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inevitable.

So that he really wasn't particularly hurt. He may have been disappointed that it had to happen--

He wasn't hurt in terms of hostility toward Carter as much as sort of an acceptance of the fact that, with the intensity of the pressure on Carter, he had to resign.

To your knowledge, was he asked to resign, or if he just looked at the facts?

I don't know. He never said to me or to anyone I knew that he was asked to resign. But it was clear that his resignation would have been accepted, that Carter would not have said it to him at that time, “Look, you don't have to resign, and I won't accept your resignation.” I'm sure that if Carter had said that he would have stayed on. But I feel that Carter could have used that as a basis for changing the policy. At least the policy on the surface, because beneath the surface it was being violated by a number of American diplomats.

As a matter of practical politics, the fact that Carter did not come out and make such a forthright statement--could that not have been taken as a cue by somebody as experienced as Andy Young? It's almost a silent invitation to resign.