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Nixon Is A Strong Leader With A Good Grasp Of The World's Problems. He Knows That The Only Way To Argue With The Communists Is From A Position Of Strength.

I Have Learned By Experience That A Tragic End Awaits Anyone Who Dares Cross Swords With Me; Nasser Is No More, John And Robert Kennedy Died At The Hands Of Assassins, Their Brother Edward Has Been Disgraced, Krushchev Was Toppled, The List Is Endless.

I Want The Standard Of Living In Iran In Ten Years' Time To Be Exactly On A Level With That In Europe Today. In Twenty Years' Time We Shall Be Ahead Of The United States.

I Have Always Endeavoured, As My Double Duty Of Believer And Sovereign Dictated, To Follow The Precepts Of The Sacred Book Of Islam: Precepts Of Balance, Justice And Moderation. Although My Religious Education Was Very Literal, In That I Learnt To Understand The Precepts Of The Koran Precisely According To The Text, We Have Seen That On Several Occasions Throughout My Life, I Have Felt Myself To Be Very Particularly In The Hands Of The Almighty.

I Cannot Avoid Wondering About The Feelings Of Those Who Are Now The Apparent Rulers Of Iran. They Are, Despite Their Mistakes And The Crimes Which They Have Instigated, Men Of Faith Who Claim To Be Sent By God. I Hope They Will Eventually Realize That The Revolution Which They Believe They Have Brought About Is Not To The Glory Of God, But Serves The Forces Of Evil.