خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎١‎٠‎١] (٦٠٦/٢٠١)

retained by the authorised incipient and not passed on].
[CYPHER] V/AR CABINET DISTRIBUTION .
IMEDIATE.
SECRET .
The Aga Khan wishes to send personal message to the Shah
or Persia with whom he is on very intimate terms begelng him
to come to terms with His Majesty's Government and the Soviet
Government.
n ^* s telegram he would point to Denmark as an example
of a country having bowed to force without having [ sic] vital
interests and would quote the Persian proverb that "two dogs
close at hand are more dangerous than a distant lion,"
The message would be sent through the Persian Legation.
^Before doing anything he wishes to know whether the
Foreign Office and India Office approve. He will be in
touch with His Majesty’s Consul at Geneva until Tuesday, 26th
August. ’
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Analogies he suggests are obviously not what we would
choose ourselves but from what I know of the Aga Khan I would
recommend that unless we wish to stop him altogether we should
let him use his own phraseology and advise him to tell the
Persian Chargd d 1 Affaires that we had nothing to do with it.
Any message from him which was obviously inspired by His
Majesty s Government would lose most of the effect which it
might otherwise have as coming from one Oriental to another.
The alternative would be to dictate his message as I know he
is quite^incapable of drafting it in our own style and our
inspiration v/ould be recognised at once.
FROM: SyflTZERLAND.
FROM BERNE TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Mr. Kelly.
No. 1867 .
21th August, 1911
D. 2.53 p.m. 21th August, 1911.
R. 1.05 p.m. 21th August, 1911.
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