811.42790H/52: Telegram
The Minister in Afghanistan (Engert) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 2—1:40 p.m.]
74. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a formal note requests assistance in obtaining 7 American teachers as soon as possible viz 2 each for physics, mathematics and English language and literature, and 1 for chemistry, must have masters degrees and at least 2 years teaching experience.
[Page 56]Afghan Government inquires what salaries such teachers would expect. The 3 now here receive $220 per month plus small rent allowance.
Please refer in their connection also to my despatches 26, August 31 and 50, November 9, 1942.71
It is respectfully requested that a list of suitable candidates be submitted to the Afghan Minister in Washington when he arrives.
- Neither printed; these despatches referred to the departure from the Afghan service of two American teachers whose employment had been secured earlier in 1942 through the informal good offices of the Department (390.1115/5274, 811.42790H/48).↩