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[CYPHER] . I7AR CABINET DISTRIBUTIOi?.
TO: IRAH (PERSIA ).
• FROTI FOREIGN OFFICE TO TEHRAN.
No* 405 , D* 1.10 a.m«
19th July, 1941 0
Repeated to: Moscov/ .No« 847 P
Government of India No. 8435,
Bagdad No. 655 ?
Angora No n 1617,
Cairo (for Minister of State)
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SECRET.
20th July, 1941*
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In the course of my conversation with the Soviet
Ambassador to-day I told him that I wished to speak to him
about the situation in Iran (Persia). I had not yet received
any reply from you as to the success or otherwise of the
representations you had been instructed to make together with
your Soviet colleague but I had not myself much hope of the
success of our efforts to turn the large German colony out of
Iran unless the Iranians understood that we would if necessary
support our requests by vigorous action. Whether or not such
action were possible must depend upon the military situation and
I had asked the Chiefs of Staff to look into this. Meanwhile
I should be grateful if the Ambassador would inform M* Molotov
of my view and tell him that if Jie agreed it would I thought
be useful that v/e should at once institute a joint examination
of this aspect of the problem.
2. M* Maisky said that he would certainly report what
I had said to his Government* His own view was that the
threat of economic measures against Iran might suffice to cause
them to act. Between us our two countries controlled by far
the greater part of Iran's trade with the outside world. I
said that I was myself doubtful whether economic .action would
suffice. Such action took long to become effective and the
Iranians might well argue that before that hour arrived they
would/