TELEGRAM
11812
1979 DEC -3 PM 12-3
INDICATE
□COLLECT
□CHARGE TO
E.O. 11632:
TAGS:
SUBJECT:
ACTION:
POL-3
AMB
DCM
ECON2
PM
(illegible text)
OR
CRU
SHIR
TABR
ISFA
FROM
AMEMBASSY TEHRAN
CLASSIFICATION
SECRET/STADIS/LIMDIS
ACTION: SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
SECRET TEHRAN
STADIS
LIMDIS
E.O. 12065: XDS-4 12-3-98 (STEMPEL, J.D.) OR-P
TAGS: PINS, PORS, IR
SUBJECT: KHOMEINI CONTACT
REF: STATE 303337
1. MOHAMMAD TAVASSOLI OF REFTEL IS INDIVIDUAL KNOWN TO US AS MOHAMMAD TAVAKOI WITH WHOM POLOFF STEMPEL HAS BEEN IN CONTACT REGULARLY SINCE MAY 1978. HE IS NOT RPT NOT A "KHOMEINI MAN" EXCEPT IN LIMITED SENSE. HE IS A SECOND-ECHELON LIBERATION MOVEMENT OF IRAN (LMI) LEADER BEHIND MORE PROMINENT FIGURES SUCH AS BAZARGAN AND SAHABI WITH WHOM WE HAVE ALSO HAD CONTACT. LMI IS, OF COURSE, MOST PRO-KHOMEINI GROUP IN OPPOSITIONIST GALAXY.
2. TAVASSOLI WAS SOMEWHAT DISCONCERTED TO HAVE DEMONSTRATED TO HIM THAT THE EMBASSY KNEW WHO HE REALLY WAS. THIS CONTACT IS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE FOR SEVERAL REASONS. WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHETHER SOURCE GAVE US THIS NAME ON HIS
POL:JDStempel:lab 12-3-78 DCM:CWNa-a s
CLEARANCES:
POL:GBLambrakis
SECRET 37
