033.9111/8: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Iran (Dreyfus)
Washington, August 21,
1943—10 p.m.
432. Your 847, August 16, 4 p.m. The Department would prefer to postpone consideration of the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to the United States until the question of Iran’s adherence to the United Nations declaration is definitely decided. It is hoped that this may be settled in very near future.
We would also like to know more about what the Prime Minister hopes to accomplish by making this visit, since it is thought the trip would be advisable only if its success were reasonably assured in advance.
Welles