ly ▁display ▁his ▁anger , ▁with ▁a ides ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁un con c ern ed ▁about ▁having ▁been ▁bug ged ▁at ▁the ▁White ▁House . ▁According ▁to ▁officials , ▁He ath ▁commonly ▁had ▁notes ▁taken ▁of ▁his ▁public ▁discuss ions ▁with ▁N ixon ▁so ▁a ▁recording ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁bother ed ▁him . ▁However , ▁officials ▁priv ately ▁said ▁that ▁if ▁private ▁tal ks ▁with ▁N ixon ▁were ▁bug ged , ▁then ▁He ath ▁would ▁be ▁out rag ed . ▁Even ▁so , ▁He ath ▁was ▁priv ately ▁out rag ed ▁over ▁being ▁t aped ▁without ▁his ▁prior ▁knowledge . ▁ ▁Other ▁international ▁re actions ▁Iran ian ▁then - Sh ah ▁Moh amm ad ▁Re za ▁P ah la vi ▁told ▁the ▁press ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁" I ▁want ▁to ▁say ▁quite ▁em ph atically   ... ▁that ▁everything ▁that ▁would ▁weak en ▁or ▁je op ard ize ▁the ▁President ' s ▁power ▁to ▁make ▁dec isions ▁in ▁split ▁seconds ▁would ▁represent ▁grave ▁danger ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁world ." ▁An ▁un named ▁Ken yan ▁senior ▁official ▁of ▁Foreign ▁Affairs ▁Ministry ▁accused ▁N ixon ▁of ▁lack ing ▁interest ▁in ▁Africa ▁and ▁its ▁politics ▁and ▁then ▁said , ▁" American ▁President ▁is ▁so ▁en mes hed ▁in ▁domestic ▁problems ▁created ▁by ▁Water gate ▁that ▁foreign ▁policy ▁seems ▁suddenly ▁to ▁have ▁taken ▁a ▁. " ▁Cub an ▁then - le ader ▁F idel ▁Castro ▁said ▁in ▁his ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁interview ▁that , ▁of ▁the ▁cr imes