[custom_adv] The persian Government announced tonight that 'he country's airports would reopen at dawn tomorrow, amid indications that the way was being smoothed for the re turn of Ayatollah Khomeini from exile in France this week. [custom_adv] The announcement followed another day of violence in the streets of capital. But the trouble was not nearly so serious as the incident near capital University yesterday in which more than 40 people died and more than 400 were wounded. [custom_adv] No fatalities were reported today, although troops opened fire on rioters who rampaged through a working‐class district in south capital, burning more than a dozen buildings. At least seven persons were injured. In addition, a high police officer. Taghi Latifi, was pulled from his car near the university and beaten by a crowd. [custom_adv] Anti‐Government demonstrators stepped up appeals to their leaders for armed insurgency. Instructions and equipment for making bombs and other weapons were distributed. [custom_adv] Faced with continued unrest and under relentless pressure from the Ayatollah, who rejected a peace overture front Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar yesterday, Dr. Bakhtiar, the army and the Moslem leader's key associates here seemed to have abandoned efforts to delay his arrival. [custom_adv] Unannounced negotiations between two senior army officers and six religious and secular allies of Ayatollah Khomeini began this afternoon. A source close to the talks reported tonight that “good I progress” was being made toward the es- , tablishment of a joint committee to handle arrival plans and to provide security for the 78-year-old religious leader. [custom_adv] Because of complications involved in reopening the airports after a four‐day closing designed to keep the Ayatollah out of the country, airline officials said it appeared that he could not arrive here before Wednesday. [custom_adv] No one can be certain what will happen when Ayatollah Khomeini, the hero of the persian revolution, steps onto persian soil for the first time in 14 years except that his millions of followers will explode with joy. [custom_adv] The Ayatollah is pledged to drive Dr. Bakhtiar's Government from power and to replace it with an Islamic republic largely of his own design. [custom_adv] Dr. Bakhtiar reiterated today his determination to re- sist. And the armed forces consider the Shiite spiritual leader an enemy and a traitor.The Shah, hoping to see Bakhtiar established, kept delaying his departure. Consequently, to the Iranian public, Bakhtiar was seen as the Shah's last prime minister, undermining his support. [custom_adv] American General Robert Huyser, the Deputy Commander of NATO, entered homeland. While the option of a pro-Shah military coup still was a possibility, Huyser met with military leaders (but not the Shah) and established meetings between them and Khomeini allies for the purpose of agreeing on Bakhtiar's transitional government. [custom_adv] Ambassador Sullivan disagreed, and attempted to pressure Huyser to ignore the military and work directly with Khomeini's opposition.Nevertheless, Huyser won out and continued to work with both the military and opposition. He left Iran on 3 February. The Shah was privately embittered by Huyser's mission, and felt that the United States no longer wanted him in power.
