خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٥] (٦٠٦/٤٤٩)

Draft Paper.
EXTERNAL LfXJO^
Department.
DRAFT TELEGRAM
XXX
From Secretary of
To Government
Repeated to Tehra
State
India, External Affairs Department
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Moscow^idnister of'State, Cairo.^ 7 '
IMPORTANT
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Your
telegram
H
.M.G. ha-
. 3690
dated 20th Jirly. Policy in Iran.
L
ve now given
consideration to your
/
suggestions for the!application of jeconomic sanctioni and
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the possibilities mentioned in Tehran telegram No. 442/Of
19th Ji4y. In their
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opinion ‘ the/applicatior/of such sanctions
^re not/likely to produce kny early 1 effect on the Iranian
Government or to) induce them to jexpel th^ German/colony/ On
the contrary it would be)a/long time before they produced any
effect at| all and as thefGovernment of India^have/emphasised,/
;he
time\is of importance.
Next /occasion for/ conversion/does not
/
occ
^■hv.
t
/does not /
ur tili October^ Deliberate Withholding of ^shipping/would/
involve^ risk of retaliation |on ourj -tin# • rapid Imoveraent of/
n c which is/ increasirj;.y essential/ and Js regards 1 cutting of|
commodities so far as jsuch ^anctionis were directed Against the
populace it is doubtful whethe^ even with/ energetic propaganda/
they would have the ]effect ofj driving popular opinion jin the,
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direction^ anticipat^d^by tlie (Government of Inc
benefit Lng British interests in any way, 1 while [they would^
undoubtedly^ give an ^opening\for\ German 1 propaganda of which thel
Germans would^ake |he fullest/ advantage/ So far as they were
directed ja^.inst the iShah 1 s | particular |interests jthej probable/
result in the light of th^ meagre supplies/hitherto |delivered /
would be/both \;o c/ohvince the'Shah/of o\ju| inability to/export /
■ goods Wnd to exasperate| him jintoj taking jkction against the j
Hr
.C.(
Ifields.
breakjing of contracts fo^ cement'and
oilfields./ Incidenfally jhdoption hf thia policy would
sugar to which tb
b
are committed and we should in return lose the wool/ for which/
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payment has already been^madeL