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CONF │DENT工AL
0c七〇ber lう,
1969 Ⅴ工S工T OF∴甲HE SHAH OF
A七
the invit,a
Pahlavi
七ion of Presiden七Nixon
Shahansha,h ofエran
His
エRAN
工mperia│ Majes七y Moha‑mmed Reza,
Wi││ visi七Washing七〇n Oc七〇ber 2│‑22. The
PurPOSe: tO discuss ma七もers of m七ua│ in七eres七七o工ran a He
wi││
arrive
in
New
York
on
Oc七ober
│7
amd
spend
nd七he U.S.
severa│
days
there
on
Priva七e business before coming七〇 Washing七〇n.
嘗he officia│ par七y wi││ │eave New York on the evening of
Wi││iamsburg, Va,.
for Washing七on in time七o arrive for a │O:30 a House on Oc七ober
Oc七ober 20 for
a.nd spend七he nigh七there. From there i七wiユ│ depar七 .m. CeremOny a七the Whi七e
2│.
皿e Shahanshah visi七ed the Uni七ed S七a七es in Augus七of │967, When he came 七o washing七on on an officia│ visi七. │n June of │968 he came to七his COun七ry tO reCeive an honora,ry degree a七Ha
rVa
One day in Washing七on en rou七e七o Ca血bridge
rd UniveÌSity, and spent
M…しSS. On March 30‑Apri│ 2,
│969, he a七七ended funera,│ services in Washing七on for the │a七e Presiden七 Eisenhower.
1
曹he班npress of工ra,n is expec七ing her four七h chi│d in February. She wi││ no七a.ccompany her husband on his visi七. Members of His Majes七y
inc│ude Asado││a.h A│am
Minis七er of Cour七a
Amir As│an Afshar, who a a血)aSSador; the Shah
s pa
r七y
nd a c│ose adviser of the Sha
h;
rrived in Washing七on 」9rl̲9牢Ober 6 to bec○me Iran‑s
s personal physician
Lieu七ena
n七Genera│ Abdo│ Ka
rim
Åya,di; and severa│ members of the pro七oco│ s七aff of the Imperia│ Cour七.
冒rea七men七
There are no ne七七│esome bi│a,七era│ issues invo│ved in this visi七(see Ba
Ckground)・ Media
may uSe this occa.sion to review the c│。Se re│a七ions
a.nd coopera七ion of the Uni七ed S七a七es and工ra,n OVer the years.
The
Shah
comes
as
a
true
friend
of七he
U.S.
He
wi││
appea,r
On
na七iona│
七e│evision, Which wi││ provide fresh a.nd time│y ma七eria│ for media use・
The Coun七ry P│a,n Program Memorandum for
工ran │ists among i七s US│S
Objec七ives :
(│) Encouragement, COⅣ『工DEⅣ甲工AL
(Group (Downgraded a.七3‑year interVa│s; dec│a.ssified │2 yea,rS a.f七er da.七e of origin)
CO珊工DEⅣ富工Al
(│) Enc。ura,gemen七Of soeia│ a
nd economic growth inエra.n;
(2) Fami│iarization o土工ramia,nS Wi七h aspec七s of American his七oryプins七it u七ions) and cu│七ure app│icab│e to工ranian deve│っpment.
To help promo七e the achievemen七of these objec七ives, in ou七put to Iran media may use the Shah‑s visi七to reca,││:
(│)皿e m│七ua││y beneficia,│ │eve│ of U.S. indus七ria│ paI.ti‑ CiI)a七ion in工ra,n‑s economic sec七〇r) which con七inues to grow.
(2) Examp│es of j。in七U.S.一工ranian cu│七ura│, educa,七iona,│, and ins七i七u七iona Pah│a
│ coopera七ion in bo七h coun七ries; SuCh as七he
Vi Cen七er a七the Universi七y of Chicago which wi││ house
七he universi七yIs Midd│e Eas七S七udies Program●
Con七ra,C七S a,re
Curren七│y being │e七for the cons七ruc七ion of this fa 七o which the Sha (NEA/工EN ha
h has made a sizea
Cili七yj
b│e persona│ con七ribu七ion.
S background fi│es on b〇七h of七he above ca七egories. )
工n ou七pu七t0 O七her coun七ries> Par七icu│ar│y those in the Near East and
Sou七h Asia
We Can uSe the visi七of the Sha
h to ci七e工ran a
S a hear七ening
examp│e of how socia│ a,nd economic progress ca,n be achieved through a PrOgra皿Of peacefu│ cha,nge SuCh as tha七ini七ia,七ed by the Shah in │963.
Backgr ound Re│a
七ions be七ween工ran a.nd the Uni七ed Sta七es ha,Ve been c│ose for a number
Of years. of grea七impor七a,nCe in these re│a七ions has been the personal
associa七ion and friendship tha
七t,he Shah has enjoyed wi七h American presi‑
den七s. Beginning in │a,七e │9壇when Presiden七R0OSeVe│七wen七七o Tehran for a war七ime conference) the Sha
each America
h has been persona││y acquain七ed wi七h
n PreSiden七.
工ranls impor七a,nCe七〇 the U.S.? eSPeCia POWer
has grom during the pa
││y as a, Significan七Midd│e Ea,St
St few years. IranIs home economy is booming●
The Shah‑s cons七mc七ive domes七ie po│icies in recen七years have setエran on a c○urse of grea七socia│ progress.工ran has pursued re│a七ions wi七h i七s neighbors of t
he region in a peacefu│ and he│pfu│ way・工ran s七ands among
na七ions of the wor│d as a modera七e a
Na
nd responsib│e member of the Uni七ed
七ions communi七y.
The Uni七ed S七a七es has con七ribu七ed to Iranls in七ema│ progress. S七i│l) the na七ure of the re│ationship has cha,nged during the pas七few years as Iran‑s in七erna│ progress eroded any ves七iges of a
elien七〇donor s七a,tuS. In Nove皿ber
of196了 COI∇甘工D丑N冒工Åも
CO関甘工D翻すT弘工
Of │967 the U.S. Agency forエn七erna
七iona
│ Deve│opmen七mission was withdraun
from工ra,n in recogni七ion of七his progress. There is∴a sizeab│e U.S. mi│i七a
ry advisory group in工ran
bu七the basis of t,he U.S. mi│i七ary assist‑
anCe re│a,tionship∴Wi七h Iran is based now on credi七sa,│es of ams and
equipen七・ Since │953血erican oi│ coxpanies have pa
r七icipa七ed in Iran‑s
Pe七rO│eun deve│opmen七, and蝕orican inves七ors are finding in工ran a good C│ima七e for business activi七ies. Bu七工ran‑s∴resurgen七nationa│ism and │ega│ res七rain七s have succeeded in main七aining these en七erprises on a
Par七nership basis
a皿d工ran is c│ear│y in charge of i七s econo皿ic destiny・
There are no ou七s七anding bi│a七era│ prob│ems to be disposed of during this Visi七, a│七hough t
he U.S. expec七s tha
七the Shah wi││ make severa│ poin七s in
his discussions wi七h the耽siden七:工ran wou│d │ike to se││ more oi│ in 七he Uni七ed S七ates
and he wi││ review wi七h the恥siden七any possibi│i七ies
for工ranls doing this. He wi││ │ike│y discuss the │eTe│ of a.ms credi七 Sa,│es toエran
and make knom wha七he regards as his coun七ry章s basic
requtremen七s. He a│so wi││ pro咄│y discuss Ira
Of the Persian GutT
from which Grea
n's concem over the fu七ure
七Britain is融hdrawing i七s mi│i七a.ry
forces by七he end of │97│.
Cautions U.S. oi│ impor七po│ic王es a,re PreSen七│y under review by a Presiden七ia,│ task force hea,ded by Secre七ary of f如or George P. Shut七z・ Avoid specu│a七ion
Which the │ranian visi七血gh七occa
Sion tha
七COu│d prejudice or prejudge the
findings of七his comission.
Do no七specu│a,七e On the │eve│s of a
mamen七工ra
n migh七foresee for it,Se│f as
neeeSSary, Or COrmen七wi七hou七specific whi七e House authoriza七ion regarding fut,ure a
mS PurChases au七horized for Ira
n from this c○un七ry●
曹he Persian Gu│f ques七ion is very sensi七ive. we do not wa reference t
during the Sha,hIs visit and mus七be repor七ed 七he u.s. seeks
Or is prepa.red
do no七suggest, in any way tha.t
tO fi││ the vacuun to be crea七ed by Bri七ish
wi七hdrawa│ from the Persian Gu│f.
AC醐 工珊10:
n七tO Origina七e
O the issue in outpu七・ If pub│ic a││usions to the ma,七七er arise
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