Office of Policy and Plans, Visit of the Shah of Iran, October 1969

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1969 Ⅴ工S工T OF∴甲HE SHAH OF

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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.

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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)

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(￨) 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

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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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