خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎١‎١‎٥] (٦٠٦/٢٢٩)

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Sir S. Cripps
No.1014.
Hist August, 1941.
D. 9.42 p.m. 21st August, 1941.
R. 1.55 a.m. 22nd August, 1941.
Repeated to Tehran No. 122 .
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IMMEDIATE.
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Your telegram No.1077. qqttf. 3°-My
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+u j. P? 1,3 ^ Ambassador called on me this morning and assured mo
.Government had made up their minds that we wereUing
+ , . war and that .hey v/ould not do anything to endanger
their friendship with us and Russia. While they could nof 8
acceptour note, as it interfered with their "internal
sovereignty , they were determined not to allow their country
t^ e 2iT a base for intrigues against us or Russia and would
necessary steps to prevent this. He assured me many
times^ that tneir interests were so bound up with their
permit^nv^tntP nf +h ?t the 7. w g uld ^ot in any circumstances
permit any state of things which would conflict with this.
^ d impressed on him the danger to his country and the
need for us to protect ourselves at this very critical stage of
d expressed the hope that the Persian Government
would take action to avoid any difficulties.