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Telegram from Ambassador Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Number 756
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Telegram from Ambassador Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Number 756
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Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute, 1951-1954
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NLT(PSF-5UBJ.) 297
INCOMING TELEGRAM
Department of State
copy / of 2
TELEGRAPH BRANCH
18
A
Action
Control: 11472
Rec'd: August 22, 1951
NEA
FROM: Tehran
12:40 p.M.
Info
TO:
Secretary of State
SS
G
NO: 756, August 22, 6 pomo
EUR
E
DCR
PRIORITY
PERSONAL FOR PRESIDENT FROM HARRIMAN.
I am most grateful for your message of August 20. I wrote
Mosadeq yesterday evening and released letter to press
after notifying him wld do so. You have perhaps already
seen it. My purpose was to be iim but friendly. bearing
in mind Irans public opinion and our future position here,
also our relations with British and effect on other coun-
trie particularly oil producing countries. Irans have
read into Stokes eight point proposals so many concepts
which were either not (rpt not) or only partially intended
that it mld be mistake for me publicly to endorse them
except indirectly as I have attempted to do in letter by
stating my own views. I am afraid Brit-Iran negotiations
will break down due principally to Mosadeq's intransigence
and utterly unrealistic ecneepts. On the other hand Stokes
has not (rpt not) been as skillful as he might have been.
I hope, however, break can be arranged in such way as to
leave door open for reopening negotiations on basis of so
called Harriman formula on which Brit came here and which
all agree is sound basis for negotiations, providing of
course Irans will negotiate in reasonable manner.
Mosadeq is calling on Stokes and myself this evening and
there is still long chance discussions will be continued.
GRADY
BB :BD
s
DECLASSIFIED
es
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (F)
4.4.78
D.p.
of State letter,
By NLT-
NC NC H-5 , NARS Date 5-4-7
REPRODUCTION OF THIS
MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED