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Mr. Eden to Sir S. Crivps (Moscow).
(No. 197.)
Sir, Foreign Office, August 14. 1941.
Dl RING the course of a conversation with the Soviet Ambassador this
afternoon we spoke of our joint plans for putting pressure upon Iran and, after
some discussion, his Excellency undertook to telegraph to his Government the
suggestion that it might be well if the Soviet Government did not at this stage
make any specific reference to the need for an Iranian reply within three days
of the presentation of the memorandum. M. Maisky added that he did not,
of course, know whether his suggestion would arrive in time to be acted upon,
but in any event he did not think that the matter had any great significance.
His Government was determined, as he had many times told me, to match their
action carefully with ours. They would take no'military steps without our full
concurrence and our participation. I need not have the slightest anxiety on this
score. His Excellency agreed, however, that it was important to keep in step
even in matters of detail, as, indeed, I admitted we had most successfully done
in our recent negotiations.
I am, &c.
ANTHONY EDEN.
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