Office of the Historian

891.51/340: Telegram

The Minister in Persia (Kornfeld) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]
Teheran, May 15, 1924—4 p.m.
[Received May 15—10:54 a.m.]

40. British Government has telegraphed its Chargé here that it cannot consent to hypothecation of Anglo-Persian royalties and southern customs for loan in United States before a settlement has been reached concerning Persian debts to Great Britain.

Kornfeld