Office of the Historian

103.9169/[12–2145]: Telegram

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

Tehran, December 21, 1945—2 p.m.
[Received December 22—3:12 a.m.]

1166. For State, Treasury and Paige FEA98 from Murray, Wells99 and Glendinning. Following arrangements concluded as to Iranian Govt:

1.
Lend Lease debt and rial conversion total 8.5 million dollars payable 12 equal quarterly installments first payment March 21, 1946.1
2.
Lend Lease goods in pipeline totaling 1.8 million dollars purchased by Iranian Govt payment in dollars against delivery from warehouse over a period of one year.2
3.
Medical supplies and approximately 3,000 tires total value $300,000 remaining will be sold to local dealers by Colonel Stetson acting as agent for FEA for full price in US dollars. Originals of documents will be carried to Washington by Wells who is about to return to US.

Sent Dept 1166, repeated to Cairo for Dawson3 to FEA as 397. [Murray, Wells and Glendinning.]

Murray

[Camp Abadan was sold to a private Iranian corporation on July 24, 1946, for $900,000 and Abadan Airport to the Iranian Government on March 11, 1947, for $136,682. The contracts were signed at Tehran on behalf of the United States Government by the OFLC Field Commissioners in Iran (891.24/11–2746, 891.24 FLC/3–1147).]

  1. Robert M. Paige, Acting Chief of the Middle East Division of the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner. The lend-lease functions of FEA had, by this time, been transferred to the O.F.L.C.↩
  2. C. Edward Wells, Chief Representative of the Foreign Economic Administration at Tehran.↩
  3. The necessary arrangements calling for payments of $8,541,040.75 were confirmed in a letter of December 21, 1945, from the Banque Mellie to the Foreign Economic Administration at Tehran (103.9169/[12–2145]).↩
  4. The necessary arrangements calling for payments totaling $1,831,598.15 were incorporated in an exchange of correspondence between the Foreign Economic Administration and the Banque Mellie on December 20 and 21, 1945 (103.9169/[12–2145]).↩
  5. John P. Dawson, Acting Economic Counselor.↩