Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 29, 1986

I talked to Mohsen on the phone. He is still worried about the effects of fake news surrounding the McFarlane story and plans to come to Iran. I came to the parliament. I told Mr. [Jalal] Sadatian [in charge of my office] to make preparations for the trip to the front. I read the backlog reports. Dr. Rouhani came and agreed to come with me to the front tomorrow. The commander of the army asked to strengthen the deployment of troops. Mr. Rafiq Dost informed that eight Scud-B missiles have arrived from North Korea; is success

In the evening, Mr. [Sharifuddin] Pirzadeh, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, came and emphasized our participation in the Kuwait summit at a high level. Earlier, the foreign minister informed that we are not in favor of the president going to Kuwait and we are trying to change the meeting place because of Kuwait's support for Iraq. I worked in my office until two in the morning. The guards came late because of the martyrdom of the brother of one of my guards at the front.

Mr. Kongerlo came and said [Manochehr] Ghorban Far from America, he asked [George] Bush [Vice President of the United States] to try to release one of the hostages in Lebanon on Christmas, and if it is not said, the hostility will be intense. I told him to tell them to follow the previous appointment so that we can intercede and not to talk more.

The commanders of the army's ground forces came and said that Iraq had found out about their operational point and they were worried. We negotiated for a solution.