خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [ظ‎‎٢‎٤‎٨] (٦٠٦/٤٩٦)

Tabriz\v-q P ^^L+? at ^ Sovi “ t ^nbassador's infonaation about
; V +? c S - PP - at i y only an ech0 of n y 0 ™. 1 could only
Germans at^abri^ff® 1, t0 Cl u r i th(i concentration 0 /
ij rj.ians at Tabriz if, as we had good reason to believe
ni^ht ^ one -. 1 th ? threat that His majesty's Government’
than r ‘Jrrrri^^nntri’i’ 1 ' ■ 'Attitude therefore became more remote
an mhffS; ? ntd tf n y° ur instructions. Since ny interview
from Tehran T at)riz reports that the Germans
tTvl ehr ? '*0 had halted tnere, appear to have left for
nf + Kiost reliable source
. ftforriation about Gernans entering Turkey fron Iran or
vice versa since Turkish emigration officials must have
. T ^r P r:i - mG Minister and acting minister for
xoreign ^ffairs (the latter’s brother is Chief of Police at
lapriz;^ denied all knov/ledge of any concentration and the
Prime minister admitted freely that any German propaganda
aiming at creating trouble in the Caucasus would affect
Iran unfavourably and showed an anxiety undec] with
propaganda in favour of a greater Armenia v/hich would
include^part of Iran as v/ell as pieces of Russia and Turkey.
+ +.+°I ie " t ^ nt)assa(i o^ was at one moment inclined to take the
attitude that no propaganda could affect the inhabitants of the
Union °f^Soviet Socialist Republics though the Germans at
^ D fi z ^i§nt help in sabotage as is now expected [grp undec]
if the Germans in Tabriz hav^ well organised relations with
the tribes 1 ’ they might be a great nuisance to the Soviet
Government. Unfortunately he can give no information about
the number of Germans in Tabriz or the nature and extent of their
intrigues.
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