862.20291/14a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Iran (Dreyfus)
Washington, June 23, 1941—5
p.m.
46. The Department has received information from a reliable source that the Germans have established a skeleton General Staff in the German Legation at Tehran with branches located in German business firms throughout Iran. Please endeavor to ascertain the authenticity of this report.
Welles