Office of the Historian

891.51/590: Telegram

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

Washington, September 27, 1943—10 a.m.

492. Your 947, September 21, 1943. From Treasury. Treasury would prefer the wording of the proposed change in the draft law to be as follows:

“The Ministry of Finance and the Bank Mellie Iran are further authorized to take such action directly or indirectly as may be necessary or desirable to carry out such agreement, without however having the right to pledge as security any specific revenues or assets of the Iranian Government or of the Bank Mellie Iran, except gold, dollars or dollar securities equal in amount to the rials purchased by the United States Treasury under this agreement.”

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