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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Diplomat tells of Iran coup idea Washington up Zbigniew Brzczinski asked the . Ambassador in Iran shortly after revolutionaries took Overin Tehran whether he could arrange a Mil itary coup to topple them the Diplomat reported  ambassador William Sullivan writing in the fall Issue of foreign policy Aga Ine also said he wanted to resign when the White House ordered him to sup port the interim government of Shahpour Bakhtiar instead of negotiating with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s  said Gen. Alexander Haig s Resig nation As commander of nato forces came because of president Carter s decision to Send Haig s military Deputy Gen. Rober Huyser to Iran to Sec that the military was Loyal to  the article Sullivan made Clear that he saw Brzczinski Carter s National Security adviser As the Man behind a confused and ineffective . Policy toward Iran in the Days just before and after the revolt  spokesman for Brzezinski called Sulli Van s article self serving and factually in accurate but he said now is not the time for a Public debate on its  after Khomeini took Over and confrontations began taking place Between armed forces Loyal to the Shah and the Aya Zollah. Sullivan said he received a message from  said Brzczinski asked whether i thought i could arrange a military coup against the  regret thai the reply i made is unprintable the former ambassador  said it was apparently by no vember 1978 that Brzczinski had begun tomake his own policy and established his own embassy in Iran that embassy materialized in inc per son of Ardshir Zahidi the Shah s Ambas Sador in Washington who returned to Teh ran at Brzczinski s Behest with the explicit Mission of pulling the Shah s resolve together so that he Coula suppress the  said in contrast by mid novem Ber of 1978, he had concluded America s Best interests Lay in anticipating the fall of Shah Mohammed Racza Pahlavi and arranging for the armed forces to function under a government Khomeini supported. He said he sent his ideas to Washington but i never received a reply to this Funda mental message. Instead it soon became apparent that my views were no longer Wel come at the White  said Secretary of state Cyrus Vance agreed at the time to Send a foreign service officer ambassador Theodore Eliot to Iran to talk Wilh the Khomeini forces but the plan was  that stage Brzezinski decided to Send Huyser to Iran to try to keen the military there Loyal to Bakhtiar he  said he was instructed in no Uncertain terms from Washington to sup port Bakhtiar no matter what reservations i had. At this Point 1 decided like Haig to  in the end he said he Felt responsible for the 15,000 americans in Iran and held off. Monday september 8, 1980 Anderson gets nod of Liberal party More charges Marine i pc. Robert Garwood left walks with lawyer Mirk Raynor to the Jacksonville , magistrate s office to turn himself in. Garwood facing charges of desertion and collaborating with the enemy in vie  was charged with two sex offences allegedly involving a 7 year old girl. A photo Garwood denies charge of sex abuse Friend says Jacksonville . A close Friend of Marine pfc. Robert Gar Wood who faces charges of desertion an collaborating with the enemy in Vietnam said saturday Garwood absolutely denies the charges of felony child abuse lodged against him. Donna Long a frequent companion of Garwood since he resumed from Vietnam to face a court martial said he maintain she is innocent of the latest charges. Two felony offences involving a 7-year-old girl were filed Friday. Garwood wus scheduled to make an initial appearance i Onslow District court in Jacksonville at 9 .  Only thing i m Able to say is Bobby absolutely denies the charges. He is inno cent said Long who posted Garwood s $10.000  said Garwood remained in the Jacksonville area but was unavailable for comment on the advice of his lawyers. I think you can understand the position he s in. He s got one court martial for life in prison and now this comes up she said in Telephone interview. A far As How he feels you can just ask die question How would you feel. How would any Man feel if somebody brought a charge like this against you Garwood 34, of Greensburg ind., stationed at Camp Lejeune Marine corps base was named in two warrants which charged him with attempting to commit sexual abuse by Force against the child an with committing and attempting to commit a lewd and lascivious act on the Sam child. Long said saturday neither she nor Gar Wood knew details of the charges. All we saw was the charges. We Don know what he s supposed to have done. We Don t know  she said. The War rant is what he saw and that s  Long said she knew who the child was but declined to identify her. Garwood returned to the United state Early last year after spending nearly 14 years in Vietnam. He has pleaded innocent to the desertion and collaboration charges. He could be sentenced to life in prison i convicted. Garwood contends he was being held prisoner by the vietnamese. Selection of a six member jury for his court martial was concluded on thursday and testimony is tentatively scheduled to begin sept. 17 250 arrested in Zurich youth rioting Zurich up Swiss police said sunday an uneasy Calm had settled Over the City Center after a night of the worst Street violence Ever Seea in Switzerland. A police spokesman said 250 youths we rearrested during 10 hours of clashes which continued into the Early hours of sunday morning and caused several injuries. The spokesman said four policemen were injured by Stone throwing youths and Sev eral Demou orators suffered minor cuts and bruises. Saturday s violence was the third Day of protests against police seizure of the youth Center in a Dawn raid thursday. Several Hundred students and Young peo ple gathered in Small groups saturday night around Zurich s main Square and Central railway station. They erected makeshift barricades with trash cans paving stones and garbage setting them alight with Gaso line. Other groups disrupted traffic threw stones at buses automobiles and police cars new York up York s Liberal party in a blow to president Carter s chances of carrying the state saturday endorsed John Anderson and All but guaranteed that the Independent will be the party s Choice in  policy committee of the Liberal party. Is recommending that the state convention of our party. Nominate John Anderson for president party vice chair Man and chief strategist Ray Harding an the convention which meets next sat urday to consider the endorsement has never failed to accept the 36-member policy committee s , who met with the panel earlier saturday got 32 votes while Carter got two. One member abstained and another was not present. Anderson s winning the Liberal endorsement is important because of the state s clout in the electoral College an the possibility that the party s votes could deprive Carter of Victory there and a  to three committee members had concerns As we All have of the actions of the Liberal party electing Republican Ronald Reagan. The necessities of an alternative to Carter and Reagan Are so great that the risk had to be run said the party chairman Donald Harrington. Robert Torricelli Carter s new York Campaign manager said the Liberal Deci Sion to support Anderson was no  endorsement is the result of an attempt by a few leaders of the Liberal party to deliver on a commitment the made to Anderson a Long time ago he said. It is in fact a sad Day for the Liberal party. They have shown themselves to bean undemocratic institution in the Way they went about this  the Carter forces had sought to contend that Anderson who was a Model conservative when he entered Congress in1960 is not a real Liberal. 4 Rob rolex Plant of millions in loot Geneva up four armed me robbed a downtown factory making rolex watches and escaped with millions of Dol Lars of loot the Swiss police said. The bandits broke into the factory an forced 12 employees to lie on the floor at gunpoint while they ransacked the store room. Police said the four men made off with rolex watches bracelets and Gold Bullion Worth several million Swiss  roman delivery room found for baby pigs Rome up a team of English an italian archaeologists has discovered 2,000 year old delivery room for pigs with Sepa rate accommodations for 27 sows and their220piglcts, officials said. The delivery room part of a vast ancient roman Villa and farm Complex was found in the Valle Dell Oro at Monte Argentato on the tuscan coast. And broke into shops. Zurich authorities saturday morning or dered police to stamp out any further demonstrations immediately and police relied heavily on rubber bullets tear Gas and water cannons to break up groups of  Vij sunday s Dawn police raid and subsequent dosing of the youth Center in which 130 youngsters were arrested and gum knives an  
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