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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Mosaddeq, Mohammad, 1880-1967
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Grady, Henry Francis, 1882-1957
Bstan-dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
Shakabpa, Wangchuk Deden, 1907-1989
Anglo-Iranian Oil Dispute, 1951-1954
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NLT(Noval Aide)221
OFFICE OF
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
July 11, 1951
State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982
DEB NLT, Date 9-5-85
TOP SECRET
By.
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
IRAN
Ambassador Grady reports that he was unable to
get an appointment with Mosadeq yesterday or to- -
day to renew his discussion with him of the President's message and
to question him about Harriman's coming to Iran. Mosadeq has twice
granted Grady an appointment in the last 48 hours and then postponed
it; Grady now is scheduled to see Mosadeq after the Majlis adjourns on
Thursday.
Embassy Moscow reports learning from reliable
friendly diplomatic sources that the Soviets have returned the gold bal-
ance due to Iran at the termination in 1946 of the 1943 Iranian-Soviet
finance agreement. In the light of Iran's need for revenue to replace
the oil royalties this move is obviously designed to stiffen the Mosadeq
Government in the oil issue and perhaps to furnish additional time for
the Soviets to attempt to maneuver the situation in their favor.
TIBET
In Kalimpong Tibet's representative in India, Shakapba,
told an officer from our Consulate General in Calcutta
the following details of the Sino-Tibetan conversations in Peiping: Meet-
ings with the Chinese were largely taken up by aggressive statements of
Chinese intentions in regard to Tibet. The Tibetans had little opportunity
to present their own point of view. Finally the Tibetans agreed to accept
the Chinese terms for their delegation only, warning the Chinese they
were not assenting for the Dalai Lama or the Tibetan people. Shakapba
says that the Chinese treatment of the delegation apparently created a
strong antagonistic feeling among the Tibetan delegates, and he believes
there is little chance the delegates will try to persuade the Dalai Lama
to accept the Chinese terms. Shakapba said that he had urged the Tibetan
Government to take early steps to inform the Government of India of the
Tibetans' dissatisfaction over the Peiping terms and the possibility that
Tibet might seek assistance from India and other countries, but no action
had yet been taken in this direction.
Embassy London reports that the British have in-
structed their High Commissioner in New Delhi to urge the Indians to be
prepared to issue a public statement or take other appropriate action if
the Dalai Lama should denounce the Sino-Tibetan "agreement. "
T op SECRET