Office of the Historian

891.51A/871: Telegram

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

Tehran, October 20, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received 7:29 p.m.]

1008. My 1007 October 19. Foreign Minister states that he was much pleased at outcome of secret session of Majlis and he sees no reason why a fully satisfactory formula for retention of Millspaugh Mission cannot be found. Deputies, with few exceptions, took view that Financial Mission must by all means be kept in Iran although they criticized Millspaugh’s methods and hoped he would be more flexible.

Although no formal decision was taken the Deputies appear to agree that all pending legislation of interest to us will be passed before expiration of session. Millspaugh has prepared and submitted a compromise draft of the income tax law which it is believed Deputies will be willing to accept. Millspaugh seems to be satisfied with the Majlis reaction to his resignation.

I am meeting with him tonight to discuss matter fully.

In my conversation with Foreign Minister today we made a list of pending matters which should have immediate attention. These include 60 man project, ratification of trade treaty,52 approval of proposed agreements on finance,53 Lease-Lend51 and presence of American [Page 547] forces in Iran55 and passage of bills for employment of Reynolds56 and McDonnell.57 He seems confident that Government would have no difficulty in obtaining favorable action in any of these matters. Repeated to Moscow.

Dreyfus
  1. See bracketed note, p. 600.↩
  2. See pp. 561 ff.↩
  3. See bracketed note, p. 600.↩
  4. See pp. 453 ff.↩
  5. Maj. Gen. Charles R. Reynolds, a possible candidate for the Director Generalship of the Iranian Ministry of Health.↩
  6. John N. McDonnell, a possible candidate for the position of Executive Director of the Iranian Pharmaceutical Institute.↩