مجموعة ٢٨/١٠٥ "إيران. نقل عربات السكك الحديدية الألمانية إلى إيران عبر العراق." [و‎‎٢‎١] (٧٤/٤١)

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Major L.Kirwan,
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H.E.Mc^uen,
(l./E.W.)
Ivir.Rumbold,
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IU1EDIATE.
BY HAND.
C.V\/. Baxter Esq.*, C
foreign Office
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^9 JUL IB 41
Dear Baxter,
I enclose a <5<j)py of the Government of India*s
telegram No. 3590 of July 9th about the 11 German
railway coaches ordered by the Iranian Government which
are now in Iraq* I This telegram had to be repeated to
us , » we have onlY recently received it. A copy has
already been sent tb Coverley-Price.
2. As we understand^CS, if these coaches had been found
in a neutral ship bound for an Iranian port we should
have been entitled Under the Reprisals Order to seize
them.
By the char
hold of them on neutral territory, and we should be
equally entitled in
them.
ce of war we have been enabled to get
view of their German origin to seize
The Iranians would have reason to be annoyed
if we did that, but would have no ca#se for damages.
3. From Cornwallis’ telegram No. 755 of July 11th
it appears that, under strong pressure from the Iranian
Legation at Bagdad,
!he had agreed to the despatch of
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favour.
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six of the coaches tjo Basra for shipment to Iran
within the next few 'days, ^ . 1 th him tlml it
mand
would be extremely Uifficult to countei/this agreement,
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a.-.rl .^ir.n t h r v i« f t.ia— 1 ". p~ri ■ 1 i 1 1 - ' "T*)) these SIX
coaches goii^ /to Ir^nj (U-We hop!:, "rrrj^cry^r that Bullard
rri4rl be instructed ijo emphasise to the Iranian Government
gni tnrle concession which we have made in their
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