891.42/111: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Iran ( Dreyfus )
Washington
, March 13,
1942—11 p.m.
67. Because of transportation difficulties, the Monroe Mission2 will be unable to proceed this spring. It plans, however, to make the [Page 229] trip next fall. Please inform Iranian Government, emphasizing that this is merely a postponement, that there is no intention of abandoning the undertaking, and that, as Sadiq originally indicated, the fall is really preferable for the accomplishment of the mission’s purpose.
Welles
- Educational Mission headed by Professor Paul Monroe of Columbia University.↩