811.24591/6–1245: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Iran ( Murray )
293. Please deliver the following note to the Minister of Foreign Affairs:
“I have been directed by my Government to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s note number 1118 of May 19, 1945, regarding the withdrawal of American troops from Iran.
The American Government views the Iranian Government’s request with sympathy, and I have pleasure in informing Your Excellency that arrangements for the rapid reduction in the number of American troops in Iran have already been made. As Your Excellency is aware, the task of the Persian Gulf Command is considered to have been completed as of June 1, 1945. Withdrawal of American forces from Iran has been in progress for some months, and will continue as rapidly as the exigencies of the military situation permit.”
You may inform the Foreign Minister verbally that the British and Soviet Governments are being informed of the nature of the reply being made by this Government to the Iranian request.49
- The substance of the reply to the Iranian note was sent to London and Moscow in telegrams 4733 and 1283, respectively, both dated June 12, 1945, 7 p.m., for transmittal to the British and Soviet Foreign Offices.↩