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[This telegram is of prj^ticsulnx secrecy and should be
retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
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FROM ANGORA. TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
S ir J^^^H-Hugessen D. 9.32 p*m. 25th August, 1941.
No. 2070 r # H.OO a.m. 26th August, 1941.
26th August, 1941.
Repeated to Cairo for Minister of State telegram No. 710.
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MoEDIATE.
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t Please repeat to Moscow, Tehran and to Simla if
desirable. ((Z L^dba. * s«c
Y our telegram No. 188 1.
I handed the Minister for Foreign Affairs this morning
a memorandum in the sense of 1 st paragraph of your telegram
No. 1866 om itling first three sentences.
1 Minister for Foreign Affairs, who was most friendly,
remariced that he had thought it right as a friend and ally to
explain his reasons for disagreeing with the policy which we
were adopting. These were as follows. If Russia beat
Germany or ii the war ended in a draw, he saw no reason why
the presence of these Germans in Persia should be a danger
to us. If ^Germany beat Russia a military problem would
arise on which he was not competent to pronounce, but even
so he would have dealt with the matter differently (he did
not say how).
.-S* I explained again the dangers which we wished to
avoids namely (a) German military penetration into Persia
(b) disorder, sabotage and other fifth column work and (c)
necessity of ensuring the safety of the
oilfields and refineries. Minister for Foreign Affairs
by (c) ■^' ress vi ews nnd seemed convinced particularly
4.1 l 0 - 3 ^ P&rt of paragraph 3 of your
telegram No.^542 to Tehran and also informed him of your
telegram No. 545 to Te hran and pointed out that we meant no
narm to Persia.
, _ I asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether
he was satisfied with the Anglo-Soviet assurances already
given and he said that he was. Conversation went off on
go more general^ subject of ‘Turkish attitude to Russia on which
I am reporting in my immediately following telegram.