خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎٩‎٣] (٦٠٦/١٨٥)

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With the Compl«meitt» FROM: PERS IA,
of the
Under Secretary of State FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE,
for Foreign Affairs
Sir R. Bullard. D 0 2.A7 p c ni, 25th August, 194-1.
N_Qc>_ 598. R 0 6.35 p e m. 25th August, 194-1,
25th August, 194-1.
Repeated to: Moscow,
Government of India,
Cairo,
Bagdad and
Angora. .
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most imenpiAiE .
My telegram No. 596»
Soviet Ambassador and myself were received by the Shah
at his request at 10 o 0 a.m* to-day 0 He asked us to explain
the documents we had handed in this morning and enquired the
reason for attacks on northern and southern frontiers.
The Shah said that if the cause of attack was that Germany
had seized the whole of Europe and that Great Britain and the
Soviet Union wish to seize Persia, then Persia was too weak
to oppose this. If however only object was the elimination
I of Germans, that was already being effected. He said that
he had given orders to his Ministers to that effect and
assurances to the British Minister that the Germans would be
sent away. "I am ready to send away all Germans-w.i thin
one w^ek with few exceptions such as are mentioned in your
memoranda. Only what will His Majesty's Government and the
Soviet Government do if I do send Germans away? ^ Moreover
fVwoi £ to avoid bloodshed hostilities must cease pending the receipt
of reply. I was doing everything, for instance, I gave
‘l -y */' orders yesterday that all Germans in Tabriz should be sent
away but what is the good of that if to-day your forces
attack me?" ?
In conclusion the Shah said that he must [2 grps, undec,]
to-day but that this was a purely formal measure and that
nothing would be done ponding the receipt of replies from the
| \ two Governments. We both promised to convey the Shah's
-<j (enquiry to our respective Governments.
I Text of this telegram agreed with Soviet Ambassador.
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