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DRAFTER: VLTomseth

CLEARED: GBLambrak

ACTION: SECSTATE WASHDC, IMMEDIATE

INFO: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
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TAGS:PGOV, PINT, PINS, IR

E.O. 12065: GDS 3/17/85 (TOMSETH, V.L.) OR-P

SUBJECT: The Bazargan Government One Month Later and Prospects for the Future

1. C - entire text.

2. Summary: The Bazargan Government, after one month in office, remains extremely ineffectual. The unexpected suddenness with which it came to power, lack of a policy on how to employ the former regime's bureaucrats, police and military officers, collapse of the military and law enforcement agencies, and Khomeini's tendency to undercut