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FN BRIT INT SECT TEHRAN 161010Z DEC
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 335 OF 16 DECEMBER 22.
1.
MY TELNO 332: VISA FOR BURNETT
WE PRODDED VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE MFA FURTHER TODAY (16 DECEMBER), WITH THE RESULT THAT NOT ONLY PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO THE THIRD POLITICAL DEPARTMENT AND THE PASSPORT DEPARTMENT SAY THAT THE QUESTION WILL BE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY. THE PASSPORT DEPARTMENT (WHO WERE, I NOW BELIEVE, THE MEN IN THE WOODPILE) WERE GOING T SEND A FURTHER TELEX
TO THEIR EMBASSY IN LONDON, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE HEAD OF THE PASSPORT DEPARTMENT IS PHONING THE EMBASSY TODAY. THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF PROTOCOL TOLD ME T T THERE HAD BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE PASSPORT DEPARTMENT : THE VISA WOULD
BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION TOMORROW.
2.
WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE TWO-MONTH VISA FOR NOFEPESTI
IN WHICH THE IRANIANS NOW SEEM TO BE INTERESTED, AND TWO APPLICANTS FOR VISAS FOR CENTRAL BANK OFFICIALS WHICH WERE MADE TODAY, WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL WE HAVE CONFIRMATION FROM YOU THAT BURNETT'S VISA HAS BEEN ISSUED. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD
LET US KNOW THIS BY TELEPHONE.
3.
ASSUMING THE VISISAU ISSUED, I HOPE BURNETT CAN GET IT
IN TIME TO TAKE TOMORROW'S FLIGHT TO TEHRAN, SO THAT MANSFIELD'S DEPARTURE IS DELAYED NO FURTHER.
BARRINGTON
LIMITED MED MUD
PACD
HK GD
COPIES TO: MR TAYLOR
CO), H.S.P.
SIR. J. LEAHY MREBERTON
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