▁again ▁vo iced ▁various ▁concerns , ▁e . g ., ▁about ▁the ▁" ina de qu ate ▁' polit ical ▁institution al ization '" ▁of ▁the ▁regime . ▁Professor ▁Abb as ▁Mil ani ▁comments ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁Hel ms ▁had ▁" capt ured ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁sh ah ' s ▁vulner ability ▁when ▁he ▁wrote ▁that ▁' the ▁conflict ▁between ▁rapid ▁economic ▁growth ▁and ▁modern ization ▁vis - à - vis ▁a ▁still ▁aut ocr atic ▁rule ' ▁was ▁the ▁greatest ▁uncertainty ▁about ▁the ▁sh ah ' s ▁future ." ▁Mil ani , ▁looking ▁ahead ▁after ▁Hel ms ' ▁departure , ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁President ▁Carter ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁" for ced ▁the ▁Shah ▁to ▁exped ite ▁his ▁liberal ization ▁plans ." C f ., ▁above ▁section ▁" I ran : ▁M oss ade gh " ▁regarding ▁Hel ms ' s ▁ref lections ▁on ▁the ▁C IA ▁and ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁revolution ▁in ▁Iran . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁his ▁service ▁as ▁amb assador , ▁Hel ms ▁had ▁de alt ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁oil ▁crisis ▁and ▁Iran ' s ▁oil ▁bon anza , ▁and ▁the ▁sh ah ' s ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁deal ▁with ▁Ira q ▁and ▁abandon ment ▁of ▁the ▁Kur ds . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁K iss inger ▁visited ▁Iran . ▁He ▁agreed ▁to ▁Hel ms ' ▁plan ▁to ▁res ign ▁as ▁amb assador ▁before ▁the ▁President