891.6363 Standard Oil/376: Telegram
The Minister in Persia (Kornfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Teheran, July 3,
1924—3 p.m.
[Received July 3—2:30 p.m.]
[Received July 3—2:30 p.m.]
47. Referring to Legation’s no. 46, June 30. Representative of Sinclair has refused to give engagement asked for by Persian Government. Accordingly the oil commissioners have stricken out article 25 of contract (Legation’s no. 343)9 which denies validity of any other grants, and they have adopted instead article 29 of bill which affirms only that no other grant has been confirmed by Mejliss.
Kornfeld