Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1942, The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

891.00/1869: Telegram

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

Tehran, May 8, 1942—1 p.m.
[Received May 8—12:19 p.m.]

145. Department’s 116, May 5 [6].⁷² Prime Minister informed me last night he had received a satisfactory reply from his appeal to Molotov reported in my 138, May 3. The reply states that Soviet military authorities have been instructed to collaborate with Iranian authorities with a view to sending Iranian troops to disturbed areas.

Minister of War⁷³ and several other officials have already arrived in Azerbaijan to arrange the details with Soviet authorities.

A despatch on entire situation is being airmailed.

Repeated to Kuibyshev.

Dreyfus

72. Not printed; it informed the Minister in Iran concerning Department’s instructions to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union contained in telegram No. 203, supra.
73. Gen. Amanollah Jahanbani.