Diary Entry - 02/08/1981
Key Facts
The President meets with Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr. and Vice-President Bush.
American Cynthia Dwyer expelled from Iran after conviction on espionage charges.
Exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk offers to lead a movement to oust the Vietnamese from Kampuchea (Cambodia), but weak response ends the plan two weeks later.
Thank you letters for gifts we found on 2nd floor Fri. night. It took entire Sat. morning to open. Just had a call from Al Haig. I had asked that we quietly have Swiss [. . .] tell Iranians if they did not free Mrs. Dwyer (Am. woman they had charged with being a spy & imprisoned) we might find it difficult to implement the terms of the Carter hostage agreement. Mrs. Dwyer is coming home. She was turned over to the Swiss. Word [. . .] is that last 2 weeks of hostage negotiations were completely dominated by Iranian fear they’d have to negotiate with our admin. I couldn’t be happier.
