File 3276/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia - Zil-es-Sultan’ [‎253r] (189/278)

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r. 9.2 pm May 26th. 1916
E. 2. pm May 27th, 1916*
No. 776
Your telegram 1055.
Before arrival of Sil-e — Sultan I expre-^ecl to
Mini-tor for Foreign Affair- hope that Bua-ian
Government world do wnat wa Q po-^ible oo rn.ee u Ml ^
Hiahne -^ 1 - wi-he- ^et forth in your telegram
above mentioned. I received to-day memorandum from
Minister for Forei;pn Affair^ oi whicn fC'.i>10v r ing 1-
^uh -fane e«
1. Zil-e^-Sulfan ha^ not a-ked for any
subvention from Eu^-ian Government but merely
for support of Eu--ian Legation at Teheran in
getting Persian Government to meet losses oi
his family including Akbar Mirza*Eu-^ian
Minisfer will support Mr. Marling in his
repre sentations on f hi s sub j ect.
2, Zil-es-Bultan has only mentioned
Question of Arms and Ammunition casually and
does not seem to attach importance to it,
Russian Minister at Teheran reported that the
Shah was nervous of Zii~Ss~Sultan ’s return
and