891.00/1900: Telegram
The Minister in Iran (Dreyfus) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 5—12:51 p.m.]
250. My 248, August 2.40 Qavam41 has assumed duties as Prime Minister and is actively engaged in forming Cabinet which he expects to present to Majlis next Sunday. United Press and Associated Press representatives in interview with Qavam yesterday were much impressed with evident warmth of his statements that he desires strengthen relations with the United States and to obtain American advisers. He spoke of things American to exclusion other topics. When asked what his program would be Qavam picked up a piece of bread from his desk and replied “This is my program, if I can put bread of good quality in hands of all Iranians other problems will be easy to solve”. There are indications Qavam will form relatively strong Cabinet and that he intends to deal with Iran’s pressing food, transport, security and other internal problems with dispatch and energy. I see no reason to believe he will fail to cooperate with Allies. Perhaps to test him on this point British Minister is seeing him today to insist on arrest of a number of persons suspected of pro-German activities.