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16th August, in which
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My immediately preceding telegrain c
Following is text of note to Persian Governments Begins,
The attention of the Imperial Iranian (Persian) Government
has frequently "been drawn to the need for taking action to secure the
.removal from Iran of the German community« The presence of German
technical experts and advisers throughout Iran, employed in factories,
and in public works, ae well ae on roads end railways., and in many
other important posts where their activities might constitute a
serious danger is regarded by His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom as a matter of the utmost gravity, which closely affects their
own interests. Hi® Majesty's Government have therefore x’epeatedly-
urged that a drastic reduction should be made in the number of
these Germans, These friendly representations to the Iranian
in the memorandum communicated to them on the
the Iranian Government were urged once again to
for the German community to leove Iran without
any further delays t This communication of the 16th August contained a
proposal devised in order to meet Iran f s special needs, by which a
few German technicians engaged on important work in connexion with
Iranian induetralisation projects might be retained temporarily, and
it was suggested that a list of those German nationals horn it might
be desired to retain for essential work should be communicated to
His Majestyh-s Minister without delays His Majesty's Government also
offered in this communication of the 16th August? to assist the
Iranian Government by endeavouring to find suitably qualified British
or neutral experts to replace the German technicians who had left,
and they added that they would gladly concert with the Iranian
Government measures to alleviate any temporary hardships that might be
caused by the simultaneous dej^arture of large numbers of trained
personnel*
2« It is regretted that the Iranian Government have not seen fi
to return a satisfactory reply to the memorandum of the 16th August.
It is evident that the Iranian Government attach greater importance to
retaining these German nationals in Iran than they attach to meeting
the wishes of Hia Majesty 5 s Government in a matter which is becoming
one of increasing uxvcency as a result of developments in the war
situation. The Iranian Government raust beer the full respon b ibi 1 ity
for the consequences of their decision® .
In these circumstances His Majesty * s Government now feel
themselves obliged to take appropriate measures to safeguard their own
vital intorests and to deal with the menace arising from the P^ential^
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