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The Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (McGhee) to the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ala)
My Dear Mr. Minister: I have received your note dated April 28, 1950 in which you enclose a copy of a telegram you have received from the Prime Minister of Iran on the present serious situation in that country. I regret that my reply did not reach you before your departure from Washington and I am therefore transmitting it through our Embassy in Tehran.
I have taken careful note of the remarks of His Excellency, the Prime Minister, and of the suggestions made by you in your note that an outstanding American economist be sent to Iran to survey the situation and that the United States might wish to issue a public statement at this time as a deterrent to Soviet aggression in Iran. You may be assured that the Department has the situtation in Iran under careful study. I am confident that if developments should call for additional action by the United States in the economic field, the Department will do whatever may be within its power.
Please accept my very best wishes for a most successful tenure of office as Foreign Minister of your country where your high qualifications will be of inestimable service in strengthening the friendly ties that exist between our two countries and in promoting the cause of international peace.
Sincerely yours,