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
[489] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
891.00/12–2145: Telegram
[490] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 23—9:45 a.m.]
891.00/12–2245: Telegram
[491] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 9:20 p.m.]
891.00/12–2245: Telegram
[492] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 23—3:30 a.m.]
740.00119 Council/12–2345: Telegram
[493] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 3:30 p.m.]
740.00119 Council/12–2345: Telegram
[494] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:34 p.m.]
111.752/12–2445: Telegram
[495] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
740.00119 Council/12–2445: Telegram
[496] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 24—8:27 p.m.]
111.752/12–2445: Telegram
[497] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (Allen)
891.00/12–2645
[498] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 29—2:29 a.m.]
891.00/12–2745: Telegram
[499] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 29—2:18 a.m.]
811.24591/12–2745: Telegram
[500] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:24 p.m.]
891.00/12–2745: Telegram
[501] The Vice Consul at Tabriz (Rossow) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 29—6:22 a.m.]
891.00/12–2745: Telegram
[502] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 29—11:30 p.m.]
761.91/12–2845: Telegram
[503] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 28—7 p.m.]
761.91/12–2845: Telegram
[504] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 1, 1946—7:16 a.m.]
891.00/12–2945: Telegram
[505] The Vice Consul at Tabriz (Rossow) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 31—7:38 p.m.]
891.00/12–2945: Telegram
[506] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Iran (Murray)
761.91/12–2845: Telegram
[507] The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 3—12:47 a.m.]
111.752/1–246: Telegram