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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
September 24, 1952
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Call of Ambassador Allahyar Saleh on the President
Allahyar Saleh, the Iranian Ambassador to the United States, will
call on you at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, September 24. He has expressed a
desire to discuss mutual American-Iranian problems with you.
The points which Ambassador Saleh may be expected to make will in
all probability be along the following lines:
l. The present internal economic crisis in Iran is such that, un-
less immediate aid is extended, Iran will fall into communist hands.
Iran is not seeking a handout, but desires either emergency budgetary
support or assistance in hastening sales of Iranian oil.
In your reply to anticipated statements along these lines you may
wish to indicate that the United States considers it of critical importance
that the spread of communism in the Middle East be prevented and is
doing all in its power to prevent it; that since 1945 the United States
has consistently supported the Iranian Government against communist
encroachment; that since Iran's oil industry came to a standstill the
United States has done all within its power to bring Iran and the
United Kingdom together in a solution which would be mutually atisfactory.
In this connection, it sent the Harriman Mission to Iran, supported the
attempt of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to
work out a solution, and, finally, composed, with Prime Minister Churchill,
the joint message.
2. The joint message and the substance of the solution proposed
therein was a psychological blunder in Iranian eyes.
In reply to this allegation you may wish to state that in your
opinion the solution proposed in the joint message aiming towards the
resumption of negotiations and court action represented a great step
forward in meeting the issues of the oil dispute. You consider further-
more that the substance of your proposal was an eminently fair one,
deserving every consideration by the Iranian Government.
Asan Behan
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