University Daily Kansan, October 26. 1983
CAMPUS AND AREA
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Official: shah didn't take advice
Intimidation fed ego
By CHRISTY FISHER Staff Reporter
Dennis Wright
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran fell from power partly because he was a jealous megalomaniac who couldn't take advice, a former British ambassador to Iran said yesterday in the Kansas Union.
or to训台卖话。Dennis Wright, British ambassador to Iran from 1963 to 1971, painted the shah as a suspicious, lonely man who refused to tolerate opposition. If any of his advisers made suggestions, Wright said, they were removed from office or were never heard from again.
The shah was equally intolerant of foreign ambassadors who talked with Iran's enemies, Wright said. For this reason, the United States was unable to predict his fall from power.
WRIGHT CONSIDERED PAHLAVI a weak leader until 1963, when the shah ordered army troops to quell protesters roiting against his reform programs. About 100 people died in that confrontation. Wright said, although other sources place the death toll as high as 1,000.
"That showdown with the opposition was the crucial turning point in the shah's development," Wright said. "For the next 10 years, up to 1973, there was vertical stability in Iran that had not existed before."
Wright said that the shah's regime was the only stable government in the Middle East and was worthy
The year 1971 was a crucial turning point in the snail'sachar. he said. For the first time, oil producing countries were able to produce enriched oil.
of British and American support, despite its poor human rights record.
He said that corruption became steadily worse as oil money rolled in. But the shah's advisers were scared to interfere with his attempts to triple oil production after a price increase in 1974.
Wright said the intimidation felt by the adivers was a key personal victory for the shah.
THE BRITISH WITHDRAWAL from the Persian Gulf gave the shah great power as Western leaders gave him a "blank check" to buy arms to protect the region.
The shah also played host to an extravagant affair for world leaders that was a boost to his ego, he said.
Without consulting advisers, the shah decided to drop the Islamic calendar and return to the year 550 CE.
Wright said the shah became unapproachable by the mid-1970s.
Because of the shah's spending policies and the influx of foreigners into the country, he said, Iran began to suffer from high unemployment and a shortage of housing in the cities.
If he would have remained a moderate and listened to advice and if he had not gotten ill," the coup might never have taken place, Wright said.
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
THE KU SOLAR Energy Club will sponsor a lecture and discussion by Lymn Holt of the Kansas Corporation Commission who will speak about renewable Kansas energy at 7:30 Auctionist Auditorium of the Kansas Union
THE GEOGRAPHY department will present a colloquium on "The Vices of American Climate," by Walter Kollmorgan, professor emeritus of geology, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 317, Lindley Hall.
EDWYNA GILBERT will speak about "Women in Education" from noon to 1 p.m. in Cork II of the Union.
UNIVERSITY FORUM will feature a lecture by Thomas Sanders, Universities Field Staff International, on 'is Brazil Rich or not?' in m at the Encumecular Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread Ave
PUBLIC RELATIONS Student Society of America will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Room of the Union.
KANSAS UNIVERSITY Advertising Club will meet at 8 p.m. in the Council Room of the Union. Wendell
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"How to Get a Job in Advertising."
DUNGEONS and Dragons will meet at 7 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
TOMORROW
THE CAMPUS Coalition for Peace and Justice will meet at 7 p.m. in the Governors Room of the Union.
A LECTURE on "Co-generation, Wind Energy and Rate Structure" will be given by the Solar Energy Auditors at Adelson Auditorium of the Union.
INTERNATIONAL CLUB will meet to plan a Thanksgiving party at 3:30 p.m. in the Regional Room of the Union.
STUDENTS INTERESTED in forming a literary magazine will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the Union.
A LECTURE and discussion program on "The Role of Women in the Church" by Orthodox Christians in the United States, in the Bentennial Room of the Union
GERMAN CLUB will discuss the Summer Language Institute in Germany at 4 p.m. in Room 4067, Wescole Hall.
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