<SANITIZED>RECOLLECTIONS OF CANADIAN REQUESTS IN 1979

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01430785
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2018
• Case Number: F-2013-00120
• Publication Date: August 3, 1988

Approved for Release: 2017/06/29 C01430785
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
1979
S E CA ET
3 August 1988
Recollections of Canadian Requests in
who has been out of town for the last month,
phoned early morning 3 August and the undersigned asked him if
he recollected the meeting in 1979,, with a ranking Canadian
security official in then DDCI Carlucci's office. The Canadian
made the dramatic announcement at this meeting that six
American Embassy officials had taken refuge in the Canadian
Embassy in Tehran. did not recall any mention by the
Canadian that the U.S. Congress should not be briefed. He did
recall how frightened the participants were for the lives of
the Americans and the 15 Canadians, who were now also at risk.
He also recalled the phrase, "this should not be discussed
outside these four walls." When I asked if he remembered
Carlucci saying he would have to brief the President,
said he thought that was right. He added that the Canadian was
very up-tight and that as the weeks following this meeting
progressed, the Canadian Government was taking a lot of
political heat to pull all of their people out of Tehran. The
Canadian did take their embassy down to the absolute minimum
required to support our six people. Several times had
to plead with the Canadians for a few more days before we could
organize the rescue. The Canadians did pull out the remainder
of their people immediately after ours left.
Associate Deputy Director for Operations
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1 - DDCI
1 -C/NE
1 - EA/DCI
1 - DDO
1 - DOREG
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