740.0011 European War 1939/14466: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 28—1:30 p.m.]
3946. Press sheet published by the Soviet Embassy in London gives full English text of note said to have been handed by M. Molotov on August 25 to Iranian Ambassador in Moscow. Final paragraph of note as published reads as follows:
“These measures are in no way directed against the people of Iran. The Soviet Government has no intentions whatever against the territorial integrity or national independence of Iran. The military measures taken are solely against the danger created by the hostile activities of Germans in Iran. As soon as this danger, which threatens the interests of Iran and the Soviet Union are averted, the Soviet Government will immediately withdraw its troops.”