761.91/5–2646: Telegram
The Ambassador in Iran (Allen) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:36 p.m.]
753. Shah indicated to me last night his increasing dissatisfaction with what he termed passive policy Qavam and his conviction that Govt must take forceful measures to prevent country from becoming puppet of USSR. He made every effort to obtain from me assurances of more direct American support to counteract Soviet penetration.
I repeated to him advice I had given him and other Iranian officials that only effective support US could give Iran was through United Nations.
Shah said this was not immediate enough for Iran’s needs and expressed desire for American and British activity in Iranian affairs to offset Soviet activity. I said such policy was contrary to American character and urged him not to invite any foreign interference since whole effort of UN [US] was to prevent foreign interference in Iran.