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Acheson immediately understood the urgency of this message. He summoned Ambassador Franks and told him that the United States resolutely opposed the use of force or the threat of the use of force against Iran, and that Truman himself had stressed most strongly that no situation should be allowed to develop into an armed conflict between a body of British troops and the Persian forces.

Stephen Kinzer

Acheson immediately understood the urgency of this message. He summoned Ambassador Franks and told him that the United States resolutely opposed the use of force or the threat of the use of force against Iran, and that Truman himself had stressed most strongly that no situation should be allowed to develop into an armed conflict between a body of British troops and the Persian forces.

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About Stephen Kinzer

Stephen Kinzer (born August 4, 1951) is an American author, journalist, and academic. A former New York Times correspondent, he has published several books and writes for several newspapers and news agencies.