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agreed in principle to examine claims for war damage
arising out of the invasion and occupation of Persia.
You should make it clear that any-idea that the British
tax-payer might be, called upon to pay war damage compensation
to the Persians would be wholly unacceptable--to British
public opinion, and any public statement on this subject
m the Majlis should therefore be avoided: the wh^le-^,,.,
problem or "reparations" is in fact one*which'the;Persian
G-overnment would be wise not to raise at the present moment.
5. Apart from the question whether each of the
assurances proposed would or would not be unobjectionable
in itself, I feel that it Would be undesirable, as well
as unnecessary, to get drawn into further detailed
discussions with the Persian Government on these or any
other points connected with Treaty. The negotiations—-
have already lasted far too long. If we were, to give
the Persian Government assurances to enable them to
meet the Majlis criticisms, this would simply lead'to -
request for further assurances, to complaints that
assurances given were inadequate, or to other suggestions
for minor modifications to elucidate some comparatively
unimportant point. The.only way to avoid indefinite
delays is to insist that the time for discussion is past
and the time for decisions has come. ‘ •:
4.. You should therefore inform the Persian ;
Prime Minister that His Majesty's Government are not
prepared to give any further written assurance in addition
to those already contained in the Treaty itself and its two
Annexes. You should add that His Majesty’s Government
trust^ that the Majlis may be asked to give its final
decision at once: in order that the Treaty may be signed
and may enter into force without further delay.'