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COUNTRY POLICY SUMMARY AND
PROGRAM ANALYSIS, IRAN
I. BASIC POLICY OBJECTIVES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS
1. To maintain the sovereign independence and territorial integrity of Iran. This requires:
- a. The will of Iran to remain independent and to defend itself.
- b. The ability to discourage limited Soviet attacks on Iranian territory and, in the case of outright Soviet or Soviet-supported aggression, to delay it until Iran's allies can react.
- c. Enhancement of internal loyalties, especially in areas of Iran which might become subject to foreign-inspired insurgency.
- d. Ability to control such insurgency if it occurs.
- e. The ability to discourage and, if necessary, to resist alone an attack by a neighboring country unsupported by the USSR.
2. To maintain the cooperative relationship between the U.S. and Iran, particularly in military matters. This requires:
- a. Continued Iranian understanding of the mutuality of Iranian interests and those of the Free World.
- b. A mutually beneficial military relationship between Iran and the U.S.
- c. A favorable U.S. image as effective guarantor of Iranian security and as a friendly power interested in Iranian independence and progress.
- d. Specifically, such an image not only with the present governing elite but also with the likely successors to that elite.
- e. Demonstration of our own devotion to the objective of making Iran progressively less dependent on foreign assistance.
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