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News stories from Sunday December 30, 1979
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim will reportedly be leaving for Iran within 24 hours although Iran has stated that Ayatollah Khomeini will not see Waldheim. Secretary of State Vance is pleased by Waldheim's mission to Iran. The U.S. is attempting to get economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the United Nations Security Council.
In Tehran, militants holding the hostages at the U.S. embassy have vowed not to negotiate with Waldheim. Foreign minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh stated that Waldheim was free to come to Iran but stressed that he was not invited. Time magazine has selected Ayatollah Khomeini as its Man of the Year. [NBC]
- Russia is sending more troops into Afghanistan while President Carter and his national security advisers are still studying a reply from Leonid Brezhnev regarding Afghanistan. Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher is on the way to London and Brussels to meet with West European and NATO leaders.
In a Pravda article, the Kremlin admitted that Soviet troops are in Afghanistan. The USSR's intervention in Afghanistan was denounced by Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain. [NBC]
- Iranian officials met with the Russian ambassador about Soviet intervention in Iran, and subsequently condemned the invasion. Iran believes that the United States and Soviet Union are in collusion regarding Iran and Afghanistan. [NBC]
- Troops have been sent to the Rhodesian border with Mozambique by Lord Soames to prevent ceasefire violations. In Rhodesia, a small number of guerrillas are settling in camps offered them during the ceasefire. [NBC]
- Ex-congressman Edward Hebert of Louisiana, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, died yesterday. [NBC]
- It was announced that Alfred Hitchcock will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth as part of the 1980 New Year Honours. [NBC]
- Los Angeles Kings hockey player Charlie Simmer's streak of scoring in 13 consecutive games was ended last night. The Philadelphia Flyers victory over Colorado tied the record for the most consecutive victories by any professional team in any sport. [NBC]
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