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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Alling)
Mr. Saleh telephoned from New York to say that he had received a telegram from the Minister of Finance reading as follows:
“Please insist that wheat be shipped to Iran with the greatest rapidity.”
I told Mr. Saleh that we were going into the whole question of supplies for Iran, and we hoped that a satisfactory solution could be found in the very near future. He volunteered the idea that it would be well for our Legation at Tehran to concert with the Iranian Government [Page 124] authorities and with the British authorities in arranging a supply program. I told him I was very glad to have this suggestion and that we would look into it.