STATE/JCS MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A000100030003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 23, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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23 April 1965
! MOR DU FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: State/JCS ? etin
1. Today I attended the Stato/JCS meeting
in the Pentagon with Ambassador Holmes of Tehran
as the principal speaker.
2. Ambassador Holmes began by sum mar
thho strate *ic importance of Iran, pointing on
its geography and Its JuxtapositiOn to the
USSR give it considerable importance from a mil-
itary point of view. Regarding Iran's relations
to the north, he said that these relations have
ved over the past several years. The So-
placing less propaganda pressure on
hey were. Meanwhile, trade between
countries has continued.
described the Shah of Iran as an ex-
ceedia giy able man* tie ci aractoritcd the Shah's
uing--though at ;;resent lessened--threat by the
USSR; (b) the achievement of Arab political unity
under the leadership of Nasir; (c) a movement by
a sir-Led group against the oil fields in the
Persian Gull', and (d) military attack by Iraq,
backed by Egypt. Ambassador Holmes said that
none of these concerns is pressing at present.
4* He concluded by saying that at present
an feel confident and comfortable about
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The only real threat in the present situat.io!
the possibility of the Shah's assassination*
pointed out that such an attempt had recently been
made. Other than this, conditions within the
country are good and improving. In particular,
he said that the military forces have improved
steadily during the past two or three years under
the US military aid program.
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