Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III

611.9131/108: Telegram

The Chargé in Iran (Engert) to the Secretary of State

Tehran, February 3, 1940—9 p.m.
[Received February 5—4:45 a.m.]

26. Personal for Murray.⁶² My 25 of today. Whatever the ultimate reaction of our competent authorities might be to the scheme outlined may I suggest that a courteous reply be sent at once indicating that it would be given serious consideration? Such a reply, coming at a psychological moment when we are trying to break a deadlock in connection with the evaluation of school properties,⁶³ might help.

Engert

62. Wallace Murray, Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs.
63. Missionary school properties expropriated by the Iranian Government. For correspondence, see pp. 693 ff.