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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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