Office of the Historian

740.0011 European War 1939/26691: Telegram

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

Washington, January 5, 1943—10 p.m.

10. Your 458, December 23 noon, regarding possible adherence of Iran to United Nations Declaration. If you should be questioned on this subject, please refer to Department’s instruction No. 79 of March 30, 1942.74

For your information, negotiations are proceeding for the adherence of Iraq to the Declaration.75

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  1. Not printed; it said in part:

    “In order that other governments might associate themselves with the twenty-six United Nations, there is a provision in the final paragraph of the Declaration that it may be adhered to by other nations which are, or which may be, rendering material assistance and contributions in the struggle for victory over Hitlerism. This Government, as the depository for the Declaration, considers that any generally recognized nation which is ‘at war’ with any of the common enemies and which is, or may be, ‘rendering material assistance and contributions’ becomes eligible for adherence to the Declaration. In any such instance this Government will accept an adherence to be deposited with the original Declaration.” (740.0011 European War 1939/20712k)

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  2. For correspondence on this subject, see pp. 636 ff.↩