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Cypher TelQRram to Sir' rr; Btrchanan (Petrofirad)
Foreign Office, May 9th, 1916, 7,0,p,m,
No, 971,
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My telegram MOr 939 (ot 5th# May# Zil-ea*Sultan)
Zil-ee-Sultan etatee that total ot one million
trance olairneci includee 400,000 trance which Akbar
Mirza borrowed trorn Hueeian Bank at Ispahan when Hie
Highness was torced to tleo trom the Germans# Ziil-os-
Sultan urges that this amount should be taken over by.
Russian Government#
He has been intormed that he should discuss this
at Retrograde
As regards remainder viz: 600,000 trance, Zil has
received 200,000 trance travelling expenses trom His
Majesty’s Government# He now suggests that His
Majesty’s Government should give a tormal promise re
garding the claim and proposes that tollowing solution
should then be adopted#
His Majesty’s Government should exercise pressure
on Persian Government not to repay amount in question
but to remit Zil’s taxes, amount of which would then
be