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Sir S. Cripps.
No: 828.
20th July, 1941.
D: 9.15 p.m. 20th July, 1941.
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Your telegram No: 826.
I did not receive your repeat of Government of India*s
teleTram.No; So 8 p uu,ti X yesterday and have still not received
[grp. undec.] Secretary of State for India's telegram
No: n 8505-». -r tj^owever, speed seemed essential, I to-day
handed to Molotov an aide-memoire based on: your teleeram
under reference, ^our teleKram No: 828 to me fr etting
a telegram^ aadressed to Kabul of v/hich neither number nor
date was [ given;, your.telee ram No; 226 to Kabul. .Government
of India s telegram i\iq: 5581:;,— =—^11 of whirth wptp nn subiect
of policy towards Afghanistan.
v • J?* , roga^ds Iran (Persia), aide-memoire referred
briefly to your discussions with Soviet Ambassador in London
and the fact that according to him, Soviet Government had
agreed to take parallel action. Question dealt with in
telegram No: 850. to imA,U,e. Tehran telegram No: 456 nnd
your ,t(Ug,gram Ro; ,5p6__tQ Vehrnu) v/as also referred to] also
instructions contained in your telegram No: 160 2 to ^nrora.
( lour telegram i-o: 405 to -.vhr/v-T after this
interview).
5. Molotov said that Soviet Government would
immediately consider this aide-memoire and would inform me
what action they decided to take as regards Afghanistan.
4, > I suggested that as regards Iran it was desirable
to continue discussions in London in order to avoid delay.
Molotov agreed and promised to inform you through Soviet
ambassador of his Government's views on the subject.
5. I much hope vigorous action will be taken quickly.
Gavnlovic who arrived from ^ngora yesterday gave a very
pessimistic account of situation in Iran and was also
pessimistic about Turkish situation after talks with
Saracoglu and Menememcioglu.
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