740.0011 European War 1939/14384: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 26—7:50 p.m.]
3894. Personal for the Secretary of State. This morning Mr. Eden telephoned me to thank you for your statement in the press yesterday.2 He wanted you to know that the military operations had been successful and without serious incident. The word he got from the Shah led him to believe that he would try to negotiate before attempting serious hostilities. The British Minister reported that it was the opinion [apparent omission] the market place of the Capital that the show of opposition was for effect and that the entire business had been pre-arranged with the Shah’s knowledge and consent.
- Apparently a reference to Secretary Hull’s remark at the press conference that he had no more details regarding Iran but that he understood that the one immediate question was the fighting between the Germans and the British and Russians.↩