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[Cypher] WAR CABINET DIS'm&u|g j
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FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO TEHRAF"
No. 12.
January 2nd, 1942,
D. 5.55. p.m. 2nd January, 1942.
Repeated to Government of India No.89 .
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Your telegram ho.1590 [of 29th December. Proposed
Anglo-boviet-Persian treaty’of alliance],
I had intended to supnort your representations b;
in suitable terms - to Persian Minister here,
indisposed.
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2. If therefore Persian Government have not yet
returned a satisfactory reply, you should inform President of-
the Council that I am profoundly dissatisfied with the futile
delays in concluding the treaty. The Persian Government
seem to have made no attempt to honour their assurances to us
respecting early signature', and they will remember that it was
originally understood that the Majlis decision would be
reached within say forty-eight hours, §_ee my telegram No. 1026
[of the 14th November]. I trust that the Persian Government ~~
realise to what extent their country is dependent upon
assistance from Russians and ourselves in such matters as
supglies, and how inconvenient it would be to them if the delays
in furnishing essential supplies were at all comparable to the
delays which have taken place in conclusion of the treaty.
You should add that if the treaty is not concluded very shortly,
I will not be responsible for the consequences.
If your Soviet colleague with agree to speak in
‘iter.
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