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December 7, 1943

Conversations of I. V. Stalin and V. M. Molotov with Iranian leaders

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Pravda of 7 December 1943 Nº 301

 

CONVERSATION OF CDE. I. V. STALIN WITH SHAH OF IRAN MUHAMMED REZA PAHLAVI

 

On 1 December Cde. I. V. Stalin, Chairman of the USSR Council of People’s Commissars, paid a visit to Shah of Iran Muhammed Reza Pahlavi in his palace in Tehran.

 

The conversation with the Shah had a friendly and cordial nature and lasted over an hour.

 

USSR People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs Cde. V. M. Molotov and Charge d’Affaires of the USSR in Iran Cde. M. A. Maksimov were present at the conversation. (TASS)

 

CONVERSATION OF CDE. I. V. STALIN WITH PRIME MINISTER OF IRAN MR. A. SOHEILI

 

On 1 December Cde. I. V. Stalin, Chairman of the USSR Council of People’s Commissars, received Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Iran Mr. A. Soheili in the Soviet Embassy in Iran.

 

USSR People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs Cde. V. M. Molotov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Mr. M. Sa’ed, and Charge d’Affaires of the USSR in Iran Cde. M. A. Maksimov were present at the conversation. (TASS)

 

CONVERSATION OF CDE. V. M. MOLOTOV WITH PRIME MINISTER OF IRAN MR. A. SOHEILI AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MR. M. SA’ED IN TEHRAN

 

[Translator’s note: according to Wikipedia, Hossein Ala’ was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran from April 1943 to March 1945].

 

On 27 November USSR People’s Commissar of Foreign Affairs Cde. V. M. Molotov visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, where he had a conversation with Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Iran Mr. A. Soheili and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. M. Sa’ed.

 

Charge d’Affaires of the USSR in Iran Cde. M. A. Maksimov was present at the conversation. (TASS)

 

Brief reports on the tenor of official conversations between Soviet and Iranian leaders including lists of those present at each conversation.


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RGASPI, f. 558, op. 11, d. 317, ll. 0017. Translated by Gary Goldberg.

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