JEST FOR FUN

The bringing of the shah of Iran to America in 1979 caused someone to recall that the CIA had been involved in similar situations before. In 1975, they got President Thieu out of Vietnam and put him up at an apartment in Paris where they had formerly housed Argentina's deposed president, Juan Peron. Fortunately for the CIA's budget, the rent for the apartment had not increased since Peron had been there. In fact, Thieu could live as cheaply as Juan!