Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, The Far East, Volume V

891.6363/12–944: Telegram

The Ambassador in Iran (Morris) to the Secretary of State

Tehran, December 9, 1944—7 p.m.
[Received December 18—11:03 a.m.]

918. Court Minister Ala told me today Soviet Ambassador Maximov and Kavtaradze had called on Prime Minister Bayat 2 or 3 days ago and Maximov had read statement to effect that Soviet Government considered passage of law forbidding oil negotiations as objectionable and obstructive and felt that it should be revised.

Bayat replied that even if he wished he could do nothing about it since it was a law enacted by the legislature.

Kavtaradze left by air for Moscow this morning.

To Department as No. 918; repeated Moscow as 112; repeated London.

Morris