Office of the Historian

740.0011 European War, 1939/26691: Telegram

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

Tehran, December 23, 1942—noon.
[Received 8:53 p.m.]

458. My 341, October 25.72 Foreign Minister informs me both he and Prime Minister strongly desire to have Iran adhere to United Nations Declaration.73 He stated that they are working on public opinion in order to prepare for such a step which they hope can be taken within several months.

Dreyfus
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Signed at Washington, January 1, 1942, Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. i, p. 25.↩