The Foreign Service Journal, November 2005

not return to my post at Tabriz. I accordingly remained at Tehran, where I conducted the work of both consulates until the arrival of my successor as consul there. In the meantime, I found that the strain of my past years had begun to tell so upon my health that I consulted Dr. McDowell of the American Hospital at Tehran, a copy of whose certifi- cate (which I think I showed you heretofore) is enclosed herewith. I believe it will be appreciated from this that I could not have thought of returning to Tabriz, even if it had been possible, and that it would have been undesirable for me to attempt to remain in Persia. Accordingly, without further explanation, which I believe unnecessary, I requested to be allowed to avail myself of my pre- vious permission, which had been granted in February 1921. I left in December 1921. “4. The only route available at the time of my departure was via Baghdad, Bombay, etc.; a very round- about and consequently expensive trip; the expense of which I should not have felt justified if my object had been merely a trip to America for my personal pleasure. “5. On leaving Tabriz in Decem- ber 1920, I was forced to ship to America such articles as were suffi- ciently valuable and transportable, for it did not seem that they could be safely left at Tabriz and there was no other place of safety to which I could send them. It seems to me that under the circumstances this is cer- tainly a proper official charge. Most of my belongings were, of course, left at the consulate at Tabriz, where someday they may, or may not, be recoverable, but having twice fur- nished the private living quarters of the consulate, I am not too sanguine about ever receiving either the arti- cles or their value. “I feel that this is a very inade- quate statement, but as you are already informed of the matters mentioned I present it only as a memorandum. As I cannot believe that I should be required to suffer from the form in which my applica- tion was presented, if otherwise entitled to transportation, I venture to ask you for such assistance in the matter as you may think proper.” On Aug. 22, 1922, Carr replied: “With reference to the possibility of the payment of your transportation on your recent trip from Persia to the United States, I have had this matter looked into … and, while I appreciate your position in the mat- ter, I regret that it is not feasible to consider the matter favorably.” Four months later, on Dec. 18, 1922, Paddock, still in Washington, wrote his final memorandum to the Secretary of State, again setting forth the circumstances of his depar- ture from Persia and his transporta- tion to the United States. The archives contain no indication that he ever received a reply or that he was ever reimbursed for his trans- portation. According to the best available information, Paddock was eventually assigned to Paris, from which post he retired to live in France until his death (date unknown). n N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 5 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 65 “[Paddock’s] activities in behalf of American interests have been highly commendable.” — Secretary of State Charles Evan Hughes