خارجي ٤٦/٥٠٠٠(١) ا"لوضع الفارسي: تقارير متنوعة" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٩] (١٢٠٢/٢٩٧)

a coalition of these progressive parties for the purpose
of the elections and a forual announcement of its terms
vrill be made shortly^ The Prime Minister said that he
had only agreed to this pact on the understanding that
the Persian Democrat Party ’"ere in the majority and that
all concerned vrould solemnly pledge themselves to accept
his leadership and adopt his programme of domestic and
foreign policy* He assured me that main feature about
his programme v/as thai; there should be friendly relations
both with Russia and with Great Britain* Agitation
directed against Great Britain in the press and elsewhere
would have to stop* Friendship with one country woul^ not
be purchased at price of hostility to others.
4. I felt bound to express appreciation of these
assurances but I asked the Prime minister if he were
really convinced that the Tudeh party (even if in a
minority) once they were returned at the polls would carry
out their undertaking to respect his authority. From
his reply it was clear that the Prime Minister is not
convinced on this point* He asked whether I had any
suggestion to make c I warned him that the Coalition to
which he had agreed bore a sinister resemblance to other
Coalitions with which I am familiar. It seemed to me
that he had a choice between two evils- On the one hand
there might be a recrudescence of disorder and on the otter
an order rooted m disorder v/hich would be repel'enl to
the vast majority of his countrymen. There could be no
doubt which would produce more unpleasant consequences. 1
made no positive suggestion but if you consider any can
usefully be made it is now open to me to do so. I have no
doubt that by concluding this electoral pact the Prime
Minister/,.,