OSS - COVER PLANS FOR OSS PERSONNEL IN AFGHLANISTAN/HISTORY OF THE OSS INTELLIGENCE SERVICE IN NORTH AFRICA/ESTIMATE OF FRENCH MILITARY LEADERS IN NORTH AFRICA/GENERAL ROBERT ODI'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS VICHY FRANCE/NUMEROUS MEMORANDA FOR THE PR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: OSS Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP13X00001R000100440004-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 267
• Document Creation Date: November 3, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2013
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 4, 1942
• Content Type: MISC

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DATE: SepteMber 41.
Wo have endeavored to promote a mining enterprise and an
oil explore-UoIt party in Afghanistan 4'o provide oover tor MS personnmi?
The mentlywarrived Afshan Minister has expressed interest in suoL
projeots. However, the outlay involved and the un1ikpIihoe4d of *Arly
returne,on suGh investment have deterred any of the Intrious *wipe:Ass
nterviewed from going ahead at this time. Subsequently, tho Carnegit
/istitution and the Smithsonian Institute were approaphod with the in.
tuition of fostering a survey party or geologic, erolmoologio, or
geographical purposes. These ovortures are sontinuini:, Attar lay talk
with you it appears feasible to organise a mining surToy party .vho
Gould initiate explorations for strategio minerals, the whole explass
being under $100,000 per year. This will enable four partials in dif.
ferent parts of the oountry, thee t* the north *lent the Russian
border and ono in the south along the Iran or Indian borderts with head-
quarters in Kabul.
If the lather) Minister will ieeut appr:)val tor this survey
miesion, with advantages **oruing to the Argh4As lu the ewe of tech.
nioal data as aoquired, an agreed export tax on any minerals ahippod,
and ulth no exploration nor development expense to WI borno by alo
Afghans,. twit an enterprise oould be inaugurated at 'noes
It may be advisable to obtain sponeorship of' an established
mininI company in order to us' their num4 and to initiate arrangements
with the Afghans) this also being possible through the friendship at
Clapp or Bart who are well known to the present Minieter. Personnel
witivnining qualifioations have been interviewed and clan be organise4
at ono*, preferably as soon as the pro sot it written up and apyrovsd*
The outlay Should not total more than 4000,000 over a 2.yo*r poriod?
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We wish to call your attention to a mattor beariT4;
dIrectly on the $upply of Russia from the aouth.
You may recall that beforo he left Wa!;hinton Coy
the Near East, Mr. Dullitt had u onforonco in Mr. i;11.0,1:3
office with certain mombors of C.O.I. who arQ, coneurnect
with the countrieo he planne to visit. On thut
Wri6hfi and Mr, Morrison urged the Viovi that ths
country could establish direct diplomItie L. ti with
Afghanistan as soon as possible, It was poilltod out 1,11%t
the shipment of supplies to Russia thrQuch
under American supervision, would bo iveatly eilualtod
there were an American diplomatic mission ir Kfibui. It
WAS alvo suggested that in view of the Axi.? proindri in
Afghanistan and the ArgW4nst deep-rooted snt.pcloil of :JotA
Russia and England, tho (lesiro of tho dirct
diplomatic relations with this country -- atboo(1
by a numbor of rtaiable ourceil nhoulu b.(: knot by the
appointment of a suitably 414alified Amt:rican Ministclr
Plenipotentiar,
Mr, Bullitt appeared to be improsed ith thii; suggev-
tiop,!and ask-ed for a memorandum on the suojcct, Since
that t4arle, there have been aome indictiom that the
matter has. been taken under advisement, but. direct diplo-
matic relations with this strategically very important
-Asitittic country: are not yet a reality0
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We wish to call your attention to a mattor beariT4;
dIrectly on the $upply of Russia from the aouth.
You may recall that beforo he left Wa!;hinton Coy
the Near East, Mr. Dullitt had u onforonco in Mr. i;11.0,1:3
office with certain mombors of C.O.I. who arQ, coneurnect
with the countrieo he planne to visit. On thut
Wri6hfi and Mr, Morrison urged the Viovi that ths
country could establish direct diplomItie L. ti with
Afghanistan as soon as possible, It was poilltod out 1,11%t
the shipment of supplies to Russia thrQuch
under American supervision, would bo iveatly eilualtod
there were an American diplomatic mission ir Kfibui. It
WAS alvo suggested that in view of the Axi.? proindri in
Afghanistan and the ArgW4nst deep-rooted snt.pcloil of :JotA
Russia and England, tho (lesiro of tho dirct
diplomatic relations with this country -- atboo(1
by a numbor of rtaiable ourceil nhoulu b.(: knot by the
appointment of a suitably 414alified Amt:rican Ministclr
Plenipotentiar,
Mr, Bullitt appeared to be improsed ith thii; suggev-
tiop,!and ask-ed for a memorandum on the suojcct, Since
that t4arle, there have been aome indictiom that the
matter has. been taken under advisement, but. direct diplo-
matic relations with this strategically very important
-Asitittic country: are not yet a reality0
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It would seemJto be questiollable policy
for e101ito suggest a course of action to the State
Department in a realm that is peculiarly the
business of that Department. If a United States
Minister is not appointed to Afghanistan, there must
be a good reason for this omission.
What COI can do, and is in the process or doina,
is to facilitate thit appolntmont of American
teachers to the college in Kana* By this moans
our informatblon service will bo able to keep as cloac
a ?hoc% as necossary on developments in Afghtinistan.
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Marc% 41 1944
Betweon Russia, Persia, and India Ides the mountain-
qua country of Afghanistan in a position whish may become
critical. Afghanistan has its reasons to hold aloof from
fte319. and from Great Britain. At tho minLmum it has no
reason to be suspicious of the United Stats; at the maxi-
mum it has had reasons for bsing well disposed towArd 1):1.
What may happen to India or to the Caucasus xina Persia will
affect Afghanistan very vitally. The United States has an
opportunity to exert good offices at it needed point.
We have been represented in Afghanistan by iiemptot
control. Just as our Minister to Xgypt was also acbratA
to Saudi Arabia, so our Minister to Iran (Persia) ia.alsci,
accredited to Afghanistan. Pressure of &aims in y'
makes such reprosentation rather intermittent, to say 010
least.
It has been proposed that our reprosentation at the
Afghan capital, Kabul, be enlarged. .ilut tills must bo &me
with the enlarged courtesy and signifIcsnce (lomqnded by the
situation. I have just soon a wire from Teheran stating
that Afgnanistan cannot agree that a Third Secrotary and a
Vice Consul should be despatched to Kabul before the appoint-
ment of an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentitanyo
who should he the representative of the United States to
open the new legation.
This is sonething more than fuss an :1 feathers. 4e
have an opportunity in Afghanistan beyond Wrist of other
nations. An affront to the dignity or a snail nation that
realizes its strategio importancs would be 9 blunder. T
hope that it will be poasible to revise our plans or repre-
sentation and start more cordial relations with AfghlAnistan
on an initially cordial footing.
Sincerely yours,
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John ,A. Wilson
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