خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎٩‎١] (٦٠٦/١٨١)

[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should he retained hy
the authorised recipient and not passed onj.
[Cypher]
WAR CABI HST DISTRIB UTION
FROM: EGYPT
FROM CAIRO TO FOREIG-N OFFICE
Sir Li. Lamps on
No. 2663
25th August, 19A1.
D. 6.41- p.m. 25th August, 1941
R. 7.05 p.m. 25 th August, 194i.
Repeated to Tehran No. 84.
Bagdad No. 155.
Government of India No. 159.
IMMEDIATE
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Your telegraiii No. 5009. .
I took action as directed this morning.
2 . I reserved substance of paragraph 4 oi your^^
telegram No. 2934 for oral communication. Priiue minister
took a v/ritten note and observed axuer refleccion thao^i*e
would not inform King Farouk of that part until v^eanesaay
i.e. after His Excellency had made his broadcast to mo__ow
on the anniversary of Anglo-Egyptian alliance.
3 I drew His Excellency generally in regard to Persia.
He was more .than outspoken. All Persians including^own
prince were liars (he quoted specific case oi Crown rnnce)
His Royal Highness was also unspeakably pompous etc. bnai,
predatory habits were public scandal. rersian Ambas^ado
here was worth nothing and load admitted that his head wou
come off if he displeased the Shall. Jhatjms the use oi a
man like that staying here? At the same oime as Prim-
’'inister [grp. undec: ? v/as] brother-in-law of -
Prince, His Excellency’s position was difficult and very ^
delicate. His Excellency agreed that w ®; e pffLtive &t f ‘
in taking action. He hoped tha& it would oe ex*e +1 .
L. I spoke about local censorship on Persian news. I
a-mreciated that His Excellency's position was delicate Mu
it was important that Egyptian public should not he misled
as to true.reasons for our action. He agreed and said tap
he had given instructions that authoritative telegrams sucn
as Reuters' etc., should be allowed publication; but ne had
been bound to stop personal attacks on Shah sucn ao nad
already come from Turkey.