891.51A/882a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Iran (Dreyfus)
Washington, October
22, 1943—midnight.
546. The Department contemplates asking the War Department to provide sufficient officer personnel from its schools of military government to staff the Millspaugh mission adequately. Please telegraph a list of the positions that need to be filled, stating which are already authorized and when authorization may be expected for the remainder.
Lamb and Pixley are enroute to Tehran. Ferguson and Wiley are ready to depart. Shall we let them proceed?
Sent to Tehran. Repeat to Moscow as Department’s 1064 marked “For Jernegan”.
Stettinius