Office of the Historian

811.24591/14

The Secretary of State to the Secretary of War (Stimson)

Washington, September 23, 1943.

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Honorable the Secretary of War and transmits herewith for the consideration of the War Department a copy of a communication from the Iranian Legation in Washington,82 concerning complaints which have been received about the conduct of some of the American soldiers in Iran.

The Department of State has already received some despatches on this subject from the American Minister at Tehran, and understands that copies of the despatches have been sent to the War Department.

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