Letter from William Warne to Joseph Short

A UNITED STATES TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR IRAN file 20-W WILLIAM E. WARNE, DIRECTOR September 8, 1952 July .5° -plil, Iran sepah AVENUE m Tubly's TEHERAN iran American Embassy, Tehran did APO 205, c/o PM E.B. New York, N. Y. file Dear Joe: I am attaching to this letter a little pin that we are giving to people who work out here for Point 4 for a year. In this part of the world, the shape of the pin immediately suggests the map of x192-A Iran from which it was taken. It reads "Point 4" from the left and "Point 4" from the right since the Persian language goes backward x134 (or perhaps ours does). Our program from the first has been called, as perhaps it has been called nearly everywhere in the world where it is applied, "Point 4 Truman." I have learned enough of the XPP71-C Persian language to hear it in conversation now. They say "Asle Cheharom Truman" whenever I say "TCI" which means Technical Cooper- ation for Iran or Point 4. This program has immense strength. It is difficult to admin- ister a U.S. program in a foreign land and it has been hard to get technicians but those whom we have, and it is a goodly number, you and I and the President and all of us can be proud of. They're in the best tradition. MATIONAL I Edith and the family arrived early in July. I think Edith really GUVERNMENT became aware of the fact that this is Persia by an incident that occurred at Margaret's 8th birthday party on September 1. One of Robbie's Iranian friends who is brushing up on his English, a lad about 15 years old, happened to be there and observed the singing of Happy Birthday, the blowing out of the candle, and the cutting of the cake. Edith expressed a hope that he enjoyed the party. He said he thought it most interesting to observe "the native customs of those from foreign lands." Sincerely yours, Bill William E. Warne U.S. Director of Technical Cooperation for Iran # Mr. Joseph Short, Secretary to the President, Washington, D. C.