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remained in the hands of unknown
guerrilla groups despite his appeal that
they be surrendered.
Iranian newspapers reported that
scores of persons were shot in their
homes or robbed in the streets of Tehran
Tuesday night as marauding gunmen
went on shooting sprees.
Political sources predicted the real
strength of the pro-Khomeini govern
ment would be known only by Saturday
when Khomeini wants all strikes to end.
He warned that all who did not return to
work would be considered “enemies of
the revolution.”
Sullivan, who after the rescue had
been washing dishes and cleaning the
floors of his official residence in an at
tempt to relax, said, “We are very
grateful to the Khomeini forces for their
assistance.”
“That force (Khomeini supporters) is
staying here at my request,” Sullivan
Festival location changed
Because of last year’s security and
crowding problems in downtown State
College, the Central Pennsylvania
Festival of the Arts Board has decided to
return part of this summer’s sidewalk
sales to campus.
Last year, because of the University
workers strike, the board decided to
locate the festival downtown rather than
cancel it. This summer the event route
will extend from Pattee library down the
mall and along S. Allen Street to Fair
mount Avenue.
Last year, exhibits had to be housed in
“very limited” spaces because the HUB
and Zoller galleries were not available,
Yar Chomicky, board president, said.
In addition, there were no guards
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said. “There are mullahs (religious
leaders) with them.”
“We are not prisoners but we are
keenly aware that there are groups of
armed men in town trying to cause
difficulties for the United States and (for
Prime Minister Mehdi) Bazargan’s
government.”
The attack on the embassy began
when gangs of armed gunmen, directed
by commanders shouting through
bullhorns, poured a devastating
machine gun and rifle assault into the
compound at 10a.m.
One gang of angry invaders told UPI
correspondent Arthur Higbee they were
looking for SAVAK secret police agents
they had been told were hiding in the
compound.
“At one point I thought I was going to
be lynched when a mob of some 30 people
surrounded me and frisked me,” Higbee
said.
The 19 defending Marines, in green
provided for the exhibits to assure the
safety of the artists’ works.
But, many exhibitors preferred the
downtown location because it was
convenient for loading and unloading.
The compactness and nearness of the
town setting probably added to the
success of the festival, Chomicky said.
He said last year’s cooperation bet
ween volunteers and townspeople im
proved the outlook for this year’s event.
He called the festival a “real community
effort.”
Judging from the sentiments shown
last year, .Chomicky said he predicts
another successful summer for the
festival, which is scheduled to run from
July 11 through 15. —by Carlton Berger
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combat uniforms, sprayed the com
pound with teargas and then fired on the
advancing guerrillas with shotguns and
sidearms.
After two hours of firing, the gunmen
began climbing the high brick walls and
wrought iron gates of the compound for a
direct assault on the main embassy
building.
"We came under very heavy attack by
well-equipped armed men who came
over three sides of the compound and
they shot up my house, my office and the
chancellery,” Sullivan said later. “We
telephoned the Khomeini group ... and
they arrived in the nick of time to save
us.
"We had already abandoned the
ground floor and were on the upper
floors,” Sullivan said.
After two hours, the white-haired
Sullivan surrendered to avoid further
bloodshed but later told journalists, “We
carried out the usual destruction plan (of
sensitive equipment) in a case of this
sort. They didn’t destroy our com
munications we did.”
The guerrillas herded everyone into
the embassy grounds. UPI photographer
Tom Karges went into the compound
with one of the first waves of guerrillas
and reported some of the marines had
thick hoods placed over their heads and
were being kicked and beaten by their
captors.
Sullivan was the last to leave the
building. His shock of white hair blowing
in the breeze, the ambassador looked
unperturbed, but several gunmen kept
brandishing guns and knives in his face
and on several occasions slapped him.
U.S. Marine Sgt. Kenneth Kraus, 22, of
Lansdale, Pa., was one of the two
Marines wounded in the attack. He told
UPI he had just finished eating break-
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fast after coming off the night watch
when he heard gunfire.
“There were at least 100 armed men
coming over the wall,” Kraus said.
“Others were shooting from the roofs of
buildings outside the compound. Rounds
were coming in everywhere.
“We were suppose to evacuate the
civilians to the chancellery building but
would have meant crossing a large field
and half of us would have been dead.
“We were in touch with the am
bassador by walkie-talkie. He gave
orders not to fire unless our lives were in
danger. Then he said we should
surrender to them.
"I stowed our two walkie-talkies and
two shotguns in the ice cooler. The
shotguns were loaded with skeet shot.
It’s tiny stuff for close security work.
“I threw two tear-gas cannisters over
the wall. That probably just made 'em
angrier.
“We probably could have made a
stand of some kind but we had to save
people’s lives. I asked the Iranian girl
how to say surrender in Farsi.
“When they burst in (the door) one of
our Iranian employees stepped in front
of me. He took an Uzi submachine gun in
the chest. I guess he was hurt pretty bad.
“The sad thing is that if he hadn’t
stepped in front of me the round would
have hit me. I had my flak jacket on and
an Uzi round —its only 9mm wouldn’t
■have hurt me.”
Fearing a separate attack, the hard
pressed Bazargan government also
ringed the nearby British Embassy with
troops loyal to Khomeini.
The British Embassy had been acting
as a link between the U.S. compound and
Washington after American employees
smashed their own communications
equipment.
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