740.0011 European War 1939/13803: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )
Washington
, August
16, 1941—7 p.m.
3182. Your 3511, August 8, 10 p.m. Please inform Mr. Eden that this Government appreciates being informed of the nature of the memorandum to be delivered to the Iranian Government, and that our Minister in Tehran has been informed of this action.
You may say to Mr. Eden that while we do not wish our Minister to participate in the joint representations being made in Tehran, he will bear them in mind in his conversations on this subject with the Iranian Government.
Hull