خارجي ٤٦/٥٠٠٠(١) ا"لوضع الفارسي: تقارير متنوعة" [و‎‎٤‎٣‎٢] (١٢٠٢/٨٦٥)

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OUTWARD TELEGRAM
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[EN CLAIR]
DEPiiRTMENm Ho. 2
FROM FOR E IGN OFFI CE TO TRKBjj'
Ho. 749
17th July 1946.
D. 9,47 p.m. 17th July 1946.
Repeated to Washington Ho. 7074
Moscow No. 2265
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IMPORTANT
Answefinfjulyf t6Xt ° f Parliam0ntaI ^ Q^stion and
[Begins] . >.• ■ "
Secret«?v^? c! i ?g 1 $ r ’ ^ Private Notice, - to ask the
secretary,of State for Foreign iiffairs whether he will
make a statement on_the strike of 50,000 oil workers of
pnfl Coa ® an y which led to bloodshed
oriSsiSMsS?* “ ,io “ he has tffi “ ^
. My» Be yin: There has for some time been consider^hl p
pn q c al ^ 1 1CU i n Persia which has had reper-
of induqfv^i °tn ar ^ a South-¥es-t. : A number
or industrial factors have also contributed to the
present situation in that area. The ostensible cause
s ' t 5 lke appears to have been a demand for
°? res ^ Friday, by the Persian Workers
of the itnglf-Iranian Oil Company. This matter was
toe^onnnn^nnd 0 th^ n r^•? hran 1 ^ e ^ w een the Persian Government,
wi thnn^P? y +^ d 3 he . L a^our leaders, and was being dealt
rLon P ro 7 1 sions of the Labour law recently
lt?ikP^nh e n&^ n Go yp 1 rnmen J-. This law prohibits
riKes and lock"K)uts until certain nrooeduTP^ h^vp
o^s^rved. Notwithstanding this a general strike
of the Persian w?rkers began on 1 the 14th g jSly. If
1 b^don 6 hv S th me p im } linen ' t partial law was declared in
authorities early in the morning
on that date. On the evening of that day there was q
in a l«qu^+? en Tocal political elements which resulted
nnd o h^li e a at ^, p S?l! nt ^ported as seventeen- killed
and a hundred and fifty wounded. I have had no reports
of casualties among the British and Indian staff of the
Company. Some British-members of the staff have
biit eV qq f e S n co 5 ;f, 1 ined 1° i^eir houses by the strikers,
of nroviqfonf 1 T+ 0 n th ^ y ^ y ece n lvin g adequate supplies
oi P rovls f o ns* It has been made clear to the Persian
•Government th.at Has Majesty s Government regard them
property 1181 ^ 0 ^° T sa ^ e ^ y oP lives and
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