خارجي ٣/٤٧/٥٠٠٠ "الوضع في بلاد فارس: تقارير متنوعة" [و‎‎٥‎٩] (٢٥٨/١١٧)

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[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should he
retained hy the authorised recipient and not passed on]
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FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE
D: 7.20 a.m. 6th April, 19L9.
5th April, 19A9. R: 10.07 a.m. 6th April, 1949.
Sir J # Le Rougetel.
No. 293.
Repeated to: Washington,
Moscow.
IMMEDIATE
SECRET
Addressed to Foreign Office telegr
April~hth , repeated to Washington and M
My telegram No. 280.
*am No. 295 of
[os cow.
Military Attache was informed hy Chief of the General
Staff to-daythat on April 2nd there was a small incident
on the frontier about 30 miles north north-west of Ardehil
There were one or two Persian casualties and a number of
Shahsiya tribesmen collected to support the Persian troops
The < incident eventually died down and the frontier
officially [grp.undec.]. The Chief of General Staff seems
to attach very little importance to this incident.
2. London Press Service transmission this morning gave
a grossly exaggerated version of this incident which can
only do harm (see my telegram No. 290). I would suggest
that in future such reports should not be included in this
service until confirmation has been obtained.
Foreign Office please pass to Washington and Moscow
as my telegrams Nos. 58 and 23 respectively.
[Repeated to Washington and Moscow]