Negotiation of United States military, financial, and technical assistance for Iran; the question of extending the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company concession; the desirability of close cooperation by the United States and the United Kingdom in matters of common interest in the Near East 1

1. For previous documentation on relations with Iran, see Foreign Relations, 1949, vol. vi, pp. 471 ff.


[293] The Charge in the United Kingdom ( Holmes ) to the Secretary of State

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