Message [Repudiation of Jimy Carter's envoys' visit]

According to what we know, special envoys of Carter are on their way to Iran and plan to come to Qum and visit me. «2» I deem it necessary to notify that American Administration announces opposition overtly by protecting the Shah while the American Embassy has been turned to espionage center for hatching plot against our Islamic Revolution. Therefore, it is impossible for the American envoys to meet me. Furthermore,

1- Members of Islamic Revolutionary Council should meet them under no conditions.

2- No authority has the right to meet them.

3- If the U. S. hands over the deposed Shah-this number one enemy of our noble nation-and stops conspiring against us, the path of negotiation on some issues, which are in favor of our nation, is open.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini