Office of the Historian

891.00/11–2945: Telegram

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

Tehran, November 29, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received November 30—8:26 a.m.]

1023. Nabil says Governor General Bayat has gone to Tabriz with instructions to follow policy of conciliation toward dissident elements most of whose leaders he knows personally. He is to urge them to present their complaints direct to Central Gov and assure them they will be given full consideration.

Nabil asserts that although Bayat is persona grata to Russians he is not pro-Russian.

Murray