Office of the Historian

891.51A/886: Telegram

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

Tehran, November 3, 1943—6 p.m.
[Received 8:54 p.m.]

1043. My 1037, November 1. Income tax bill has been brought to the floor of the Majlis although debate has not yet begun. I have [Page 553] received the warmest assurances from Shah and Prime and Foreign Ministers that the bill will pass the Majlis without delay. Therefore both Millspaugh and I feel I am now justified in departing for the United States on leave. I shall take advantage of the delay which has occurred in the arrival at Tehran of the Secretary’s party and proceed with them to the United States.65 Please hold my mail.

Dreyfus
  1. Regarding the Minister’s departure for the United States and his return to Tehran, see his telegrams No. 1045, November 4, 9 a.m., and No. 1059, November 13, 9 a.m., pp. 400 and 410, respectively.↩