خارجي ٤١/٥٠٠٠(٢) "بلاد فارس: الوضع قبيل احتلال الحلفاء، وما بعده" [ظ‎‎٢‎٨‎١] (٦٠٦/٥٦٢)

Prime Minister July 10th that they v/ere untrue and wore ^
contradicted by our policy, proved many times in this war, of
. i‘respect for the neutrality of other states. Jould a demand
%> for the• departure of all 0 enaans be compatible with that policy?
I think not. The beiiaviour of the Germans in Holland etc.
is admitted by the Prime Minister but we can produce
surprisingly little proof of fifth column activities here although
w ' e *are^sure^jjhey must be going on.
,T*-re;tum therefore to the proposals which must seem
trivial in comparison with the comprehensive scheme of the
Government of India. Please see my telegrams Nos. UO, U1 and
M19*_ If letter which I propose to write could arouse suspicions
of the Shah that the Germans are working against him and his
regime it would^ do as much good as threats. In addition we might
'apply the legitimate sanctions of refusing all facilities for
goods at Assab (Prime Minister asked yesterday for decision as
the Iranian Government had a [ grp. undec.] offices at‘ Port Said
at their disposal) and for coaches in Iraq until enemy ships
at Banda Shapur are immobilized, and Mayer leaves Iran. If
this proved to be unsuccessful other forms of pressure might be
tried to secure these specific objects. Meanwhile, I will
collect a list of Germans, against whom prima facie case could be
made, without our sources being implicated and will continue to
press for a general reduction in the number of Germans in the
interests of the Iranian Government for while many are doing
essential work for the Iranian Government, many are not.