800.24591/8–1045: Telegram
The Ambassador in Iran (Murray) to the Secretary of State
Tehran, August
10, 1945—11 a.m.
[Received August 10—6:10 a.m.]
[Received August 10—6:10 a.m.]
607. My telegram 583, August 3. Soviet Ambassador has received instructions from Moscow on evacuation troops from Tehran.76 FonOff (Foreign Office) announces he has stated that Potsdam Conference decided on immediate withdrawal Allied Forces from city.
British Ambassador expresses concern lest Russians, who have fewer troops and little or no equipment or installations in Tehran, should withdraw more quickly than British and so get greater credit with Iranians.
Repeated to Moscow as 187 and London as 44.
Murray
- In telegram 3072, August 27, 1945, 4 p.m., the Ambassador in the Soviet Union stated: “Writing to British Ambassador under date of August 17 Molotov stated that instructions would soon be issued to Soviet military command regarding details of withdrawal of troops from Iranian capital.” (861.24591/8–2745)↩