Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V

Editorial Note

General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff, United States Army, departed Washington on March 20, 1950 for visits to Greece, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. He returned to Washington on April 8, 1950. Upon his return he held a conversation with Assistant Secretary McGhee at the Pentagon on April 10, portions of which are printed on pages 362 and 1248. A copy of General Collins’ Report to the Secretary of the Army entitled “Inspection by the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army of the Middle East Covering the Period 20 March to 8 April 1950”, together with a covering memorandum of transmittal from Lieutenant Colonel S. W. Downey Assistant Secretary, Army General Staff, to Assistant Secretary of State McGhee, is in Department of State file 780.5/4–1750. Annex 5 of this Report, dealing with Iran, is printed on page 507.