Office of the Historian

891.01/93: Telegram

The Chargé in Iran (Ford) to the Secretary of State

Tehran, December 15, 1943—noon.
[Received 12:44 p.m.]

1122. Prime Minister Soheily resigned yesterday. It is thought this is merely a tactical move to enable him to eliminate certain members of Cabinet and that Shah will request him to form a new government in next few days. Soheily has been talking of a reorganization for months but has apparently been unable persuade men concerned to resign.

Ford