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Dear Editor The New Leader welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, but letters should not exceed 300 words. Senegal Gertrude Samuels inadvertently left out Senegal as one of the...
...the top government officials are still unable or unwilling to break away from age-old traditions of corruption and inefficiency...
...It's about time someone took on A. L. Rowse and exposed him for the incompetent faker he is...
...Dakar, Senegal Herman J. Cohen U.S...
...Recent events in Iran have indicated that the time of collapse may not be far away...
...Within three years, the factors this report managed to isolate led to the overthrow of the Shah, but the U.S...
...Bloomington, Ind...
...A mbassador to Senegal Shah It may be true, as Hans J. Morgenthau says in his "The Limits of Intelligence" (NL, January 16) that the CIA cannot be blamed for failing to warn U.S...
...His indecision is monumental and his moral courage debatable...
...Bronx, N. Y. David Zitkerman Shakespeare Congratulations to Professor David Bevington for his splendid review of The Annotated Shakes-peareV'The Bard Business," NL, December...
...Senegal Gertrude Samuels inadvertently left out Senegal as one of the nations contributing to the United Nations peace-keeping force in Lebanon ("The UN's Thin Blue Line...
...Harr^ Friedkin...
...The Shah, an earnest young man full of good intentions, cannot make up his mind whether he should reign or rule, and consequently does neither...
...In part, the present crisis is attributable to basic, organic weaknesses in the body politic, such as the absolute and senseless centralism of the government, the feudal land-holding system with its concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few selfish persons, and the fact that an underdeveloped country such as Iran, with a vast, totally illiterate peasant population, and without any son of democratic tradition, is not suited in times of crisis for parliamentary government on the European model...
...The Senegalese are proud of their competent fighting force, and despite losing five men to date in Lebanon, they remain enthusiastic about their participation in unifil...
...The following is from a State Department report written in 1950...
...policymakers about the turmoil in Iran...
...the Shah, who for a while showed signs of being a force of progress and reform, has exhibited that he has neither the character nor the ability to offer his people guidance...
...propped him up again...
...Twenty-eight years later, nearly the same factors led to his overthrow once more...
...NL, November 20...
...the Parliament is composed of obstructionists, and the people, thoroughly disgusted with a regime which offers prospects for a still bleaker future, are excellent targets for the clandestine but well organized and well-financed Communist (Tudeh) Party...
...While sincerely believing in the aims of the Seven Year Program and the need to reform the Irianian Government, the Shah is fair game for every self-seeking sycophant, of which there are many in the royal palace, who comes near him...
...All traces of effective leadership have virtually disappeared...
...On the other hand, accurate predictions in such situations can be provided...
Vol. 62 • January 1979 • No. 3
