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■DEPARTREHTAL No.l.
EROii TEiiRAN TO FOREIGN OTFICE
Sir R. Bullard
No. 1505
December 24th, 1943.
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D. 11.02 a.m. GUT. December'24th, 1943.
R. 12.5tLmiu ,BST. December 24th, 1943.
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Following for [grp.'undec.? Simpson] from [grp. undec.].
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Centre Cairo Bagdad Basra Government of India' and Kennedy
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At the Jiwani Conference December 15th and December 16th
between British and Soviet experts and Persian and Indian
Liaison Officers the following assessment of Locust situation
agreed. ..
1. As no Locusts reported India since the middle.of
November chances of invasion of Persia from the east negligible
j-P’ i 5 e ?2 Us 5 ralns exceptionally early and heavy in the
south, and- Gulf of Oman, Arabian swarms may mostly breed before
crossing the Gulf and the Russians believe swarms will arrive
at the Aulf areas late as the only reported Locusts are in
South Lest Arabia. _ ; 5
^ 3. Swarms that may,cross south [grp, undec.] arrive
February and breed immediately whence generate [sic] swarms
will probably fly quickly from the Gulf areas northward.
4. Eastern zone -area not seriously threatened, main'
danger area being Jask to Iraq especially central zone and
Khuzistan.
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Full agreement reached following general plan.
•, !■, Air/ission returns to Bussia immediately
also ull ooviet specialists excluding Uleianischev and one
other to remain in Tehran.
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