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

891.6363/12–2144: Telegram

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

Tehran, December 21, 1944—noon.
[Received 10:10 p.m.]

942. Re Embassy’s 918 December 9. Foreign Minister Entezam has told British Ambassador that Soviet Ambassador Maximov called on him 2 or 3 days ago to say that following Kavtaradze’s return to Moscow and consultations with him there Soviet Government saw no reason to modify its view that law prohibiting oil negotiations was ill advised and should be modified.

(Sent Department as 942 repeated Moscow as 129 and to London.)

Morris