611.9131/108: Telegram

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

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