It didn't take long for the... by Alexander Haig, an American Public Servant

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“It didn't take long for the world to realize that the Shah was an enlightened liberal next to the bloody reactionary regime that followed, and which executed more people in three months than the Shah had done in 30 years.”

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Alexander Haig

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Name: Alexander Haig

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 2, 1924

Date of Death: Feb 20, 2010

Profession: Public Servant

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