Office of the Historian

701.0091/34: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Iran (Dreyfus)

Washington, September 14, 1941—noon.

90. Your 151, September 13, noon. The Department has no objection to your assigning a member of your staff for the purpose indicated provided that such a course meets the approval of the British and Soviet authorities concerned and the Axis Legations.42

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  1. In a memorandum enclosed with despatch No. 144, November 1, from the Minister in Iran, it was stated that this plan was not put into effect because of last-minute objections of the Soviet Ambassador, who was of the opinion that it would be a reflection on Soviet justice (740.0011 European War 1939/17008).↩