خارجي ٤٦/٥٠٠٠(١) ا"لوضع الفارسي: تقارير متنوعة" [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٢] (١٢٠٢/٤٨٣)

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No. 2897
FROiI HOSCON M Q F0REl4if> OFFICE
DE^ARTIiENTAL NO. 2
D. 10.36 a.m. 6th September 1946
6th September 1946 R. 4.20 p.m. 6th September 1946
Repeated to Tehran and Bagdad.
Ily telegram No. 2747.
1. Soviet Press of September Sth, under headlines
"Indignation of Persian Public Opinion at British Intrigues
regarding Khuzistan", prints Tehran Tass message quoting
local papers to effect that the Conference of the Foreign
Ministers of the Arab States recently held at Alexandria
adopted a resolution to support the demand of the Iraqi
Government for the union of Persian Khuzistan with Iraq.
2. It is maintained that according to information
available in Tehran the Iraqi Government on outside_
instigation intends to appeal to the Security Council^with
those demands, utilising for this purpose the Separatist
movement among Khuzistan Arabs which has been prepared by
foreign agents.
3. Condemnation of this alleged move in the Tehran
Press is then quoted, including Zafar’s assertion that it
is the result of intrigues and instigation by British
Imperialists.
4. Message ends by referring to telegramsof certain
Khuzistan sheiks to Qawam expressing their readiness to
fight selflessly for the integrity of Persia.
5. Press of 5th also prints Cairo Tass message
alleging that Lord Alanbrooke will in October take up
the post of Director of the Anglo Persian Oil Company,
"whose capital is now equal to 22 million pounds sterling".
6. "Trud" same date publishes Tehran Tass message
quoting Rahbar to the effect that Mai or Fateh, Military
Governor of Abadan ? has been arrested by order of the
Government for taking bribes from Anglo Persian Oil Company.
Foreign Office please pass to Tehran and Bagdad as
my telegrams Nos. 194 and 31 respectively.
[Repeated to Tehran and Bagdad as telegrams Nos. 1009
and 818 respectively]
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