eae ey au Bae aes, i PET EPR Ed Pe a8 H uae ist i i eee aii rieat: vee ue i il tee nen ne viel age Fath gifts HH La bit it il ili 839 apdeg nf Ha ip e ea i ay ards franian Fellowship ott AFM ConY FIELD INFORMATION REPORT ze MusrOn ry clue 8, Ut roa. CFA ON wey eb 6 Nota. | (Appdad se Remon Soa hosn sora overin at sages Rey aoe Se Rd Uhvpid teed or ineblaeedy Sand ese APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: Canad yom apc! wd rable scree, 2 Pebiby Wom, 3: Poni rm, Doubt: Probably ‘aoe “8 Cot ends. Docume. Bret oe ga ocamen CONFIDENTIAL COUNTRY Eran REPORT NO. - SUBIECT Hedayatoliah Matin-Neftert DATE OF REPORT 8 Ootober 1962 NO. OF PAGES 1. REFERENCES |g) IO.” 2 October 1962 PACE & DATE ACO. Iran, Tehran (1 October 2 SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE OERNITIVE, APPRAISAL OF © TS TENTATIVE NOTE FORGONG EXRANAT ber. SOURCE, A well-educated Iranian (¢) who 1s « National Front committee Aopraiaal of Contents 2. Modayatoliah Uatin-Defteri, the nenber of the Rational Front jublict ions conaittee who was recently arrested then released, is one of the Recbers of the Hational Frost sub-committee rosponsible for writing the articles which sypeer in the Hatinnal Prout Herp, Ae a neuber of this committee, he has coopersted to a great extent with Hohanaad Ali Kechavare-sedr, the propaganda comittes chairman, in giving the National Front newapeper ite anti-aerican alent.” In fact, uatin- Deftari bas frequently boasted at propaganda comittes sestings that he has deen able to put “the cap over the eyes" of the etupii, jullible Anericans. Matin-Defteri cleine to have close friendships with meu- ere of the Anericen Exbvesy Political Section. As an exauple of his attitude, Matin-Dafteri at a recent propagsnia comittes meeting told how be propayandixes the Anerieane, naking them think he is their friead snd givin: then nationalist seorsts, while all the while they are courting him, he is sotually the one writing the enti-imerican propessnde, Hela Several reports have bean received which clearly indicate that Matin-Datari 40 the man who writes much of the anti-American propa- ganda which appears in the Nationel Zropt Neus. Matin-Dafteri, the grandson of Mohammad Mossadeq and the son of Senator Ahnad Matin-Defteri, ® former Prine Minister, spent one year in the United States on = grant as a Congressionel fellow. - HO FORETGH ats: Ee COMPIvENTIALP Y SECRET NOPORN/INTERRAL USE ONLY Chief, Political Section 23 September 1964 Paly64/ 5h cas State of the National Front The following i for your information and vhatever use you vish to mike of it within the security Linitations designated. Any repartin; by you of this informstion mst cite the control NOTORH but need not cite CAS as the source, The source is a womber. (B) of the National Front with access to National ‘these leaders had given up because thay were frightened. He stated that the MF is now nothing, snd felt that the NF would need the assistance 2. Dr, Karim Sanjabi openly criticised Hedayat Hatin Daftari, Darius Foruhar, and Keshavars-Sedr. For the first tim Dr. Sanjabi stated that he thought that Keshavars~Sadr and Minister Mosadeg as outlined in Hosadeq's recent letters. For this reason the National Front was doing nothinge-"4us sitting and waiting." Sanjabi stated. that he personally was not engaging in any political activity. Group 1 Excluded from automatic downgrading an; declassi fication, wren nL USE omy.