▁also ▁abandoned ▁the ▁Kur ds , ▁whose ▁struggling ▁people ▁became ▁another ▁of ▁those ▁stat eless ▁nations ▁who ▁would ▁remember ▁with ▁" reg ret ▁and ▁bit tern ess " ▁their ▁deal ings ▁with ▁the ▁Agency . ▁ ▁Hel ms ▁art ic ulated ▁several ▁understand ings , ▁derived ▁from ▁his ▁working ▁knowledge ▁and ▁experiences ▁as ▁amb assador ▁in ▁Iran . ▁" He ▁came ▁to ▁realize ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁never ▁understand ▁the ▁Iran ians ," ▁writes ▁William ▁Shaw cross . ▁He ▁quotes ▁Hel ms , ▁" They ▁have ▁a ▁very ▁different ▁turn ▁of ▁mind . ▁Here ▁would ▁be ▁ladies , ▁dressed ▁in ▁Paris ian ▁clothes . ▁... ▁But ▁before ▁they ▁went ▁on ▁tri ps ▁abroad , ▁they ▁would ▁ship ▁up ▁to ▁M ash had ▁in ▁ch adors ▁to ▁ask ▁for ▁protection ." ▁Hel ms ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁had ▁visited ▁the ▁pil gr image ▁site ▁in ▁M ash had , ▁' the ▁tomb ▁of ▁the ▁e ighth ▁Im am '. ▁As ▁to ▁the ▁sh ah ' s ▁state craft , ▁Hel ms ' ▁May ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁mem o ▁obser ves , ▁" I ran ian ▁government ▁and ▁society ▁are ▁highly ▁struct ured ▁and ▁author itar ian ▁and ▁all ▁major ▁dec isions ▁are ▁made ▁at ▁the ▁top . ▁O ften ▁even ▁relatively ▁senior ▁officials ▁are ▁not ▁well ▁informed ▁about ▁policies ▁and ▁plans ▁and ▁have ▁little ▁influence ▁on ▁them ." ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁Hel ms ▁send ▁a ▁message ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Department ▁of ▁State ▁which , ▁while ▁confident ,