From: mtaghavi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Amir Taghavi)
Subject: Re: BBC Unveils CIA Monetory Support for Iranian Opposition
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:02:52 GMT


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> This report is based on interviews with CIA operatives in Europe.
> Apparently people like Reza Pahlavi, General Madani, former Iranian
> president Bani Sadr and Manoochehr Ganji the manager of radio DERAFSHE
> KAAVIANI are among people who have been under CIA payroll.
> The report also unveils the friendship between William Casey, the former
> CIA director, and Reza Pahlavi, the son of deposed Shah of Iran.  In a 
> party Casey is heard to say that Reza Pahlavi will return to Iran with CIA help.Ganji, the director of a costly radio broadcast into Iran has contested
> the BBC revelations.  He has indicated that he has accepted the money only
> for the rescue of Iran (NEJAATE IRAN)!
> This piece of news was from an Iranian broadcast in D.C. area.
> Does anyone have any more info. on this (how about U.K. ahaali?)
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BA Salam Khed Mate Doust Aziz

There was a series of programs on CIA and its activity
running for the past 5 or 6 weeks on BBC exploring the 
type of activities they under went in the last 60 years 
or so. Like Italy, Yougoslavia, and ... etc.
The last episode was the involvement of the CIA Operatives
in pre- and Post revolutionary era.  They were saying exactly
the same thing that you have quoted, That CIA is currently
paying Mr. Ganji about $100,000 dollars to run his radio
show and he was saying himself that I am not ashamed to
receive this money and his justification was that did
General Dougole refused Help (I don't quite know at what
periode?). 

And they were mentioning that Shah was a total wimp! and
he used to run to CIA and ask for instructions and support
and he did not had any self confidence at all!

One more thing!

The first encounter that the CIA had after revolution was
the incidence over the spy sites in the northern part of
Iran.  Apparently there were more than 10 CIA operatives
stationed in northern Iran eavsedroping on Soviet activities
and just after the revolution there were a bunch of revol-
utionaries that reided the sites and captured the Americans.
Apparently the US embassy got the word that they are captured
and send one of the agents to deal with the matter! As he
puts it he left the embassy with $500,000 dollars in Iranian
currency and set forth to Northern Iran and he dealth with the
captors and set them free for half the amount? and they were
interviewd in the airport as the reason for their capture?
and they were replying they were just tourists, wearing the
issued cold overcoats of the army US?

There was another thing, about Bani Sadr and he was saying 
That CIA approached him and wanted to gain influence over
him by posing as a business venture which he reported it
to Imam and after the students at the embassy put together
the shreaded documents ( which the CIA was amased?! ) it
reflected on this encounter,

But it seems like they just scratched the surface and did
not go deep enough into it?

I hope to have relayed what I understood about the matter!
Unfortunately, I do not have a video of the program! otherwise
I could have sent it for you  over there to watch.



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