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FROIi: TURKEY
FROil iiMGORA TO FOREIGN OFFICE
SECRET
Sir H. Knatchbull-Hugessen
No. 2085
^5th August, 1941.
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My telegram No. 2073,
D. 10.10 a.m. 27th August, 1941
R. 4.13 p.m. 27th August, 1941
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Turkish disapproval of action against Persia is
reflected in the Istanbul (Constantinople) press to-day the
semi-official "Ulus" Angora has contented itself for the time
oemg with bare agency announcements
2. "Cumhuriyet" affirms Persia is quite capable of
controlling or expelling any element considered guilty of
subversive activity. ° J
Tasviri Efkar", expresses regret that the
difference was not settled peacefully adding that democratic
Russia s need of mutual help was no reason for trespass on
the soil of an old established state which treads the path
of progress. *
dec; !- ares despite the fact that the British
are allies of the Turks the latter have not hesitated up to
thN 9, a: f^ irm right is on the side of Persia adding
^V ,at + t +1 1 ? a duty on behalf of humanity and civilisation, to
-epeat this fact. The invasion of Persia is neither T’igftt
nor just and cannot be differentiated from the invasion of
other neutral countries by the Germans. It is deplored in
Turkey in the name of right and justice, and particularly in
view of the fact that the war has spread to Turkey's eastern
frontier. "Vakil" hopes that the question will yet be
setcled peacefully.
5. "Vatan" cannot admit that Anglo-Soviet action i
founded on right. Nevertheless it retains the hope of a
peaceiul settlement. There was no valid reason to doubt
Persia's good intentions.