No. 259
Editorial Note

On December 27 and 30, the United States Director of Technical Cooperation for Iran, William E. Warne, and the Prime Minister of Iran, Dr. Mohammad Mosadeq, exchanged notes establishing a Joint United States-Iranian Economic and Social Development Commission on January 1, 1953. Under the terms and conditions [Page 565] contained in these notes, the Government of the United States agreed to make available to the Government of Iran up to $20 million for technical and economic aid during the United States fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, together with those funds already made available by the Technical Cooperation Agreement which had entered into force on January 20, 1952 (see footnote 4, Document 141). Documentation regarding the negotiation of this agreement is in file 888.00 TA.