Office of the Historian

891.00/2069: Telegram

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

Tehran, December 6, 1943—5 p.m.
[Received December 6—2 p.m.]

1091. Declaration as to Iran was enthusiastically received by group of Cabinet members, deputies, Army leaders, and press representatives to whom Prime Minister announced it yesterday. My 1090, December 5.58 Deputy Teheri made fulsome speech in praise of Allied chiefs, thanking them for this demonstration of friendship and respect for Iran. Today’s Tehran papers unanimously echo this enthusiasm.

Dreyfus
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