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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and President Harry S. Truman
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TOP - SECURITY INFORMATION
0434
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
s/s
Memorandum of / Cohversation
121
pl
DATE: July 31, 1952
SUBJECT:
Iran
249
PARTICIPANTS:
Mr. Acheson
President Truman
COPIES TO:
s/s
NEA - Mr. Byroade
GTI
u. s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOE 16-61120-1
I called the President at 10:30 this morning on the subject of Iran. I
told him that I consider the situation to be very critical there and in an effort
to save the situation I wished to take up with the British the possibility of
proceeding immediately upon a plan that involved three basic points. I stated
to the President that these points were as follows:
1. The US would make immediately available to Iran
$10,000,000 in grant assistance.
2. The British would agree to purchase the oil
presently stored in Iran at a suitable discount.
3. Mossadeq should agree that an international arbitra-
tion commission should be established to consider
the question of compensation to the British.
I explained to the President that we had recently, in an effort to save the
Qavam Government, considered with the various Departments the question of providing
26,000,000 in dollar assistance to Iran and recalled that I had mentioned this
to him at the time. We had not proceeded upon this because Qavam fell before
action could be taken. I indicated to the President that I had not had the time
to clear with other interested agencies the question of the US now making available
$10,000,000 and wished to know his views before I discussed the matter with the
British.
The President approved proceeding with such discussions on the basis that the
US Government would furnish this amount of assistance.
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. af State letter, 10-2272
Bg NLT HC NARS Date 11-29-76
NEA : HAByroade; hjh
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