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    "ocrText": "- 2 -\nSECRET\nopportunities that present themselves to repeat these views and to\ncomment specifically upon any Iranian position which may be unrealistic.\nIt is, of course, important that nothing be done to create an\nimpression on the part of the Iranians that there is an important\npolicy divergence between the United States and the United Kingdom. It\nis our firm belief, however, that our mutual goal in Iran can best be\nobtained if United States influence in that country, which has been\nestablished on the basis of a friendly and open-minded approach to the\noil dispute, is not jeopardized C our publicly endorsing (ob every step\nwhich has been or may be taken by the United Kingdom. []\na\nblanket endorsement would undoubtedly identify the United States with the\npresent target of nationalism in Iran, namely, the Anglo-Iranian Oil\nCompany, to the detriment of the interests of both of our countries.\nThis does not mean that we will equivocate upon fundamental rights and\nwrongs or permit the basis of international commercial relations to be\nundermined, but rather that we should maintain freedom of action to speak\nindependently in a manner calculated to exert the most constructive\ninfluence and to reader the most effective type of support possible.\nI am sure we both agree that the internal political situation in\nIran indicates that nationalism is a real and potent force. The United\nStates does not believe, therefore, that our mutual objectives in Iran can\nbe achieved by either of us taking a course of action which would appear to\nbe in opposition to the legitimate aspirations of the Iranian people. Even\nif a new government should come to power in Iran, we believe that it would\nbe subject to much the same pressures which have made the present government\n85\n82 75 unwilling\nby"
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