711.94114 Mail/7–2444: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
2154. Reurtel 2485, July 8.3 Since no prisoner of war mails have arrived in United States from Far East via Tehran, you are requested to ask the Soviet authorities whether the Japanese authorities have delivered mails to Soviet postal authorities for onward transmission to the United States via Tehran.
American Legation Tehran informed Department that on July 19 Legation’s entire accumulation of east-bound prisoner of war mail totaling 37 sacks was turned over to Soviet military authorities at Tehran for forwarding through Soviet Union. Under present arrangement [Page 1186] at Tehran Soviet military will henceforth take delivery of mail direct from United States Army Postal Service upon arrival at Tehran.
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