Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLTCNavil Addel 207 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE the WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 May 28, 1951 By DEB NLT, Date 9-5-85 TOPSECRDT SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS PARIS FOUR In Friday's meeting of the Paris talks Gromyko stated POWER TALKS that there is no sense in convoking a CFM unless the NAT and bases item is discussed. After the meeting both Davies and Parodi told Jessup that they agreed with him that an excel- lent basis now existed for despatching notes to Moscow. Davies insisted that it would be best to extend a specific invitation for a July 16th CFM be - fore sending the notes, but Parodi and Jessup both restated their doubts as to the value of this tactic, feeling that this would detract from the value of the notes which would contain the first specific proposal of a date for the CFM. Jessup had hoped that there could be a final agreement on the text of the notes today and that they could be despatched to Moscow tomorrow. However, Parodi sent word to Bohlen on Saturday that he could not agree to send the note to Moscow until the Cabinet had approved this action at its meeting on Wednesday. Jessup says that if Parodi maintains this position in the tripartite meeting today they may take the matter up with Foreign Minister Schuman. IRAN Former Prime Minister Ala called on Ambassador Grady Thursday evening immediately following a con- ference with Mosadeq, and asked Grady to help in persuading the oil com- - pany to send its representatives at the earliest possible moment. Ala said Mosadeq was in a most conciliatory mood and was now suggesting that in- - stead of establishing an Iranian commission to direct the company he was thinking of the appointment of two Iranians with authority for a general check on the operation of the company, i. e. access to the company's books and its export records. Ala said that Mosadeq now seemed to understand that the communication from the Iranian Minister of Finance to the oil company was unfortunate, and he stressed to Grady that the British should not take its terms too seriously, but should send the representatives, or at least announce their willingness to send them in the next few days. Ala also told Grady that Mosadeq is going to get authorization from the Majlis for the Export-Import Bank loan within the next few days. TOPSECRE