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only mean giving up the immediate advantage of being
able to obtain publicity in the Security Council for
Persia's differences with the Soviet Government (a
right of which she has taken no advantage since 194.6)
and conceding to the Soviet Government a possible advantage
from the delay which night occur before the Security
Council could be again seized of the Persian-ooviet
dispute. Persian agreement to the withdrawl of the
present dispute could not however , deprive her of the
right to ask the Security Council at some later date to
consider again the question of Sovict-Persian relations.
4. In regard to (b) the advantages to Persia in
accepting the Soviet challenge by agreeing to the
mutual withdrawl of all Soviet and Persian consular
representatives from each others territories seen
overwhelming. The Soviet Government have effectively
prevented Persia’s solitary consul-general at Baku '
from carrying out even his normal consular duties
and the value of this post to Persia as a reporting
centre must be very slight. On the other hand in
addition to their various Yoks reading rooms the
Soviet maintain 12 consular establishments in Persia
and their representatives who are relatively free to move
within their consular districts can act as a focus for
elements hostile to the Shall and the Persian Government,
although the Soviet satellites have missions at Tehran
they do not maintain consular establishments outside ••
the capital which would take the place of the Soviet
consulates should these be closed down.
5. Please communicate the gist of the telegram under
reference with my comments to the State Department as I
should be glad to know whether the State Department agree
with riy views before sending final instructions to Tehran.