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October 19, 1946

Cable Nº 35418 from Tehran

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CABLE

 

STRICTLY SECRET

 

Copy Nº 1 – DISTRIBUTION LIST

Nº 2 – to Stalin

Nº 3 – to Stalin

Nº 4 – to Molotov

Nº 5 – to Vyshinsky

Nº 6 – to Dekanozov

Nº 7 – to Silin

Nº 8 – Copy

Nº 9 – to the 10th Department

Nº 10 – to the 10th Department

Nº 11 – to file

 

[handwritten across the distribution list: Instructions! Give agreement concerning the appointment of the Ambassador of Iran to the USSR]

 

from TEHRAN

Nº 35418

Received at 1900

19 October 1946  

Copy Nº 2

 

 

Spets Nº 1840

URGENT

 

I just received a letter from Qavam with the following content:

 

“Since the appointment of Mr. Muzaffar Firuz to the post of Ambassador of Iran to the Soviet government is intended, please give instructions to request agreement to his appointment”.

 

Please report a reply to Qavam.

 

19 October 1946 SADCHIKOV

 

11 copies ov

Sent at 2045 19 October

Done by Gerasimov

 

[handwritten note at the bottom of the page: Done. [[illegible signature]].

21 October 1946].

 

Authenticated [by] [illegible name]

 

[handwritten at the top: to Cde. Dekanozov]

 

 

Soviet Ambassador to Iran I. V. Sadchikov forwards a letter from Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam to the Soviet leadership requesting approval for Muzaffar Firuz's appointment as Iranian Ambassador to the Soviet Union.


Document Information

Source

RGASPI, f. 558, op. 11, d. 317, ll. 0100. Translated by Gary Goldberg.

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