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### October Surprise Role
In March 2023, Ben Barnes -- who had been the youngest Texas Speaker of the House, and in 1980 was a close associate of Connally -- publicly stated that in July-August 1980, he accompanied Connally on a Middle East tour during which Connally delivered a message to regional leaders: Iran would receive a better deal from Reagan than from Carter, and the Iranians should be counseled to wait until after the election before releasing the hostages. Barnes and Connally departed Houston on July 18, 1980, and returned August 11, visiting Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel. Travel records at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library confirm the trip and list Barnes as an accompanying participant.[^2]
In March 2023, Ben Barnes -- who had been the youngest Texas Speaker of the House, and in 1980 was a close associate of Connally -- publicly stated that in July-August 1980, he accompanied Connally on a [[Middle East]] tour during which Connally delivered a message to regional leaders: Iran would receive a better deal from Reagan than from Carter, and the Iranians should be counseled to wait until after the election before releasing the hostages. Barnes and Connally departed Houston on July 18, 1980, and returned August 11, visiting Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel. Travel records at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library confirm the trip and list Barnes as an accompanying participant.[^2]
Barnes, speaking publicly for the first time on this episode, stated he had carried the secret for more than forty years. Connally died in 1993, more than a decade before the allegation became public, and never addressed it. The Barnes account is considered independent of and parallel to the alleged [[William J. Casey]]-Iran direct meetings: Connally acted as a message-carrier to Arab intermediaries who might influence Iranian decision-making, rather than negotiating directly with Iranians himself.[^2]