European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes january 1981 James Reston after time of Iran ties will resume the s3d the hostages have dominated the politics of the United states for 14 and they Are now getting the Loving recep Tion they deserve for their patience and Sac but there is a feeling in the new administration that one Day fairly soon we will have to turn our minds to the problems of the Many things have been changed by this struggle Over our prisoners in but they have not changed Iran remains a critical strategic area Between the South Ern Border of the soviet Union and the Oil Fields of the Middle our hostages were pawns in the Ayatollah Khomeini religious Battle for control of his but he presumably not the More important economic and strategic conflicts of the world go on this United states and Iran re Phi enemies but natural they have a comm n interest in defending the Independence of which is a Between eat and a Barrier to Moscow rooms of extending its Empire to War water Oil routes in the persian nobody could object to the anger of the american people about the treatment of the hostages by the nor to the dra Matic presentation o their plight by our Jim Anderson acts of fortify embassies abroad in the Pas 10 there have been 64 incursions into diplomatic missions violent attacks by mobs who have burned and occupied embassies and Consul ates around the about on third of those events involving embassies of All countries have occurred in the past 12 the concept of a diplomatic Sanctuary enshrined in the language of the treaty of Vienna an endangered but there is nothing in sight to replace there is no Longrun alternative to the idea that the Host government has to protect i he one state department offi Cial nobody in the state department or in any foreign government wants a Situa Tion where each diplomatic Mission becomes a protected by a private Bui that is nearly the Case in the anarchy of present Lay in the the stale depart ment official there Are things you can do to provide some Protection to your mis Sions and to your the most ambitious program is a million project to build Safe havens in about 10 High risk mainly in the Middle the embassies Are now being rebuilt so that each will have mob proof Strong rooms which have auxiliary generators most communication the rooms Are big enough to accommodate All the people Likely to be in the embassy during working including visitors in the visa sections and the Safe havens arc not designed to per Mit the embassy staff to hold out but they can hold out for several hours against a armed with Small and give the people inside the Safe Haven communications to the state department and to the local foreign to Appeal for outside the idea is predicated on the Assumption the local government is willing to if that outside help is As in the Case of the opinions expressed in he and cartoons on mis Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Way to be considered at representing the views of the stars and stripes or the United states the takeover of the embassy in the Safe Haven will be sur the Safe Haven idea was born when the embassy at was stormed on 1979 and the Ameri cans retreated to a communications it saved but it didst work very the state department official the people almost burned up when the building was set they were Able to climb through a trap door to the where they were Able to hold out until the pakistani government forces finally one Marine guard was shot and killed and another american military Man attached to the embassy died in the in All posts around the the Diplo Mats their families Are told How to avoid dangerous situations such As Noi taking the same route to work every principal such As the ambassador and his chief Are Given radio communication with the and armoured limousines have been Standard practice for the past few facilities such As swimming pools Are now being placed inside the guarded embassy where the families can have picnics without looking Over their shoulders for embassy staff members also Are Given Short courses on places around the City that would also serve As if they Are caught in the open by a mob police Sta fire houses and Friendly once the crowd begins to gather in front of a it is state department policy to let the local people make the Deci Sions on the sometimes tear Gas can work to disperse a the official other times it can incite them or they can throw the can Sisters Back into the driving everybody the attacks on embassies Are not limited to american most the soviet embassy in Tehran was attacked by a mob of afghan the soviet Union protested and the iranians responded that the soviets were reacting in a threat ening the who had vetoed any International sanctions against Iran after the embassy had found that the situation had turned full c United press International the anal the chair his chair it Wiy behind Twe a tows his or he gulped two is Isk Auy a i i a j i t a i to Tulsi i in t a i i Well ism Rhone press and but the while he no doubt symbolizes iranians grievances against the Shah and the materialistic threats of the capitalist world to his does not represent the Iran of the he is an old Man holding up his hand against the Avalanche of one can even understand his protest against the moral squalor of the but he is a pass ing Shadow and should not be confused with the history and geography of his they will endure Long after the Ayatollah and even Ronald Reagan Are gone from the world there Are Many Well intentioned people Here and elsewhere who Are determined to dwell on the they Are even that there was a conspiracy in the murder of president that Nixon and Agnew were hounded out of washing ton by a and that it is their duly to typos the crib Vicki of the thou of lessons to be Learned from careful investigation of the tragedies of our of of but there Are also some some members of Congress now want president Reagan to reject the Deal that liberated the to investigate Why were taken Why the raid in the desert was such a failure inter Esting questions about the provided they dont get in the Way of the the new Reagan administration has been very canny in its it has rejected the notion that it should repudiate the Deal that liberated the on the ground that it should not follow the ayatollahs example of violating an International being relieved of the hostage the Reagan administration knows that it must Deal with the larger political and strategic considerations of the Middle East for the next four it will give the hostages the reception they deserve in and listen sympathetically to their recounting of the horrors of their treatment in it will not Rush in to reestablish diplomatic relations in but the guess Here is after a period of judicious it will remember the importance of that country to the Strate Gic and economic interests of the United for the Iran is no longer concerned with the Issue of the it is at War with whose troops Are occupying part of its country and shutting off its flow of Oil to the Industrial it is in the midst of an economic invaded from the threatened by the soviets in the North and engaged in a civil War Between its modern and religious there is a popular tendency in Congress to rejoice in the iranians predicament after the humiliation they imposed on the United but the new Secretary of Al undoubtedly has a different strategic View of the Iran is no threat to american Security if it should be divided and the soviet with troops already in Afghanistan on Iran Eastern might be tempted to inter and that would be a major Challenge and threat to the peace of the so the new angry As it is about the treatment of the Doest want their Homecoming to get out of hand and Lead to a jingoistic hostility toward the administration As soon As to Cool things Down and not allow present differences to deteriorate into per manent no doubt it will take a Long on both to heal the wounds of this crisis be tween the United states and after a period of separation and they May finally come to their senses and recognize their common c new York