خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎٦] (٦٠٦/٢٥٢)

think fit to keep the names etc. confidential I could not
say though I would report his proposal. Persian Government
must realize that the eyes of the world were on Persia and
that the people were entitled to have information. As to
stopping all publicity about Persia, that was impossible
for even if His Majesty's Government wanted to stop it,
they could-not.
5. Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs said that
lists could not be furnished because they would represent
foreign control of internal affairs of Persia. As to
publicity he seemed quite convinced that His Majesty's
Government^ had only to give the word and it would stop -
except perhaps in the U.S. S.R. as to which representations
were being made to the Soviet Embassy.
6 . Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
spoke to the Soviet Counsellor in much the same sense but
mentioned 500 Germans in three weeks figures which he
did not repeat to me when I saw him afterwards but replaced
by K a large number n . The latter who is in charge^during
tne serious illness of the Ambassador is telegraphing to
Moscow. We agree that Persian Government are trying to
temporize and that after what we have said, it would be
fatal to accept scheme falling so far short of our own. .
7. We were given to understand that written reply
which was to follow would be in very general terms and
..oold omit all details.