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Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Near Eastern wad African Affairs ( Murray ) to the Secretary of State

I concur fully that it would be preferable for the matter of the Iranian Railway and free port to be discussed with the President, and I hope you will have an early opportunity to do so. I am afraid, if the matter is delayed, that the President may feel that adequate attention is not being paid to his suggestion that Harriman take up the matter with Stalin.

Wallace Murray