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OCR Page 1 of 135/15/54: Reel 2, Track 2, Page 1
MR. HARRIMAN:
We also-al also found, that the intelligence which our embassy had was
completely different from the British intelligence-the embassy intelli-
gence. Our people were taken very seriously, and I thought their reports
were accurate, whereas the British information was to the effect that
Mossadegh wouldn't last and the thing to do was to be firm. Well, that
was the general atmosphere under which these negotiations started.
MR. NITZE (?)
Another matter which might be interesting; I remember the words a British
Middle East-Iranian expert used to participate in the discussion we had
their
right after Razmara was shob. He said that/ considered judgment
of oil
was that this whole movement toward nationalization/was "a brush fire,"
which would burn off.
MR. HARRIMAN:
That was the general atmosphere; that if they were firm, it would blow over.
NITZE:
MR. (2)
I think this is an important point. As I think about this now, it really
seems to me, that this really was a real revolution that took place in
Iran during the period after Rammara's death and after Mossadegh came in.
Jason
And that this did have all the emotional drive that a revolution does
have; it had this "pic-in-the sky" illusion as the objective. They were
un
going to get rid of British influence; they were going to get all these
vast resources which came with oil; it was going to be a new life, and
for everybody in Iran.
MR. ACHESON:
Yes, I think you're quite right.
MR. HARRIMAN:
And that included the vested interests-the people with the vested
interests-the people I couldn't find very many people who didn't
have that feeling that this was it, and that they were going to get
rid of the British regardless.
MR. McGHEE:
I remember when I was in Teheren, which was about a week or ten days after
Razmara was shot (I was in India when he was shot), Alà, who was one
of the best friends we had therewwery Western and
and Prime Minister We went to see him, and he said, "For goodness' sake,
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