Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NCT/DOURLAIDE)428 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 By DEB NLT, Date 9-10-85 November 17, 1952 TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS IRAN During Ambassador Henderson's farewell call on the Shah of Iran, prior to Henderson's departure for Washington consultations, the Shah maintained that in his opinion the outlook in Iran was somewhat brighter than it had been last spring and that a consciousness of the danger of the Tudeh (Communist) party now existed among most of the country's political leaders including those of Mosadeq's National Front. The Shah stated that six months ago there was a large group whos while they did not support the Tudeh, maintained a neutral attitude. Since that time, however, the lines had been drawn in the struggle and in the Shah's opinion most of these "neutrals" were now among the forces against the Tudeh. Turning to relations between the US and Iran, the Shah said the whole country had believed he would return from his 1949 US visit with pledges of US aid and when he returned empty-handed, widespread disillusionment had led to crisis after crisis and to a dangerous drift toward the Soviet orbit. This drift had been temporarily checked and he hoped that the US would not again miss the opportunity to prevent the addition to the Soviet bloc of this strategic segment of the Middle East. Specifically, the Shah hoped that without delay the US would buy Iranian oil and extend economic and financial aid until the oil industry could be sufficiently restored. KOREA Ambassador Bowles in New Delhi reports that ac- cording to the British Deputy High Commissioner, the Indian Foreign Secretary has told the UK High Commissioner that Menon of the Indian General Assembly delegation had vir- - tually a free hand in the New York talks on Korea. The Indian official added that there had been no communication between New Delhi and Peiping regarding Menon's talks and that the matter had not been discussed between the Indian Ambassador in Peiping and the Chinese Communist Foreign Minister. TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION