File No. 5931/465.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Belgian Chargé.
Washington, July 31, 1909.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22d instant, in which you confirm your oral communication to the Secretary of State on the same day, to the effect that the Persian legation in Washington has been officially informed of the deposition of His Majesty Mohamed Ali Mirza; the proclamation as Shah, in accordance with articles 36 and 37 of the constitution, of His Imperial Highness Soltan Ahmed Mirza, the Crowm Prince, and the provisional bestowal of the regency on His Highness Ayed al Molk.
In reply I have to inform you that on the 22d instant the American chargé d’affaires ad interim at Teheran was instructed by telegraph to express the wishes of the United States for the prosperous and tranquil government of Persia by the new Shah, and to assure the minister for foreign affairs of the readiness of the American legation to establish official relations with the new Government.
Accept, etc.,