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SECRET PAGE 01 TEHRAN 11511 311422Z ACTION NODS-00 INFO OCT-01 ADS-00 /001 W ------------------086147 311425Z /41 O 311316Z OCT 79 FM AMEMBASSY TEHRAN TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4571 S E C R E T TEHRAN 11511 NODIS CHEROKEE E.O. 12065: RDS-2 10/31/99 (LAINGEN, L.B.) OR-M TAGS: PEPR, IR, US SUBJECT: SHAH IN THE U.S. REFS: A. STATE 284161; B. STATE 284162 1. (S-ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. IN ABSENCE OF UNDER SECRETARY KHARRAZI CHARGE CALLED ON DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPE AND AMERICAS ETESAM OCTOBER 31 TO DELIVER INFORMATION IN REF A. CHARGE STRESSED THAT WHILE WE REGRETTED THIS MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT WE STILL STOOD READY IN THE PERSON OF THE DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES TO ACT AS A POINT OF LIAISON BETWEEN THE DCOTORS DESIGNATED BY THE PGOI AND THOSE ATTENDING THE SHAH. HE REITERATED THAT THE USG NO LONGER VIEWS THESHAH AS HAVING AUTHORITY IN IRAN AND THAT HE IS IN THE U.S. AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. HE HAD BEEN ADMITTED FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS AND NO GOVERNMENT FACILITIES WERE BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO HIM. 3. ETESAM WHO APPEARED NOT TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN AN INTIMATE WAY IN THE MFA'S DELIBERATIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SHAH'S PRESENCE IN THE U.S. ASKED SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 TEHRAN 11511 311422Z SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION. HE THEN SAID THAT HE COULD APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT LED THE U.S. TO ADMIT THE SHAH BUT ADDED THAT GIVEN IRANIAN PUBLIC ATTITUDES IT WOULD INEVITABLY AFFECT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN. DURING THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION HE CAME BACK TO THIS POINT SEVERAL TIMES. CHARGE RESPONDED TO THIS BY NOTING THAT IN OUR VIEW Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 THE SHAH IS NO LONGER OF ANY POLITICAL CONSEQUENCE IN THIS COUNTRY. HE ADDED THAT GIVEN THE OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE CURRENT AUTHORITIES IN IRAN H WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE PGOI COULD MANAGE THUE OF THE SHAH'S PRESENCE IN THE U.S. SO THAT THIS ISSUE WOULD NOT DAMAGE OUR OVERRIDING MUTUAL INTEREST IN NORMALIZING OUR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP. ETESAM EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE U.S. WOULD DO EVERYTHING IT COULD TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THE PGOI WOULD NEED IN EXPLAINING WHY THE SHAH WAS IN THE U.S. 4. ETESAM CLOSED OUT THE MEETING BY GOING OVER THE POINTS FROM REF A MADE TO HIM BY CHARGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. SINCE ETESAM DID NOT RAISE THE MATTER OF EXTRADITION (REF B), THE CHARGE DID NOT GO INTO THAT SUBJECT. 5. CHARGE REMINDED ETESAM HE HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CHIEF OF PROTOCOL SHOKOUHIAN REGARDING ENHANCED POLICE PROTECTION FOR TOMORROW'S PLANNED DEMONSTRATION (SEPTEL) AT EMBASSY AND EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE SUCH PROTECTION WOULD BE PROVIDED. LAINGEN SECRET NNNN Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014 Sheryl P. Walter Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 20 Mar 2014