--- Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just as we know that the CIA installed the Shah of > Iran. But > what few realize is that prior to that, the Soviets > controlled Iran. Why do you think Stalin insisted on > a > conference in Tehran? Because he didn't want to > travel out > of an area of Soviet control. The Avalon Conference of 1943, Eric? Tehran was certainly a convenient venue for Stalin. But Iran was ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, son of Reza Shah; Reza Shah was forced to abdicate, in 1941, by the Allied Powers, because his alleged neutrality was combined with a rather too friendly relationship with Germany. Judy Evans, Cardiff ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" ? The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html