SECRET 0(illegible text)2356Z SEP 79 STAFF
SITE DIRECTOR 507357.
(illegible text)O: TEHRAN.
(illegible text)NINTEL INTEL
REF: DIRECTOR 504036
1. FOLLOWING OBTAINED BY CUMMIZKY AND (illegible text)ROFF IN REF MEETING 29 AUGUST AND DISSEMINATED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NEAR EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS (illegible text)NDEAS ONLY AS FIRDB-312/02121-79 31 AUGUST.
WITH REGARD TO ⟨HIS⟩ OWN PERSONAL ⟨INVOLVEMENT⟩ IN OPPOSITION PLANNING (illegible text) REF (SUBJECT) (illegible text) THAT ⟨HE⟩ ONLY RECENTLY HAD RESUMED AN ACTIVE INTEREST ⟨IN⟩ IRANIAN POLITICS HE HAS BEEN CONTACED BY REPRESENTATIVES ⟨OF⟩ FORMER PRIME MINISTER SHAHPOUR ⟨BAKHTIER⟩ AND INVITED (illegible text) ⟨PARIS⟩ FOR MEETINGS. SUBJECT ⟨CLAIMS⟩ ALSO TO HAVE ⟨RECEIVED⟩ AN INVITATION FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO TRAVEL TO ⟨FRANCE FOR⟩ TALKS WITH THAT GOVERNMENT. ⟨SUBJECT⟩ HAS BEEN IN ⟨PERIODIC⟩ CONTACT WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN THE U.S. ⟨WHOM⟩ HE DID NOT IDENTIFY, SINCE HIS ⟨ARRIVAL⟩ HERE AND HAS ⟨B⟩EEN TOLD TO EXPECT CONTACT FROM AN ISRAELI OFFICIAL ARRIVING IN THE U.S. FROM LONDON ON 1 SEPTEMBER. SUBJECT (illegible text)D THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS (illegible text)AS WELL ALONG IN ITS CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR IRAN. HE HAS CONSIDERABLE SYMPATHY FOR THE ISRAELIS STEMMING FROM HIS DEALINGS WITH THEM A(illegible text) MILITARY COMMANDERS IN IRAN. SUBJECT DENIES THAT HE HAD ANY CONTACTS OR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHAH SINCE SUBJECT'S DEPARTURE FROM IRAN, ALTHOUGH HE DID ONCE RECEIVE PHONE CALL FROM EMBRESS FARAH DIBA.
ADDED FOLLOWING COMMENT FROM SDENO(illegible text)S/11:
SUBJECT WAS HURT THAT THE SHAH NEVER (illegible text)NED TO CONTACT HIM IN THE U.S. AND AS A RESULT HAS BEEN BITTER TOWARD HIM. ACCORING TO (illegible text)EN(illegible text)RMOUS/1, SUBJECT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY FUNDS FROM THE SHAH OR THE SHAH'S (illegible text)DI. END DISSEM.