Chapter II: November 19 to December 31, 1945
Armed uprisings against the Iranian Central Government in Soviet-occupied Azerbaijan; continued Soviet Army interference with the movement of Iranian security forces in northern Iran; United States note of November 23 to the Soviet Union proposing withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iran by January 1, 1946; Soviet rejection of the note; attempts by American Embassy officers to visit Azerbaijan; discussions on Iran during the Moscow meeting of Foreign Ministers; evacuation of American troops from Iran on December 30
[399] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (Henderson) to the Assistant Secretary of State (Dunn)
891.00/11–1945
[400] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:10 p.m.]
891.00/11–1945: Telegram
[401] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 20—8:50 a.m.]
891.00/11–1945: Telegram
[402] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Iran (Murray)
891.00/11–1945: Telegram
[403] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Middle Eastern Affairs (Minor)
891.00/11–1945
[404] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (Henderson)
891.00/11–2045
[405] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:05 p.m.]
891.00/11–2045: Telegram
[406] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 20—11:38 a.m.]
121.5491/11–2045: Telegram
[407] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 21—8:56 a.m.]
891.00/11–2045: Telegram
[408] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:27 a.m.]
891.00/11–2645: Telegram
[409] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 21—9:07 a.m.]
891.00/11–2045: Telegram
[410] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 21—1:27 p.m.]
891.00/11–2145: Telegram
[411] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 21—7:20 p.m.]
891.00/11–2145: Telegram
[412] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Iran (Murray)
891.00/11–2245: Telegram
[413] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 22—8:58 a.m.]
891.00/11–2245: Telegram
[414] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 22—7:40 a.m.]
125.9156/11–2245: Telegram
[415] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Iran (Murray)
891.00/11–2245: Telegram
[416] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:45 a.m.]
891.00/11–2345: Telegram
[417] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 24—6:38 a.m.]
891.00/11–2345: Telegram
[418] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 23—12:50 p.m.]
891.00/11–2345: Telegram
[419] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
891.00/11–2345: Telegram
[420] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)
891.00/11–2345: Telegram
[421] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:37 p.m.]
891.00/11–2445: Telegram
[422] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 24—7:40 a.m.]
891.00/11–2445: Telegram
[423] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:30 a.m.]
124.91/11–2445: Telegram
[424] The Secretary of War (Patterson) to the Secretary of State
811.24591/11–2445
[425] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:13 p.m.]
891.00/11–2545: Telegram
[426] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 25—8:55 a.m.]
891.00/11–2545: Telegram
[427] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 27—1:05 p.m.]
891.00/11–2645: Telegram
[428] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 26—12:48 p.m.]
891.00/11–2645: Telegram