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From TEHtbiN to FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir R. Bullard.
No. 605 .
26th August, 1941
D. 1.50 a.m. 27th August, 1941.
R.12.05 p.m. 27th August, 1941.
Repeated to Government of India No. 472
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IMMEDIATE
Your telegram No. 570.
advantages of dealing with a ruler who can answer
for his country are appreciated, hut I think that we must be
extremely careful. If the Shah decides upon a policy of co
operation with us, the Germans can hardly fail to begin
attacks upon him, in order to win the sympathy of the
P G][:,s ^ a * Shah gained a little in popularity
in the Gariy stages of the present crises but that was because
the population thought that he had won a victory by an intrepid
s and for independence, but now they tend to blame him for
having dragged them into war. It would be difficult to ex
aggerate his unpopularity and as co-operation with him means
supporting him i.e. doing exactly what the people of Persia
have always accused us of doing, I think that we should make
i a condition that he should meet the popular complaints to
Statc eXtent eoS * ^ handing over some of his property to the