Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The British Commonwealth; The Near East and Africa, Volume III

891.00/1789: Telegram

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

Tehran, September 30, 1941—11 a.m.
[Received October 1—8:57 a.m.]

173. The British Minister informs me that Eden has informed Maisky⁵² that he considers any undue interference in Iranian affairs or sympathy towards separatist movements by Russian forces in north of Iran would be most harmful. The Ambassador promised to communicate this information to his Government.

Dreyfus

52. Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador in the United Kingdom.