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President Truman to the Shahanshah of Iran (Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi)91
Your Majesty: I am deeply grateful to Your Majesty for your gracious letter of September 10, 1945, and I take pleasure in extending to you on behalf of the American people friendly greetings and best wishes for Your Majesty’s personal well-being and for the happiness and welfare of the Iranian people.
[Page 476]It was a source of considerable gratification to me to welcome His Excellency Hussein Ala as the first Iranian Ambassador to the United States, since I recognize the special position of trust in which Your Majesty has long held him. I am confident that the traditional bonds of friendship and cooperation between our two countries will be further strengthened by his efforts.
The considerable sacrifices which Iran has made in pursuit of the victory of the United Nations have not gone unrecognized in the United States, and the American people join with me in expressing the hopes that Iran’s recovery and reconstruction will be effected rapidly and completely, with Your Majesty’s guidance and leadership, and with the assistance and support of the United Nations.
I wish to convey to Your Majesty my deep appreciation for the friendly sentiments which you have expressed, and to reaffirm to you my desire for ever closer relations between our two countries.
Very sincerely yours,
- Enclosed with instruction 303, December 7, to Tehran, for transmittal to the Shah.↩