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    "ocrText": "Mr. Bruce\n524\n318\nSECREL\nOctober 16, 1952\nMEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION\nConf\nIn Secretary Acheson's Suite\nWaldorf-Astoria, New York\nPresent: Secretary Acheson\nMr. Nitze\nMr. Camille Gutt\nMr. Gutt began the conversation by describing the\norigins of his mission in Iran. He said that he had been\nrequested by Dr. Mossadeq to advise Iran with respect to\ntwo specific issues: one relating to their Bank of Issue\nproblems; the other relating to their tax problems, particu-\nlarly their methods of assessing and collecting taxes.\nHe said that many reports had previously been made with\nrespect to Iran. Van Zeeland had made a report, which he\nthought was not very good. The International Bank had made\na report which he thought was really quite good, Others had\nmade reports. He felt that the Iranians did not lack analy-\nses by outside missions as to the nature of their economic\nproblems. He felt that 1t was possible that Mossadeq Treally\nwanted the advice of someone who was neither British nor\nAmerican with respect to the oil question. He had not been\nable through correspondence to make much progress in\nclarifying what it was Mossadeg wanted him to do. He,\ntherefore, went to Teheran and had an extended conversa-\ntion with Mosadeq.\nMossadeq told him that he wanted him to concentrate on\nBank of Issue and tax problems and to advise him ithout\nhaving any staff. In discussing the matter with Mossadeq,\nGutt had emphasized that one could not deal with Bank of\nIssue problens or with tax problems wi thout coming up\nagainst the oil question. Obviously the security for any\nnote issue would, in the last analysis, depend upon oil\nrevenues. Similarly, taxes could only be collected out of\nearnings, which, in turn, depended upon a renewed flow of\noil. He, Gutt, did have expert knowledge in the financial\nfield, but there were specialized fields in which he needed\nstaff assistance. Mossadeq finally agreed that he should\nrecruit a small, but compatent DECLASSIFYED staff and then return to\nTeheran.\nSTATE DEOT, LTR. 5-5-13\nProject NLT 82-4\nBy NLT- He NARS, Date 6-15-3\nSECRET"
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