888.2553/1–1453: Telegram
No. 281
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom
(Gifford) to the
Department of State1
niact
3842. From Byroade. This is message No. 4.
[Page 617]Verbatim Text.
Following includes text of exchange letters between UK and Iranian representatives at the time of the signature of the agreement.
1. UK letter.
“Your Excellency,
“I have the honour to inform you that, following on the entry into force of the agreement between our two governments for the arbitration of the oil dispute, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company will offer no further objection to the export and sale abroad of Iranian oil and oil products”.
2. Iranian note
“Your Excellency,
“I acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency’s letter of today’s date informing me that following on the entry into force of the agreement for the arbitration of the oil dispute, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company will offer no further objection to the export and sale abroad of Iranian oil and oil products.
“I have the honour to inform Your Excellency, in connection with such exports and sales, that my government and the National Iranian Oil Company for their part will offer no impediment to the complete freedom of entry to, loading in, and departure from, Iranian ports and waters, on the part of all tankers or other vessels concerned with traffic in oil or oil products, irrespective of nationality or ownership; and that they will also use their best endeavours to facilitate all port, shipping and other arrangements necessary for the resumption of the flow of Iranian oil and products to world markets”.2
- Sent to Tehran eyes only for Ambassador Henderson as telegram 148 and repeated to the Department.↩
- Several minor changes were made in the texts of these documents. These alterations are in Document 283.↩