861.24591/5–746: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Stettinius)
49. We suggest that at the meeting of the Council tomorrow afternoon you make a statement along the following lines.
The Security Council, in its resolution of April 4, requested the Soviet Government and the Iranian Government to report to the Council on May 6 whether the withdrawal of all Soviet troops from the whole of Iran had been completed.
The Soviet Government has not complied with the request of the Council.
The Iranian Government, on its part, has complied with the request in a preliminary manner—and apparently as fully as conditions permit. [Page 453] In its report the Iranian Government states that it is not possible at this time for its representative to make a complete report because it has had no opportunity to ascertain through its own officials the conditions prevailing in the Province of Azerbaijan.
In view of the statement of the Iranian Government that it will report promptly to the Council the true state of affairs in Azerbaijan as soon as it is able to ascertain the facts through its official representatives, I wish to submit for the consideration of the Council the following resolution:
“Resolved that in view of the statement made by the Iranian Government in its preliminary report of May 6, submitted in compliance with the Resolution of April 4, 1946, that it was not able as of May 6 to state whether the withdrawal of all Soviet troops from the whole of Iran had been completed, the Council defer further proceedings on the Iranian matter in order that the Government of Iran may have time in which to ascertain through its official representatives whether all Soviet troops have been withdrawn from the whole of Iran; that the Iranian Government be requested to submit a complete report on the subject to the Security Council as soon as it has information which will enable it so to do and that in case it is unable to obtain such information by May 20, it report on that day such information as is available to it; and that immediately following the receipt of a further report on this subject from the Iranian Government, the Council shall consider what if any further proceedings on the Iranian appeal are required.”