161. Telegram 331 From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State, January 17, 1972, 1950Z
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
TELEGRAM
TEHRAN 0331
ACTION NEA-11
0 171950Z JAN 72 ZFF-4
FM AMEMBASSY TEHRAN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7120
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y FOR MRN (0331 VICE 00000)
JOINT EMBASSY/USIS MESSAGE
1. FOLLOWING ON SAVAK DISCLOSURES JANUARY 16 RE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IN IRAN, U.S. MISSION PREMISES SUBJECTED TO FOUR BOMB EXPLOSIONS DURING PERIOD 2035 TO 2110 HRS LOCAL TIME JANUARY 17. DAMAGE NOT RPT NOT SERIOUS: TWO LOCAL GUARDS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.
2. EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED AT (A) PARKING LOT OF COMMISSARY ADJACENT TO EMBASSY COMPOUND AT 2035 HRS, DAMAGE COMPRISING TWO GUARDS INJURED AND APPROX $400 OF BROKEN WINDOWS: (B) TRUCK PARKED OUTSIDE COMMISSARY ADJACENT EMBASSY POWER PLANT AT 02036 HRS, REAR OF TRUCK SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE: (C) PEACE CORPS HEADQUARTERS INTO GARDEN OF WHICH BOMB LOBBED AT 2045 HRS, ONLY MINOR DAMAGE: (D) IAS CULTURAL CENTER WHICH DAMAGED AT 2110 HRS BY BOMB PLACED IN SHRUBBERY, DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $400 COMPRISED 24 LARGE WINDOW PANES FACING STREET AND FOUR INTERIOR PANES.
3. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AND PROVIDING OVERNIGHT PROTECTION [text not declassified] HAS INFORMED SAVAK. MFA HAS CALLED TO EXPRESS REGRETS OVER INCIDENT.
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MACARTHUR.
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