891.51/558: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Iran ( Dreyfus )

103. Your 207, February 24, 4 p.m. The Department is informed by Treasury Department that Secretary of Treasury is prepared to authorize for monetary reserve purposes the sale to Bank Mellie Iran of $8 million gold against present Iranian dollar balances, the gold so sold to be earmarked at Federal Reserve Bank, New York in the name of Bank Mellie Iran.

Berle