خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎٩‎٩] (٦٠٦/١٩٧)

W*G« 446/7/1
CYPHER TELEGRAM MEDIUM DISTRIBUTION
FROM DOMINIONS OFFICE
To the GovernnsentB of
CANADA
COMMONWEALTH OP AUSTRALIA
NEW 2EALAND
and. to the United Kingdom High Comrisaioner in
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
(Sent 10ol3 ? 34th August^ 1941)
the
M NOo 262 M OST SECRET
My two Immediately preceding telegram8o
Following for Prime Minister*
PERSIA (IR AN)
Hi b ili;je8ty ! s Representatives at Angora ? Cairo# Bagdad s
Jedda and Kabul liave been instructed# when signal is given, to
inform Govei'nments to which they are accredited that Persian
response to our memorandum of 16th August has left us and Russians
with no option but to protect our interests and proceed to early
occupation of Persian territory; that we shall withdraw our
forces as soon as military conditions permit and that in the
meantime we shall d6 nothing to infringe Persiapolitical
independence and will interfere as little as possible with Persian
domestic economy and foreign trade* His Majesty^ Representatives
will make clear that the sole object of our action ie to prevent
Germany from establishing herself in Persia and thus menacing the
security of the Middle East©
2 0 In elaboration of previous assurances His Majesty’s
Ambassador at Ang.ora will inform Turkish Government that# if we
and Russians have to defend our interests by temporary enti i y of
our troops into Persian territory# we solemnly undertake to
Turkish Government that nothing shall be done to damage Turkish
interests, that sole reason for our action is to prevent Germany
from establishing herself in Persia, that we therefore hope that
in their own interest Turkish Government will not misjudge our
intentions and will indeed do nothing to hamper us in accomplishing
this object*
3o We have suggested to liia Majesty’s Arnbassados* at Bagdad
that when informing Iraqi Gcvernroent he should remind them that
Persian Government have still taken no really adequate steps to
control political refugees from Ii'aq, particularly the Mufti*