891.00/1869: Telegram
The Minister in Iran (Dreyfus) to the Secretary of State
Tehran, May 8,
1942—1 p.m.
[Received May 8—12:19 p.m.]
[Received May 8—12:19 p.m.]
145. Department’s 116, May 5 [6].72 Prime Minister informed me last night he had received a satisfactory reply from his appeal to Molotov reported in my 138, May 3. The reply states that Soviet military authorities have been instructed to collaborate with Iranian authorities with a view to sending Iranian troops to disturbed areas.
Minister of War73 and several other officials have already arrived in Azerbaijan to arrange the details with Soviet authorities.
A despatch on entire situation is being airmailed.
Repeated to Kuibyshev.
Dreyfus