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UNCLASSIFIED
COPY
FOREIGN SERVICE DESPATCH
From:
AMEMBASSY, TEHRAN
July 17, 1951
To:
The Department of State, Washington
Subject: Transmitting message to the President from the Shah
of Iran
The President's message communicated to the Embassy
by Deptel 72, July 12, was conveyed to His Imperial Majesty
Reza Shah Pahlevi, by His Excellency Hossein Ala, Minister
of the Court.
The following reply has now been received from Mr. Ala
for connumication to the President:
July 15, 1951
"Excellency,
I did not fail to lay before His Imperial
Majesty the message of the President which you
kindly transmitted to me on July 13.
The Shah-en-Shah commands me to request
Your Excellency to convey to the President the
deep sense of His Majesty's appreciation of
Mr. Truman's good wishes. Thanks to the efficient
care of the eminent American physician and
surgeons placed at His Majesty's disposal by the
President and the American Government, the Shah
is making a speedy recovery.
Yours very sincerely,
/s/ Hossein Ala
His Excellency
The Honourable Henry Grady,
American Ambassador,
Teheran. 11
to SERVICE
GOVERN
For the Ambassador:
/s/
Arthur L. Richards,
Counselor of Embassy.
UNCL ASSIFIED
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