Office of the Historian

791.003/11: Telegram

The Minister in Persia (Philip) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]
Teheran, April 27, 1927—noon.
[Received April 27—6:25 a.m.]

19. The Shah yesterday, in the course of an address delivered to the staff of the Ministry of Justice which has been newly formed by Ali Akbar Davar, announced that he had issued orders to the Government that the ground should be prepared for the abolition of capitulations in Persia as soon as possible. The Shah stated that this was one of his principal desires.

Philip