خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎٧‎١] (٦٠٦/١٤١)

[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should he
retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
[CYPHER]. WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION .
FROM: PERSIA.
FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE .
D. 8. 30 p.m. August 23rd, 1941*
R. 8. 55 a.m. August 24th, 194I*
of India No* 458*
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My telegram No. 581.
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs called on me to-day*
August 23rd, with message from the Shah. Message apparently
elicited as a result of something the Turkish Ambassador in
London said to the Persian Minister there after interview
with Mr. Eden reported in your telegram No. 1859 to
Angora. Message was to the following effect.
His Imperial Majesty is desirous that you and your
Government should have no cause for anxiety. He repeats
personally the assurances which have already been given
• to you by his Government. He had already given orders to
his Ministers to put into execution the programme in regard
to the Germans and he assures you that it will be
accelerated and that you will soon see a great reduction in
the number of Germans, particularly in large centres of the
pppulation.
2. Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs said that
special measures would be taken to meet the anxiety of the
Russians about Tabriz. Some Germans were already leaving.
Sir R. Bullard
^o; 590 *
August 23rd, 1941*
'Repeated to Government
Moscow,
Cairo,
Bagdad,
Angora.
MOST IMMEDIATE,
3* Comment follows