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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1042 OF 8 DECEMBER
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPARTMENT
WAS RECEIVED FROM BIS TEHRAN TELEGRAM NO 793 OF 2 DECEMBER 82
AND TO PRIORITY VISFO LONDON
MIPT: VISAS FOR IRANIAN OFFICIALS
1. WE HAVE SO FAR DELAYED THE ISSUE OF VISAS TO FOUR
OFFICIALS OF THE PLAN AND BUDGET ORGANISATION WISHING
TO ATTEND A CIVIL CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG,
THREE OFFICIALS FROM THE IRANIAN GRAIN ORGANISATION WANTING
TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL WHEAT CONFERENCE IN LONDON, THREE
MOD OFFICIALS WISHING TO VISIT THE LONDON PROCUREMENT
OFFICE FOR TWO WEEKS AND SIX NIOC OFFICIALS FROM THE ENGIN-
EERING AND PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS WHO WANT TO SPEND ONE
MONTH WORKING IN THE KALA OFFICE IN LONDON. IN EACH CASE THE
DELAY HAS BEEN NO MORE THAN A FEW DAYS, WHICH IS, OF COURSE,
MUCH BETTER THAN FOR APPLICANTS WHO WANT TO VISIT IRAN: BUT
SOON WE SHALL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO GRANT THEM OR DELAY
THEM FURTHER IN A WAY THAT WILL APPEAR AN OBVIOUS ACT OF
POLICY.
2. IN ADDITION TO THESE APPLICANTS TO WHOM WE WOULD HAVE
GIVEN VISAS UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE ARE TWO
OTHER CASES THAT WE WOULD HAVE REFERRED ANYWAY: ALI PAYA
OF THE MINISTRY OF GUIDANCE AND MOHAMMAD REZA ABDOLMOHAMMADI
OF THE MOD (SEE MY TWO IFTS).
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