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Show i , I i Page 6 The Utah Independent While the government did nothing except try to pacify angry Americans with half- hearted reprisals against Iran, Rep. George Hansen made two trips to Tehran and talked to the terrorists and officials. The hostages will soon be free because of internal pressures by Iranian officials who have opposed their taking from the start, he predicts. (R-Idah- o) XCUMYK TO rOTUGHT By Mark Kuhn According to an apparently confident Rep. who recently returned George Hansen from a second trip to Tehran to monitor the crisis there, a partial or complete release of the hostages will take place this month. Hansen noted Ayatollah Khomeini is being pressed by secular (civil) officials to resolve the (R-Idah- o), hostage situation. The Paper That Cares To Take A Stand January 23, 1980 The alarming military intervention by the Soviets in Afghanistan (which has a long border with Iran) and an rift in authority between the militants holding the ever-wideni- ng released so that Iran may complete its government organization and attend to more pressing business such as the newly erupted Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Hansen stressed. hostages and Khomeinis Revolutionary Council are adding to the pressure, said the congressman. HOSTAGES HOME IN JANUARY STATE DEPT. MISSES BET Contrary to public opinion in the U.S. generated by the major news media, Iran is not unified on the hostage issue, said Hansen. There are many Though it is dangerous to speculate on a precise date at this point, said Hansen in an exclusive SPOTLIGHT interview December 31, it is almost certain that some or all of the American hostages will be released by the last week of this month. The congressman noted that while he may be overly hopeful, assurances he received from ministers and officials close to Khomeini left little dpubt that the release of the remaining hostages would begin shortly. What is interesting about Hansens assessment of the crisis is that the release of the hostages will not be a result of the various present and threatened economic sanctions imposed upon Iran by the Carter administration or the UN. It is political pressures being applied from within Iran by ministry officials upon Khomeini and the Revolutionary Council pressures Hansen said began the day the American hostages were taken that are presently opening the door to free the hostages. high-ranki- government condemn the seizure of hostages and. are willing to work with the U.S. State Department. So far, none of these opposing officials have been contacted by the State Department, Hansen pointed out. Consequently, concluded Hansen, 1 know those people (the dissenting ministers) better than anybody (in the U.S.) now. STATE DEPT MISSES BET The State Department and Carter have had the opportunity to negotiate the release of the hostages via Irans civil ministry but have ignored it, noted Hansen. FLAK FROM CARTER During his first trip to Tehran in November, 1979, which caught a barrage of flak from Carter, the State Department and the American press, Hansen initiated contacts with various officials in control of the hostage situation and was allowed in to see the Americans held captive. On his second personal visit to Tehran Christmas Eve, Hansen broadened his contacts, he said. was not loud from civil officials, said Hansen. Now, however, the officials are becoming increasingly vocal, urging Khomeini to order the hostages A in the current educated in the U.S. who officials CIVIL OFFICIALS PROTEST At first the opposition to the hostage-takin- g (Conseirvafive SSODeaks ODnt EJ. THORNTON COLUMNIST LECTURER POLITICAL ANALYST F Arcadian No. 1. Myrtle Beach. SC 29577 6-- CBS AND THE GEORGE BUSH SHOW George Bush is an hypocrite. The Rockefellers SPECIALIZE in secrecy. Bush should be ashamed to accuse the Birch group of being evil because they do not publish the names of their members. I have called Bushs hand by asking him to get for me the addresses of the members of the Council on Foreign Relations, from which he resigned after at least 8 years membership. Being a member may have gotten him his job as head of the C.I.A. Well see jf he responds. Also, the C.F.R. has 37 Committees (branches) scattered over the country, made up of men from business, law, especially from education and journalism. They publish no MEMBERSHIP list. But George Bush, a member of the parent group for over 8 years, candidate for President, CAN GET THIS LIST IF HE DOESNT BELIEVE IN SECRECY. 1 am asking him to get me the list. Presidency Qualifications As for Bush being a shot-dow- n air pilot, that does not equip him to become president. The best example I can give is Sen. John Glenn of Ohio who was one of our space men. His political voting record is miserable. ' As for Bush being a successful business man, the Rockefeller clubs can sway business men. Among their members are big shots with Cocoa Cola, Cummins Engine, Caterpillar Tractor, Sears Roebuck, scores of others. Tainted by Rockefeller Bushs taint that he is a Rockefeller man. He quit the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Trilateral Commission, apparently for the sole reason that he thought he could run for President without carrying the growing stigma of those groups. Being an however, puts him in another club, that includes Mondale, Carter, Blumenthal, Brezinski, Vance, Andrew Young. They all were Rocky Club members until they were given big jobs - then they quit. Do you smell is ex-memb- er, something? I am also going to ask Bush why he didnt come to the defense of the C.I.A. he seems so proud of, when Frank Church and the networks were engaged in a months long campaign to demolish it - along with theF.B.I. and Hoover. . " - - j' - The Coming George Bush Show When C.B.S. puts on the GEORGE BUSH SHOW, they will put him in the most favorable light, because the media is managed by big money and that is concentrated in the Rockefeller faction. Elections 10 months off. The harder the networks push Bush, the more I wilj be turned against him. Men appear to be running against one another. But You and 1 are running against the Rockefeller-Kenned- y dynasty whose clubs have included Carter and Kennedy, democrats and . Bush and Canal Give-awBaker, republicans. - , ng ay 1 . . |