Conspiracy at Desert One
A novel
By Bernace Charles
The Iranian
Introduction
Following April 25, 1980, Iranian Revolutionary Guards arrested Laleh
Sanders, an American photojournalist in Tehran. The Iranian Press charged
her with spying for America. She then disappeared for ten months before
allowed to leave Iran. Why? President Carter claimed to have no knowledge
of her at a press conference. Who was Laleh Sanders and what role did she
play in preventing the American rescue-effort from reaching Tehran? Did
someone plant a bad seed for the embassy takeover then realize the American,
hostage, rescue-effort must be prevented? Did an act of sabotage occur
to assure the change of guard within the American Presidential Office?
Were there men who put such a plan into operation? Laleh Sanders follows
a directive given her by a man holding court deep in her heart. Learning
the truth sends Laleh's daughter Roya and an American novelist on a dangerous
search.
Any commandeering of events from the book The Guts to Try and
woven into the novel was done purposely. Those scenes do not detract from
either the sacrifice or the effort made by American Special Forces in the
Iranian desert on the night of April 25, 1980. The novel Conspiracy
at Desert One was written by interweaving American military planning
for the rescue-effort. This material comes from an account written by retired
Colonel James Kyle. It is an honor to know him and have his willingness
to allow me access and use. Anyone interested in military history and truth
as to what took place that fateful night should check with their library
and read his book. Hopefully it will be reprinted. It takes the reader
through a brilliantly written account of the tragic difficulties that befell
the rescue-effort of American Embassy personnel then held at the American
Embassy Compound in Tehran >>>
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