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 TELEGRAM

11812

1979 DEC -3 PM 12-3

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□CHARGE TO

E.O. 11632:

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AMB DCM ECON2 PM

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SHIR TABR ISFA

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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

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