891.00/1144: Telegram
The Minister in Persia (Caldwell) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received March 4—3:16 a.m.]
7. A British military mission headed by Major General Dickson has been working in conjunction with the Persian Government in Teheran for more than a month. This commission expects to stay here for at least two or three years.
A British financial and customs revision commission headed by Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, is now working here in conjunction with the Persian Ministry of Finance and this commission expects to finish the preliminary work and depart in less than a month. The British Minister has requested me to make any suggestion that I wish in this connection but this was entirely a diplomatic move as the deliberations and decisions of the commission are not being made known to anyone. Has the Department any instructions.