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Minnies.

Thiu huti boon held up by wore urgent
work. It iu excellent Hint the Ututo
Dcpurtuont agree with uu In general ond
with our four recor.iiicndationu for notion
in purticulor.
After dlucuuuion with Hr. Gtewort,
I think Unit the btulo Deportment 'o idea
of o joint formal approach to the Peroian
Government about Bahrein, when we muke
our propouad oral communication about the
continental uholf (plcnuo oac letter to
Washington in E 180B9/876/91 ) iu a poor one.
A written cxprcuulon of our views alwayo
elicito o formal utatement of the Poruinn
view. But orul ropreuentntion on the lino a
oug,;outod v/ould bo uuoful (oupoeinlly tho
American ropreuentationu ).
V/c nine have to oonuidcr the
2 uug:;eution raiued by air J. lo Hougetel
0 in hiu letter in E 11994/387/91. Hiu
B uuggeution ia a variont of a courue of
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5 action ttm which, in gonoral, we regard oa
the leau uatiufnetory alternative. Au the
!2 Americano have ugreed to our rccommondationu
X no they utund, I think the matter uhould be
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present.
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Id Tehran.
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