707.1190h/–: Telegram
The Chargé in Persia ( Engert ) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 22—9 p.m.]
46. I should appreciate the Department’s telegraphic instructions as to my relations if any with the Legation of Afghanistan. Calls had been exchanged before I assumed charge and as I wished to [Page 262] interest Afghanistan Minister in the possibility of American petroleum exploitation in his country I thought it best to continue informal personal relations but excused myself from attending official dinners. British [Legation] has no relations whatever with him.
Could the Department inform me for my guidance of the result of the recent Afghan mission to Washington as it aroused the greatest interest here; [it] is being widely discussed and perhaps misrepresented.