HOPE THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WILL MAKE IT.\nI VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT. THE CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON,\nI THOUGHT, WAS REALLY GOOD. WE HAD WOMEN FROM EVERY STATE\nTHAT HAD BEEN CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE TO GO AS\nREPRESENTATIVES TO THE WOMEN'S CONFERENCE AND IT WAS\nEXCITING TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND JUST TO\nSEE WHAT OUR GOALS WOULD BE AND THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED\nTO WORK TOWARD IN THE COMING YEARS. IT WAS A REALLY EXCITING\nEXPERIENCE FOR ME.\n173-589, WHY WAS IT THAT THE ERA GOT OFF TO SUCH A POWERFUL\nSTART AND THEN STALLED WITH THREE STATES LEFT IN AND SOME\nSTATES EVEN WILLING TO RESCIND THEIR RATIFICATION?\nMRS CARTER: I THINK ITS BECAUSE OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT\nWHAT THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT REALLY IS. AND A LOT OF IT IS\nPOLITICAL. SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A SPEECH AGAINST IT AND GET PEOPLE\nA LITTLE BIT DISTURBED ABOUT WHAT IT WILL DO WHEN THEY DON'T\nUNDERSTAND IT. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS JUST EXPLAIN IT TO\nPEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY THEN I THINK IT WILL BE ALRIGHT BECAUSE\nONCE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS THEY SUPPORT IT, BUT WHEN\nYOU GET KIND OF RADICAL IDEAS GOING AROUND WHAT'S GOING TO\nHAPPEN IF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT PASSES. IT IS ALWAYS\nTHE SAME WAY. WE HAVE A STRUGGLE WITH ANYTHING THAT'S GOOD\nOR PROGRESSIVE. YOU ALWAYS HAVE THOSE WHO KIND OF WANT TO HOLD\nIT BACK.\nQUESTION: DO YOU THINK THE TIME SHOULD BE EXTENDED IF IT IS\nNOT RATIFIED WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MONTHS?\nMRS CARTER: YES, IF IT IS NOT RATIFIED I HOPE IT WILL BE\nEXTENDED.\nQUESTION: MRS. CARTER, THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED YOU HIS\nPOLITICAL PARTNER AND VERY CLOSE ADVISOR. COULD YOU PLEASE\nTELL US HOW RESPONSIVE THE PRESIDENT IS TO YOUR PROPOSALS,\nSUGGESTIONS AND GIVE US ANY SPECIFIC EXAMPLES AS TO WHEN HE\nHAS PUT IT INTO ACTION?\nMRS. CARTER: WELL, I GIVE HIM MY OPINIONS AND HE LISTENS TO THEM.\nHE DOESN'T ALWAYS TAKE MY SUGGESTIONS, BUT HE ALWAYS LISTENS\nTO ME AND CONSIDERS, AND PARTICULARLY IF IT IS SOMETHING I\nKNOW ABOUT. FOR INSTANCE, I'M WORKING ON THE PRESIDENT'S\nCOMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH RIGHT NOW AND OUR PRELIMINARY\nRECOMMENDATIONS WERE IN SEPTEMBER IN TIME FOR NEXT YEAR'S\nBUDGET, AND THE FINAL REPORT WILL NOT BE READY UNTIL APRIL,\nBUT WE WANTED EXTRA FUNDS FOR RESEARCH. AND HE WILL LISTEN TO\nME IF I CAN EXPLAIN TO HIM WHY WE NEED THEM AND SO FORTH. ON\nTHOSE KINDS OF THINGS HE KNOWS THAT I'VE DONE A LOT OF\nSTUDY ABOUT THEM. HE KNOWS THAT I'M INFORMED ABOUT IT, AND SO\nHE LISTENS VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. ON OTHER\nTHINGS, I CAN GIVE HIM SOME KIND OF POLITICAL OPINIONS OR\nJUDGEMENTS. I CAN TELL HIM, FOR INSTANCE, HOW A PROBLEM IS\nGOING TO REACT WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE I KNOW HOW I\nREACT TO SOME OF THE THINGS HE WANTS TO DO. SO, I THINK IT\nIS HELPFUL. HE CAN USE ME AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THE THINGS\nHE WANTS TO DO.\nQUESTION: MRS. CARTER, IN LESS THAN A YEAR THAT YOU'VE\nBECOME THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES YOU'VE REALLY\nEMERGED AS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE PRESIDENTIAL WIVES IN THE\nU.S. HISTORY. COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US HOW YOU FIND TIME TO\nDO ALL THIS?\nMRS. CARTER: WELL, I'VE ALWAYS WORKED, EVEN BEFORE JIMMY\nWENT INTO POLITICS. HE WAS IN THE NAVY. HE CAME HOME FROM\nTHE NAVY. HIS FATHER HAD DIED. WE TOOK OVER A VERY SMALL\nFAMILY BUSINESS. I KEPT THE BOOKS WHILE HE DID THE MANUAL\nLABOR. IT WAS A FARM BUSINESS. WE SOLD FERTILIZER, SEED, AND\nSO FORTH. AND, WE JUST STARTED WORKING TOGETHER AS PARTNERS.\nI COULD TELL HIM WHICH PART OF THE BUSINESS WAS DOING WELL\nBECAUSE I KEPT THE BOOKS. AND SO, I'VE ALWAYS WORKED. OUR\nCHILDREN CAME TO THE WAREHOUSE AFTER SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOONS\nAND THEY WORKED TOO. SO, WE HAVE ALWAYS WORKED TOGETHER AS A\nFAMILY. WHEN JIMMY RAN FOR GOVERNOR, WE ALL GOT OUT AND\nCAMPAIGNED BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW HIM, AND WE THOUGHT THE\nWHOLE FAMILY-THE BOYS WERE TEENAGERS THEN-HAD TO GET OUT\nINTO THE STATE AND TALK ABOUT HIM SO PEOPLE WOULD GET TO KNOW\nHIM. SO, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALWAYS DONE.\nAND, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE POSITION THAT I'M IN NOW YOU CAN\nMEET PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INFLUENTIAL ABOUT\nDIFFERENT SUBJECTS. FOR INSTANCE, MENTAL HEALTH. I'M IN\nCONTACT WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE POLICIES FOR THE\nWHOLE COUNTRY. AND SO, IT'S EXCITING TO ME TO BE ABLE TO WORK\nWITH THEM ON MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. I HAVE THE SAME THING\nWITH THE ELDERLY, AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE POSITION I'M IN AND\nREALIZE THAT YOU CAN BE INFLUENTIAL, YOU CAN HELP IN THESE\nSITUATIONS, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY VERY BAD NOT TO TAKE\nADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. I STILL THINK IT IS ERY\nIMPORTANT TO HAVE A HOME AND TO HAVE A CLOSE FAMILY LIFE,\nWHICH WE, I THINK, MAINTAIN, AS I SAID, EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE.\nQUESTION: MRS. CARTER, YOU JUST MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT\nTHE PAST, IF I CAN CALL IT THAT. COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US HOW\nTHE PRESIDENCY HAS CHANGED YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, OR HAS IT CHANGED\nTHE PRESIDENT SINCE HE'S TAKEN OVER THE OFFICE?\nMRS. CARTER: THE ONLY CHANGE I'VE SEEN IN JIMMY IS ONE OF\nASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN HE WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR THE\nPRESIDENCY, FOR INSTANCE, WE KNEW THE PROBLEMS WERE THERE AND WE\nTALKED ABOUT THEM AND WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT THEM. NOW HE'S\nIN THE POSITION THAT IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THOSE THINGS.\nAND, SOMETIMES I THINK THAT MAKES YOU MUCH MORE SERIOUS AND\nDEDICATED AND DETERMINED THAN IN THE PAST WHEN YOU WERE JUST\nTALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS.\nQUESTION: ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT HIS DECLINING POPULARITY\nIN THE POLLS?\nMRS. CARTER: NO.\nQUESTION: YOU'RE NOT?\nMRS. CARTER: NO. IT WILL COME BACK UP. JIMMY HAS ALWAYS\nTOLD ME, FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY HE WENT TO THE STATE SENATE,\nTHAT IF YOU DO ANYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO BE CRITICIZED. THE\nONLY WAY TO AVOID CRITICISM IS BY NOT DOING ANYTING.\nI DON'T WANT HIM TO BE A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T DO ANYTHING,\nAND THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT HAVE TO BE SOLVED IN OUR\nBT\n#0057\nCOUNTRY AND JIMMY WILL DO THEM, AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY\nARE BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S JUST TACKLING THE\nPROBLEMS THAT ARE THERE. THE ENERGY PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE. WE\nHAVE TO HAVE AN ENERGY PROGRAM. THAT'S NOT POPULAR. IF IT HAD\nBEEN AN EASY THING TO DO IT WOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN DONE. so,\nTHE THINGS THAT HE IS DOING ARE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR\nOUR COUNTRY, BUT THERE WILL BE CRITICISMS BECAUSE THERE ARE\nHARD DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE. BUT I'S NOT WORRIED ABOUT\nTHAT AT ALL. WHEN THE THINGS THAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED ARE SEEN,\nI KNOW THE POEPLE AT HOME WILL APPRECIATE THEM\nQUESTION: ON A SUBJECT CLOSER TO HOME, MUCH HAS BEEN\nDISCUSSED ABOUT THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH WAS DEVELOPED\nBETWEEN THE CARTERS AND THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES DURING THEIR\nRECENT VISIT TO WASHINGTON. NOW, HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT\nRELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES, AND WHAT KIND OF\nRELATIONSHIP IS IT?\nMRS. CARTER: WELL, I THINK OUR COUNTRIES HAVE HISTORICALLY\nHAD CLOSE FRIENDSHIP AND WORKING RELATIONSHIP.\nTHIS IS MY THIRD TIME TO BE WITH THE SHAH AND THE SHAHBANOU.\nIT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING FOR ME TO GET TO KNOW THEM. WE JUST LIKED\nTHEM BOTH, PERSONALLY, AS SOON AS WE MET THEM. JIMMY AND I BOTH,\nAND I THINK IT'S so GOOD TO HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE\nLEADERS OF THE COUNTRIES BECAUSE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR PROB-\nLEMS AND THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO DO. THEY CAN UNDERSTAND OUR\nSITUATIONS AT HOME. I THINK IT MAKES IT EASIER TO WORK TOGETHER\nIF YOU HAVE THIS CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.\nQUESTION: MRS. CARTER, YOU'VE BEEN CALLED AN \"AMBASSADOR\nOF FRIENDSHIP,\" BOTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. COULD~\nYOU PLEASE TELL US IF ANY RESULTS WILL BE ACHIEVED FROM THIS\nTWO-CONTINENT, SIX-NATION TOUR?\nMRS. CARTER: I'VE BEEN SPEAKING, AS I GO INTO EACH COUNTRY,\nABOUT AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE--THE FRIENDSHIP FORCE--\nAND THERE'S BEEN A CHAIRMAN ALREADY NAMED HERE IN IRAN AND I\nHAVE BEEN TALKING WITH HER ABOUT IT THIS AFTERNOON AND I HOPE\nTHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT A PROGRAM VERY SOON WITH OUR\nCOUNTRY. IT WON'T BE IN THE EXT MONTH OR TWO, BUT IT WILL BE\nA LITTLE BIT LATER BUT I'S LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WE HAVE\nPEOPLE FROM THE FOREIGN COUNTRIES STAY IN THE HOME OF PEOPLE FROM\nOUR COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE STAY IN THE HOMES. THAT WAY, YOU GET\nTO KNOW PEOPLE PERSONALLY, AND I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF\nDIFFERENCE IN THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE COUNTRIES. I THINK IT\nCAN BE A GREAT PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE\nCOUNTRIES AND THE FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNTRIES.\nTO, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.\nQUESTION: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MRS. CARTER, ANY SPECIAL\nMESSAGES FOR THE NEW YEAR?\nMRS. CARTER: OH, ME. IT IS NEW YEAR'S EVE, ISN'T IT? WELL,\nI HAVE SO MANY EXCITING PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR--SO MANY THINGS\nI WANT TO DO, AND I JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE\nWORLD WILL BE PEACEFUL, THAT WE CAN HAVE PEACE IN THE NEW YEAR,\nAND THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE A BETTERMENT IN HUMAN WELFARE IN THE\nWHOLE WORLD. I THINK THESE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.\nINTERVIEWER: MRS. CARTER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF\nN-I-R-T INTERNATIONAL.\nMRS. CARTER: I ENJOYED IT.SHELLENBERGER\n- 8.0 -\nFOR YOUR INFORMATION AND USE ONLY\nDECEMBER 30, 1977\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nTRIP OF THE PRESIDENT TO\nTEHRAN, IRAN\nDecember 31, 1977 - January 1, 1978\nPRESS SCHEDULE\nSATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1977\n9:00 am CET\nPRESIDENT DEPARTS WARSAW, POLAND EN ROUTE TEHRAN, IRAN\n(3:00 am EST)\nPress Pool #7A accompanies\naboard Air Force One\nFlying Time: 4 hours, 35 minutes\nTime Change: +3 hours\n3:20 pm\nPAA Press Plane arrives Mehrabad International\n(6:20 am EST)\nAirport, Tehran, Iran\n3:35 pm\nTWA Press Plane arrives Mehrabad International\n(6:35 am EST)\nAirport, Tehran, Iran\nPRESS NOTE: Press Pool #9 (Saadabad)\nshould get off the\nplanes first.\nPress badges will be\nissued on landing to\nevery member of the\nPress\nPress facilities: 8 LDS\n2 Press Platforms\n60-70 foot throw\n1 Mult\n3:45 pm\nPress Bus #1 departs for Royal Tehran Hilton\n(6:45 am EST)\nPRESS NOTE: Press wishing to cover\nMrs. Carter's visit to\nReza Abbassi Museum\nshould be on this bus.\nSee Mrs. Carter's\nschedule for details.\nArrival ceremony will\nbe shown live on TV\nmonitors in press center\nat Royal Tehran Hilton\n3:45 pm\nPress Pool #9 departs Mehrabad International\n(6:45 am EST)\nAirport via Bus #2 en route Saadabad Palace\n4:20 pm\nPress Bus #1 arrives Royal Tehran Hilton,\n(7:20 am EST)\nBallroom Entrance\nPRESS NOTE: Press filing center\nlocated in Khayham/\nSaadi Suites, East Wing,\nground floor of Royal\nTehran Hilton\nMORE\n- 9.0 -\nSATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1977 (Cont'd)\nPress facilities: 10 Telex in Hafiz\nSuite\n25 LDS\n4 TV monitors\nPA\n1 Mult\nKeys will be in\npress filing room\n4:35 pm\nPress Pool #9 arrives at Saadabad Palace\n(7:35 am EST)\nPRESS NOTE: Equipment and personal\nsearches will be con-\nducted for all persons\nentering Saadabad Palace\ngrounds\nPress facilities: 3 LDS\n2 local phones\n4:35 pm\nPRESIDENT ARRIVES IMPERIAL PAVILION, MEHRABAD INTER-\n(7:35 am EST)\nNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEHRAN , IRAN\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nThe President will be met by:\nAmbassador and Mrs. William Sullivan\nShahanshah and Shahbanou\nPrime Minister Amouzegar\nMrs. Amouzegar\nPresident of the Senate Sharif Emami\nMrs. Emami\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives Riazi\nMrs. Riazi\nAmir Abbas Hoveyda, Minister of the Imperial Court\nAmbassador Ardeshire Zahedi, Ambassador to the\nUnited States\nMinister of Foreign Affairs Khalatbari\nMrs. Khalatbari\nGeneral Gholamreza Azhari, Chief of the Supreme\nCommander's Staff\nLt. Gen. Mohsen Hashemi-Nejad, Chief of the Imperial\nHousehold and General Military Aide to the Shah\nGrand Master of Ceremonies Afshar\nMrs. Afshar\nNosratollah Moinian, Chief of the Shah's Private\nSecretariat\nMrs. Nahavanko\nLt. Gen. Abdol Ali Bardei, Commander of the Imperial\nGuard\nPresentation of flowers\nBand plays the U. S. National Anthem\nBand plays the Iranian National Anthem\nReview the Guard of Honor\nRemarks by the Shah\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nMORE\n- 10.0 -\nSATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1977 (Cont'd)\nGreeting of U. S. Mission Staff and families\n5:10 pm\nPRESIDENT, MRS. CARTER, THE SHAH AND THE SHAHBANOU\n(8:10 am EST)\nDEPART THE IMPERIAL PAVILION, EN ROUTE THE SAADABAD\nPALACE\nPress Pool #8 follows\n5:15 pm\nPress buses #3, #4, #5, #6 depart Mehrabad\n(8:15 am EST)\nInternational Airport with all remaining press\nen route Royal Tehran Hilton\n5:30 pm\nPRESIDENT ARRIVES AT SAADABAD PALACE\n(8:30 am EST)\nPress Pool #9 coverage\n5:32 pm\nPRESIDENT AND MRS. CARTER ESCORTED BY THE SHAH AND\n(8:32 am EST)\nSHAHBANOU, PROCEED TO THE MAIN HALL OF THE PALACE\nThe President will be met by:\nAmbassador Ardeshire Zahedi\nMrs. Mahnaz Afghami, Minister of State for\nWomen's Affairs\nA. Atabi, Vice Minister of Imperial Court\nH. Zolfaghari, Vice Grand Master of Ceremonies\nGeneral M. Khosrowdad, Aide de Camp to President\n5:33 pm\nPRESIDENT AND THE SHAHANSHAH PROCEED TO THE SHAH'S\n(8:33 am EST)\nOFFICE FOR MEETING\nPress Pool #9 coverage - Photo Session\nTHE PRESIDENT AND THE SHAHANSHAH PROCEED TO THE DINING\nROOM FOR EXPANDED TALKS\nPress Pool #9 coverage - Photo Session\n5:35 pm\nPress Pool #8 board,Press Bus #2 and departs\n(8:35 am EST)\nen route the Royal Tehran Hilton\n5:50 pm\nPress Pool #8 arrives Royal Tehran Hilton\n(8:50 am EST)\n6:00 pm\nPress buses #3, #4, #5, & #6 arrive Royal\n(9:00 am EST)\nTehran Hilton, Ballroom Entrance\n6:45 pm\nPress Pool #10 assembles in the Press Center\n(9:45 am EST)\nand departs en route Niavaran Palace\nPRESS NOTE: Dress: Men (Suits) ;\nWomen (Evening Dresses)\n7:05 pm\nMEETING CONCLUDES\n(10:05 am EST)\nPress Pool #9 coverage\n7:10 pm\nPress Pool #10 arrives at Niavaran Palace and\n(10:10 am EST)\nproceeds to Press Area on steps of Palace\nPRESS NOTE: Equipment and personal\nsearches will be conducte\nPress facilities: 3 LDS, 2 local phon\nbuffet dinner\nMORE\n- 11 -\nSATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1977\n8:20 pm\nPRESIDENT DEPARTS SAADABAD PALACE EN ROUTE NIAVARAN\n(11:20 am EST) PALACE\nPress Pool #9 follows\n8:30 pm\nPRESIDENT ARRIVES NIAVARAN PALACE\n(11:30 am EST)\nPress Pool #10 coverage\nThe President will be met by:\nShahanshah and Shahbanou\n8:35 pm\nPress Pool #9 departs Niavaran Palace aboard\n(11:35 am EST)\nBus #2 en route Royal Tehran Hilton Hotel\n8:40 pm\nRECEIVING LINE BEGINS\n(11:40 am EST)\nPress Pool #10 coverage\n8:55 pm\nRECEIVING LINE ENDS\n(11:55 am EST)\nTHE PRESIDENT ESCORTED BY SHAH AND SHAHBANOU, PROCEED\nTO THE BANQUET ROOM\nPress Pool #10 coverage - Photo Session\n9:00 pm\nPress Pool #9 arrives Royal Tehran Hilton\n(12:00 pm EST)\n10:15 pm\nOFFICIAL TOASTS\n(1:15 pm EST)\nPress Pool #10 coverage\nPRESS NOTE: PA & Mult in\nPress Filing Center\n1 Mult\n10:25 pm\nPRESIDENT, ESCORTED BY THE SHAH AND SHAHBANOU, PROCEEDS\n(1:25 pm EST)\nTO THE IMPERIAL THEATER FOR ENTERTAINMENT\n10:55 pm\nPRESIDENT DEPARTS NIAVARAN PALAVE EN ROUTE SAADABAD\n(1:55 pm EST)\nPALACE\nPress Pool #10 coverage\nand also accompanies the President\n11:05 pm\nPRESIDENT ARRIVES SAADABAD PALACE\n(2:05 pm EST)\nPress Pool #10 coverage\n11:10 pm\nPress Pool #10 departs Saadabad Palace en\n(2:10 pm EST)\nroute Tehran Hilton Hotel\n11:30 pm\nPress Pool #10 arrives at Royal Tehran Hilton\n(2:30 pm EST)\nOVERNIGHT\nMORE\n- 12 -\nSUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1978\nCamera gear check-in - Midnight to 1:00 pm\nBAGGAGE CALL:\nMidnight to 1:00 am and 5:00 am-6:00 am - Ballroom\nentrance (West Wing of Hilton Hotel) All baggage\nmust be unlocked and accompanied by its owner to\nthe transportation personnel.\n6:45 am\nPress Buses #1-6 depart Tehran Hilton for\n(9:45 pm EST)\nMehrabad International Airport\n6:45 am\nPress Pool #11 assembles in Press Center and\n(9:45 pm EST)\ndeparts Royal Tehran Hilton en route Saadabad\nPalace\n7:20 am\nPress Pool #11 arrives Saadabad Palace to\n(10:20 pm EST)\nPreposition for arrival of King Hussein of\nJordan\n7:30 am\nPress buses #1-6 arrive Mehrabad International\n(10:30 pm EST)\nAirport\n7:55 am\nKing Hussein arrives\n(10: 55 pm EST)\n7:58 am\nPRESIDENT GREETS KING HUSSEIN\n(10:58 pm EST)\nPress Pool #11 coverage\n8:00 am\nMEETING BEGINS\n(11:00 pm EST)\nPress Pool #11 coverage - Photo Session\n8:15 am\nPAA Press Plane #1 departs Tehran, Iran\n(11:15 pm EST)\nen route New Delhi, India\n8:30 am\nTWA Press Plane #2 departs Tehran, Iran\n(11:30 pm EST)\nen route New Delhi, India\n8:45 am\nMEETING CONCLUDES\n(11:45 pm EST)\nShahanshah and Shahbanou arrive at Saadabad Palace\nPress Pool #11 coverage\n8:47 am\nPRESIDENT BIDS FAREWELL TO KING HUSSEIN\n(11:47 pm EST)\nPress Pool #11 coverage\n8:50 am\nPRESIDENT DEPARTS SAADABAD PALACE EN ROUTE THE IMPERIAL\n(11:50 pm EST) PAVILION, MEHRABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEHRAN, IRAN\n9:10 am\nPRESIDENT ARRIVES MEHRABAD AIRPORT, IMERPIAL PAVILION\n(12:10 pm EST)\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\n9:15 am\nPRESIDENT WILL GREET MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY\n(12:15 pm EST) EN ROUTE TO THE REVIEWING STAND\nPress Pool #11 follows\nPRESS NOTE: After the President\ngreets the American\ncommunity, Pool #11\nproceeds to press area.\nAfter the reviewing of\nthe guard, Pool #11A\nproceeds to wing area of\nAir Force One.\nMORE\n- 13 -\nSUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1978\nReview of Honor Guard\nThe President boards Air Force One\n9:30 am\nAIR FORCE ONE DEPARTS MEHRABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,\n(12:30 pm EST) TEHRAN, IRAN EN ROUTE NEW DELHI, INDIA\nFlying Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes\nTime change: +1 hour, 30 minutes\n# # #\nPOOL REPORT #3\nMOTORCADE FROM AIRPORT TO SAADABAD PALACE\nDECEMBER 30, 1977\nSecurity along the motorcade was extremely tight, with police\nstationed about 15 meters apart on both sides of the route,\napparently part of the Shah's security plans. Crowds gathered\nat various spots all along the route, but mostly they were\nquiet and curious, The only demonstration occurred at the\ncircle around the huge memorial -- called officially The\nRemembrance to the Shah. Several thousand school kids, wav-\ning American and Iranian flags waved and shouted as the\nmotorcade passed by. Didn't understand signs in Farsi, but\none sign said simply. \"Jimmy Carter. Crowds gathered be\nside the street in front of the apartment complexes on the\nwestern edge of the city, but they weren't very demonstrative.\nOn the other side of the Hilton, the motorcade turned on to\nthe main drag leading to the Palace. Embassy aide said the\nstreet is usually jammed with traffic, but it was blocked off\nfor the arrival. Here we saw the second sign, reading simply,\nWelcome. Me were halted at the Palace gate. The Palace,\nimmaculately white, is nestled below the white capped Alborz Moun\ntain Range. Beats Stone Mountain in Atlanta.\nBill Neikirk, Chicago Tribune\nJohn Mashek, U.S. News & World Re\nport\n#\n#\nPOOL REPORT NO. 9\nTHE PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL AT SAADABAD PALACE\nTO HIS ARRIVAL AT NIAVARAN PALACE\n(Tehran, Iran)\nDecember 31, 1977\nThe motorcade arrived at 5:30. The President\nand the Shah, followed by their wives, walked into the\npalace. The President and the Shah immediately went\nto the Shah's office, which is done all in green. The\nwall hangings are green, the sofas are green, the chairs\nare green. There are pictures of thoroughbred horses\non the walls. We followed them in and overheard a little\nbit of conversation while they were sitting there for\nphotographs.\nThe President said, \"We had a good trip to Poland,\"\namong other things.\nAs we left, the President bent forward and said,\n\"I want to discuss with you the Middle East and ask\nyour advice.\"\nWe then heard the President mention Prime Minister\nBegin. We were later told the President began this\nmeeting by filling in the Shah on his conversations with\nPrime Minister Begin in Washington.\nThe private meeting lasted until 6:20. Then we\nwere escorted in, again for a photo opportunity of the\nexpanded parties. Nothing of consequence happened during\nthis photo opportunity.\nMORE\nPage 2\nThe following is on background. It comes from\nPowell and Sullivan and can be attributed to U.S. Officials.\nOn the pool we can say it was Powell and Sullivan and they\nsaid it on background.\nON BACKGROUND:\nThe first thing they told us was that the Shah\nand the President reached agreement on nuclear nonproliferation\nterms which paved the way for the sale of six to eight U.S.\nlight water reactors to Iran eventually.\nThis agreement was presented to us as a great step\nforward. It was described - one quote from one official was,\n\"They accepted full international safeguards all the way down\nthe line.'\nOur understanding was this really implements a basic\nunderstanding reached in Washington previously. Then this\nunderstanding is to be implemented by detailed negotiation\nthat will provide for detailed safeguards and so forth. This\nagreement was described as totally in scope with the legislation\nwhich is pending in Congress. The formal signature of a formal\nagreement will also wait on the passage of this legislation.\nThe F-16 did not come up. We were told that the\nF-16 matter already has been pretty well ironed out in meetings\nin Washington between the Shah and the President. I understood\nJody to say on the F-16 matter he had never heard it discussed\nbetween the Shah and the President, that it had been discussed\nat a lower level.\nWe were told that there was \"a very substantial\nidentity of views\" and agreement that the two nations should\ntake \"constructive steps in concert\" in both the Middle East\nand the Horn of Africa.\nWe were told a moment later that the two men were\nprepared to take steps in concert \"to help further the cause of\npeace in both these areas.\"\nThe steps specifically were that each nation would\ndo what it could to bring an end to fighting between Ethiopia\nand Somalia.\nBoth men are concerned about the large influx of\nSoviet weapons into Ethiopia, for example. This was cited as\none example of their congruence of views, and that both men\nshare their common concern over the country and Soviet presence\nin Africa, particularly in Ethiopia.\nMORE\n- 3 -\nThe Shah met with King Hussein this morning\nand briefed the President on his conversation with the\nKing. In turn the President briefed him on his earlier\ndiscussions with Begin in Washington. We were told\nthat the Shah will sit in on part of the Carter-Hussein\nmeetings tomorrow. We asked if it had been decided yet\nwhether the President will go to Egypt, and we are told\nthat it still has not been firmly decided.\nThe question becomes one of logistics; for\nexample, whether this is the best time to work it in. We\nwere also told that Carter told the Shah approximately\nwhat he said at his press conference in Warsaw about that.\nWe were then told by one of these officials\nthat -- the official said, \"I understand on good authority,\"\nthat contrary to Sadat's statements of disappointment\nand anger about President Carter's comments on the\nPalestinian State and West Bank, that contrary to this,\nthis is not a matter of serious concern\" to Sadat.\nThe question was asked, how do we know this? Did the\nPresident talk with Sadat by telephone? And we were told\nthat no, he did not.\nOne of the networks, ABC, heard over its\ncommunications circuits that Ghobal has invited\nCarter, through the American Ambassador, to\nvisit Egypt on this trip, but it is still a possibility\nnot decided.\nWe were then given a couple of quotes from\nthe two men at the end of their meeting. President Carter\nwas quoted -- this is all in the context, President Carter\nwas quoted as saying, \"I think we can prevail, if we can\njust keep the peace, if we don't blow up what we have\ncreated with nuclear weapons.\" Prevailing -- I think it\nmeans we can work our way out of this.\nThe Shah was quoted as telling the President --\nthis is paraphrasing -- telling the President that he has\ndone more than most people or more than anyone in attempting\nto control the spread of nuclear weapons and to guard\nagainst nuclear war.\nMORE\n- 4 -\nPresident Carter expressed his appreciation to the\nShah for the Shah's part in helping keep OPEC prices frozen\nat their current level. The context as I understood that\nreference was that the Shah expressed to Carter Iran's great\ninterest for and need for developing alternative sources of\nenergy, including American technology and supply but not in\nterms of nuclear energy, no.\nOne further quote from Carter. At 7:16 he escorted\nthe Shah out. I believe the Shah was on his way to an inter\nview with Barbara Walters at the time, and he said, \"Goodbye,\nI am very grateful to you.\" Then the Shah left.\nOn the way back in, the President was asked how\nthe talks are going and he replied, \"Excellent always. It is\nhard for us to find differences between ourselves.\"\nI believe that pretty well covers it.\nDennis Farney, Wall\nStreet Journal\nJohn Osborne, New Republic\nJudy Woodruff, NBC\nAddendum to Pool Report #10\nTehran, Iran\nDecember 31, 1977\nAccording to Ann Compton of ABC, Sadat told all three networks\ntoday in an interview that he will meet with Carter on Wednesday\nin Aswan. Powell said he could not confirm it \"because I just don t\nknow\", but he added, \"I wouldn't dispute it. Powell indicated more\nsolid information from the U.S. party may be forthcoming later.\nDuring the toasts at the state dinner, King Hussein of Jordan was\nushered into the Palace and into a room across the reception area\nfrom the banquet hall. Powell said that several New Year's Eve\nparties had been planned and that it was decided to combine them\ninto one big bash here. So, Carter is to remain at the Palace at\nleast past midnight with the Shah and Hussein.\nThat's all I know at the momen.\nEd Walsh - Washington Post\n$\n#\n#\nADDENDUM TO POOL REPORT #10\nDecember 31, 1977\nComing out of the state dinner, the President confirmed that he\nwill meet with Sadat.\nSecretary Vance just told me, \" he said\nThe meeting will take place in Aswan while Carter is traveling\nfrom Riyadh to Paris on Wednesday.\nBrzezinski said, \"We gave him (Sadat) some times. It will have\nto be very brief -- between Riyadh and Paris -- a couple of hours. :\nThe purpose of the meeting will be \"to see whether the process\nCan be extended to more moderate Arabs, the Jordanians, the moderate\nPalestinians and the Saudis, \" Brzezinski said.\nEd Walsh - Wash. Post\n#\n#\n#\nThird Addendum to Pool Report #10\nTehran, Iran\nDecember 31, 1977\nAt the close of the state dinner President Carter did not leave\non schedule, but stayed for an informal meeting with the Shah\nand King Hussein of Jordan. Unclear at this time whether pool\nwill see them together. Powell efforting a photo op.\nAnn Compton/ABC News\n#\n#\n#"
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