Office of the Historian

325. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran1

Washington, December 18, 1968, 2346Z.

289317. For Charge. If you are questioned about fact President-elect did not receive Prime Minister Hoveyda but subsequently received Israeli Defense Minister Dayan and the Amir of Kuwait, you should say that you have no information on this subject. If pressed for explanation by high-level Iranian officials, you can suggest they await return of Ambassador Meyer who you are certain will be in a position to discuss this matter with the Prime Minister.2

  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 IRAN. Confidential; Limdis. Drafted by Eliot, cleared by Meyer (draft) and Leonhart, and approved by Rockwell.↩
  2. Printed from an unsigned copy.↩