Annexe 3 :
Joint Statement Following Discussions With the Shah of
Iran. December 30, 1949
HIS IMPERIAL Majesty, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shahinshah of
Iran, today completed his tour of the United States and departed for Iran. The
Shah came to this country at the invitation of the President and his visit has
enabled him to become acquainted at first hand with the United States and its
institutions. The President said today that the existing friendly relations
with Iran have been strengthened still further by the Shah's visit. The
President is most happy that His Majesty has paid the United States the honor
of this visit, which enabled not only the President but many officials of the
Government, as well as the American people, more clearly to know and understand
Iran, its great traditions, and its present achievements and objectives.
Following a stay of several days in Washington, the Shah
visited many parts of the country and inspected various institutions and
industrial and agricultural enterprises whose technical operation might be
usefully applied in Iran. He also saw military, naval, and air installations.
His Majesty had the opportunity of meeting civic, industrial and educational
leaders, as well as other representatives of broad segments of the American
population.
While in Washington His Majesty had conversations with the
President, the Secretary of State and other senior officials of the United
States Government. These conversations took place in an atmosphere of frankness
and cordiality, and the interchange of views was most valuable in arriving at a
mutual understanding of problems in which both the United States and Iran have
interest. Pursuant to these conversations His Majesty and the President have
decided to issue the following joint statement on the relations between the two
countries:
"His Imperial Majesty, the Shah of Iran, and the President of
the United States have examined the relations between their two countries and
the problems which they face in common. In the course of their conversations it
has been brought out that:
"1. They believe the United Nations offers the best means of
assuring a peaceful world. Both countries will continue to give the United
Nations their unfaltering support and to work in close cooperation with it and
its agencies.
"2. A serious threat to international peace and security
anywhere in the world is of direct concern to the United States. As long ago as
December 1, 1943, when President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and
Marshal Stalin signed the Three Power Declaration at Tehran, the United States
made clear its desire for the maintenance of the independence and integrity of
Iran. The great interest of the United States in this regard has been
repeatedly affirmed in its foreign policy declarations and the United States
Government intends to continue that policy.
"3. His Imperial Majesty believes, and the President concurs,
that the ability of any country to maintain its independence is based on a
sound and prosperous economy. For this reason, as far back as 1946, upon His
Majesty's advice, the Iranian Government took steps to prepare a Seven-Year
Plan for economic and social progress which now, embodied into law, is being
carried out with all the means at the Government's disposal. The President
appreciates the importance of this program to the economic development of Iran,
and applications by the Iranian Government to the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development for economically justifiable loans to be used in
the furtherance of the program will therefore receive the support of the United
States. Subject to favorable Congressional action on the Point IV program, the
United States also stands ready to facilitate Iranian economic development
through the provision under Point IV and otherwise of technical advisory
assistance if requested by Iran. His Majesty welcomes the assistance envisaged
under the Point IV program and is particularly aware of the desirability of
increased investments of private capital in the Iranian economy. The Iranian
Government will consider measures to be taken to encourage such investments.
"4. It is the policy of the United States to help free
peoples everywhere in the maintenance of their freedom wherever the aid which
it is able to provide can be effective. As the result of recent Congressional
authorization, and in response to the request of the Government of Iran, the
Government of the United States is currently prepared to offer certain military
assistance essential to enable Iran, as a nation dedicated to the purposes and
principles of the United Nations Charter, to develop effective measures for its
self-defense in support of those purposes and principles. The United States
will continue to bear in mind Iran's defense needs in connection with further
foreign assistance which may be considered by the United States Government."
Source : The American Presidency Project
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=13375&st=iran&st1=
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