...Jimmy Carter asked his closest advisers then pressuring him to admit the shah to the United States: "What are you guys going to advise me to do if they overrun our embassy and take our people hostages?"37 Given this, many observers have questioned why Carter did admit the shah into the United...

...his opposition to the shah's entry. At the end of the meeting, Carter presciently asked the others, "What are you guys going to advise me to do if they...overrun our embassy and take our people hostage?" 37 Carter requested more information on the shah's condition. The memo he received the following day...