Telegram from Ambassador Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Number 3466

INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State tran TELEGRAPH BRANCH 15-X PLAIN A Action Control: 15853 NEA Rec'd: June 28, 1951 FROM: Tehran 8:29 a.m. Info SS TO: Secretary of State G E NO: 3466, June 28 P SAM NIACT. EUR DCLC DCR SENT NIACT DEPT 3466; RPTD PRIORITY LONDON 406. Following is text of letter from Prime Minister Mosadeq to President Truman, which letter was handed to me by Foreign Minister Kazemi this morning. Iranian Government is releasing text to press at 6 p.m. Tehran time, this evening. "Dear Mr. President: "The special interest you have shown on various occasions in the welfare of our country in general, and in the recent oil question in particular, and the personal message you were kind enough to send me on 3 June 1951, prompt me to inform you that the Imperial Iranian Government has been duty-bound to put into force the law enacted by the two Houses of Parliament concerning the nationalization of the oil industry all over Iran and the modus operandi of that law in the quickest possible time. "Notwithstanding the urgency of the matter, the measures for the enforcement of the law were taken in a very gradual manner and with extreme care and caution, both in order to ensure the success of the preliminary steps, and also in order to bring about an understanding between the Government of Iran and the former oil company, and to give ample time to the latter for negotiations between their representatives and this Govern- ment. "The Imperial Tranian Government was ready in all sincerity to make the best possible use of this opportunity and it paid great attention to this matter especially in view of your kind message and the friendly mediations of the US Ambassador in Tehrans and agreed with the request of the former oil company for the extension of the time limit originally fixed for these negotiations Thus no measures were taken during 45 days after the enactment of the law. "The Imperial TRUNAM ARCHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS AND E SERVICE" may REPRODUCTION OF THIS PLAIN MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED