891.51A/377: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Persia (Philip)
37. Having in view events reported in Legation’s 50, July 30, 5 p.m., Department instructs you to say to Persian Government, provided there should appear to you no ground for objection, that the American Government, recalling the help which it gave unofficially at instance of Persian Government in selection of financial advisers, has now decided to reserve entire liberty in acting upon future requests which it may receive for assistance in promoting the engagement of its nationals as advisers to Persian Government. It should be made quite plain to the Persian Government that the Government of the United States would not wish its relations with the American advisers since 1922 to be used hereafter and under altered conditions as a binding precedent.