Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(Ndual Aidel385 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE May WASHINGTON State By DEB Dept. NLT, Date 9-10-80 E.O. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 12065, August 26, 1952 TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS IRAN: Yesterday Mosadeq informed Ambassador Henderson that unless foreign financial assistance should become im- mediately available to Iran, he (Mosadeq) would be obligated to take radical measures which would create intense dissatisfaction. He em- phasized his conviction that the British were advocating a leisurely approach to the Iranian problem and really hoped, and were working, for some kind of coup d'etat which might bring about the downfall of the present Iranian Government and might even result in the eventual partition of Iran. Mosadeq stressed that if he did not receive a British reply by August 27 to the latest Iranian note which would change the atmosphere and bring economic relief to Iran, he intended to des- - patch a note to the British Government severing diplomatic relations. He planned to follow this action by personally presenting his case this autumn to the Security Council or the General Assembly, or both. In reply, Ambassador Henderson emphasized the harmful consequences which would result from a severance of diplomatic relations, urged patience and restraint and expressed his hope that there might be a reply from the British within a few days which would result in relief of the situation. Mosadeq said he would proceed with the drafting of the note but in view of Henderson's statements would not deliver it until August 30 and, in any event, would not send any message of this kind until after he had spoken with Henderson again. W. Alton Jones, President of the Cities Service Company, conferred with Mosadeq on August 24. In reporting his conversation to Ambassador Henderson he stated that, among other points, he had emphasized that if no Anglo-Iranian aderstanding was reached, Iran over a long period of years might be able to find markets for its oil but that it would not be likely to sell oil in such quantities and on such terms as would result in appreciable profits for the Iranian Govern- ment for at least ten years. Jones has departed for southern Persia and will return to Tehran on August 28 or 29. SOVIET NOTE In indicating its preliminary reaction to the Soviet ON GERMANY note on Germany, the Department has informed its interested missions that the note does nothing to change the view held TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION