خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎٤‎٤] (٦٠٦/٨٧)

Undef Secretary of S^at«
With the Comjihmen*a
for •
[This telegram is of parte^ixfar 1&02 recy and should he retained
hy the authorised recipient and not passed on], .
According to Minister for Foreign Affairs German
Ambassador told him on 27th August that Germany resented, not
so much the British acfion in Persia, as our co-operation
with Russia and the advance of the Russians into Northern
Persia, that the guarantees given were not genuine and that
Russia certainly had designs on Turkey, The Minister for
Foreign Affairs appeared to see through these arguments,
2, The German Ambassador asked that, in the event of •
the Persian Government expelling the Germans in Persia, the
Turkish Government would give facilities to such as might have
to remain there and come through Turkey later. Incidentally
I gather that about 150 Germans have reached Turkey from^
Persia since the first week in August and that the majority
have remained up to date in Istanbul (Constantinople),
Vs
3, In reply to a question of mine the Minister for
Foreign Affairs said that the German Ambassador had not made,
or hinted at, any demand for passage of troops and munitions
across Turkey to Russia, uttered any threat, veiled or other
wise.
A. Please repeat to Moscow and/or Tehran if considered .
necessary.
[Arpher] WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION
WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION
yWcAld" FROM ANGORA TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir H. Knatchbull-Hugessen
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No. 2097
28th August, 1941.
D. 11,47 P.mu 28tlTAugust, 1941
R. 3.55 P.m. 29th August, 1941
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