891.711/31: Telegram
The Chargé in Iran (Merriam) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 12—9 a.m.]
59. Department’s telegram No. 44 of November 4, 6 p.m. No new developments. I plan soon to acquaint Massoud-Ansari with the Department’s effective action in facilitating entry of Hadjeb21 and think it would be a good opportunity to inquire at the same time informally and perhaps personally concerning the present status of the restrictions, citing the desirability of avoiding future representations and the pressure exerted increasingly by subscribers and publishers, while conceding the expediency of not delivering the few offending periodicals. This would permit the Iranian Government to rectify the situation officially on its own initiative. Please telegraph instructions.
- Gholam Hassein Hadjeb-Davallou, an Iranian career diplomatic officer, who was sent to the United States to act as custodian of the Iranian Legation at Washington.↩