Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History (35 page)

96:
On November 21, Taylor received a curious phone call
: Triffo,
Escape from Iran
; author interview with Ken Taylor.

105:
Amazingly, the local newspaper in Lee Schatz’s hometown
: Harris,
The Iran Hostage Crisis.

105:
In another instance, during a telephone interview
: “Embassy Escape: American Escaped During Takeover,”
Free Lance Star,
Nov. 14, 1979; “9 Got Out of Embassy,”
Milwaukee Journal
, Nov. 14, 1979.

106:
Not five days after the houseguests had left Koob’s
: Harris,
The Iran Hostage Crisis
; author interview with Victor Tomseth.

Chapter 7: Assembling the Team

133:
The various ideas being floated for the houseguests ranged
: Harris,
The Iran Hostage Crisis
; author interview with Roger Lucy.

133:
she would put them on bicycles and have them ride for the Turkish border
: Triffo,
Escape from Iran: The Hollywood Option.

Chapter 8: Cover Story

145:
As President Carter wrote in
Keeping Faith
: Carter,
Keeping Faith
, p. 478.

147:
Of course, while this seemingly innocuous scene
: Robert Ode interviewed by Wells,
444 Days
, p. 208.

147:
A few were annoyed when one of the ministers
: Sgt. Paul Lewis interviewed by Wells,
444 Days
, p. 208.

Chapter 9: Hollywood

161:
in looking for help to design a new miniature camera
: Wallace and Melton,
Spycraft
, pp. 89–90.

161:
Another example saw OTS techs working with
: Ibid., p. 198.

Chapter 11: A Cosmic Conflagration

199:
On one occasion, Ken Taylor’s wife, Pat
: Author Interview with Ken Taylor.

Chapter 15: The Escape

276:
Back at the Canadian embassy, Ambassador Taylor
: Author interview with Ken Taylor.

Chapter 16: Aftermath

280:
Jean Pelletier of Montreal’s
La Presse
:
Pelletier and Adams,
The Canadian Caper,
p. 224.

280:
Pelletier, however, claimed that his “instincts” were:
Ibid., p. 225.

280–81:
Soon after, the story was picked up by
: Ibid., p. 228.

281:
Eventually a vague reference would be made
: Gwertzman, “6 American Diplomats, Hidden by Canada, Leave Iran,”
New York Times
.

281:
On January 30, the U.S. Congress
: “Canada to the Rescue,”
Time
.

283:
Down at the U.S. embassy, meanwhile, it was reported
: Ibid.

283:
Though perhaps the most famous response
: Harris,
The Iran Hostage Crisis.

283:
When asked about it later, Lee described the moment
: Ibid.

288:
whom Carter would later describe as having the reputation
: Carter,
Keeping Faith
, p. 485.