MEMORANDUM
TO:
THROUGH:
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SUBJECT: Fifteen Best Contacts
1. Bahram Chubin and Dr. Parviz Mina. I was introduced to Mr. Chubin by my predecessor. He works for Dr. Mina and also sometimes for Drs. Fallah and Eghbal, in a staff aide - speechwriter capacity. He is an excellent source on personalities and conflicts — in fact, is the only member of NIDC who will discuss such matters with me. Through him I have occasional access to his boss, Dr. Mina, who will sometimes give me glimpses into one side's view of oil policy issues and who has authorized his statistical department to provide very useful production and income statistics to me.
2. Dr. Mostapha Mansouri, Director General for Petroleum of the Ministry of Finance. I also met Dr. Mansouri through my predecessor. He is the only man I can talk to about Iran's position in OPEC. He is friendly and pleasant, but extremely discrete, and will only occasionally give hints of things to come. Usually, his is a faithful proponent of the official line, which of course is very useful.
3. E. N. Tonlinson, number 2 financial man in
4. Mohsen Shirazi, Head of Project Planning,
5. Mr. A. Farid, Head of Statistics, Oil Studies and Petroleum Districts Affairs,
