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June 7, 1932.
Section 1.
No. 1.
7.)
Mr. Hoare to Sir John Simon.—(Received June
(No. 255.)
Sir, Tehran, May 23, 1932.
WITH reference to my telegram of to-day, No. 82, I have the honour to
inform you that I had a meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the
Minister of Court yesterday at the latter’s house at 10 o’clock. His Highness,
in anticipation of an all-day sitting, invited us both to lunch with him.
2. I have had some slight difficulty in recording the conversation, and,
though I am satisfied that the enclosed memorandum represents fairly faithfullv
the gist of our conversation, its chronological order is probably not completely
accurate.
3. As you are aware from recent telegrams, I was afraid that the decision
reached by His Majesty’s Government to transfer Imperial Airways route to the
Arab coast would be ill-received. As a matter of fact, the only indication that
Teymourtache gave of disappointment was an enquiry whether, supposing he
asked us to reconsider the decision on the understanding that we dropped our
request for facilities at Hen jam, we would agree to do so. When I told him that
we would certainly not he made no further reference to the matter.
1. It will be observed that, with regard to the discussion on the subject of
Henjam, I made a very definite reference to the probable views of the First Lord
of the Admiralty. I did so in order to make my statement as emphatic as
possible, and, so far as I can judge, I produced the desired effect.
°-, D will be further observed that I mentioned the steamships
Khuzistan and “ Baroda,” in connexion with which I am at present engaged
in discussing with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs two recent instances of the
aggressiveness of the local officials, to which it has been necessary to take
exception.
6. With regard to the Arms Traffic Convention mentioned towards the end
0 m} memorandum, I enclose, for convenience of reference, copies of Feroughi’s
tetter, which T hfMrCk olr*rvO Mxr + 4 - FA ^ ^ ^ ^^ 4 - T t licit till
which I have already sent to the Department. I imagine mat m
eymourtache has in mind (I believe him to be really the author of the letter) is
Ma' f - °n at an y rate appearance, of co-operating in the Gulf with His
I | es 7 s Covernment on a footing of absolute equality. I admit that this
in T 611 ^ a * ter a PP earances is a little wearisome, but the abolition of the fez
Mim U f 1S an ^ Ilst,ance °f a similar mentality, and I submit that where
a a Hemal has led we cannot complain if Teymourtache seeks to follow.
a D ' iar e u ghout the discussion Feroughi spoke only once or twice, but he
iiotiopr] 6 ' t0 k e en joying himself, and displayed none of the uneasiness which I
a f av J n ^ arst convers ation with him and Teymourtache. This I regard as
enerev‘3 6 ^ ecause > 80 far as I am aware, Feroughi, if he had the
of (rnim U 1 T- 1 "P ower f° espouse any cause, would always have been the champion
01 g relations with His Majesty’s Government.
I am fuli e ^ m0Urtac ^ e was f r i en cUy f° the point of effusiveness throughout,
towards my pTeff 6 at one f^ me ^ le wa s equally, or perhaps more, friendly
his desin
believe *hiq ° reac ^ a settlement. Even with this precautionary admission, I
Un( lerstand P^ ote f ta ^ ons .f° be sincere, though I admit that I do not quite
ounce out of m 18 S ° / ns ^ st,en f i n his endeavours to extract the last possible
a settlement ' 18 ^ a j es fy ,s Government; indeed, quite possibly prepared to miss
an extrem ln ^ enc ^ eavour f° extract the last impossible ounce. It may simply
Eastern mind mstance °f fhe passion for a bargain which is deeply seated in the
discomforts ^hat he considers his position to be weakened by the
su spension of ^ • lS . ecoriom i c policy has caused, and feels that an inconclusive
ne o otl ations as the result of even an excessive assertion of Persia’s
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and professed to him just as earnestly as he has to me