مجموعة ١٠٩/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. معاهدة التحالف الأنجلو-سوفييتية-فارسية،١٩٤٢." [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٩] (٤٤٢/٢٣٨)

the reasons which impelled the Persian G-overnment to
adopt such an attitude. Some people were already
beginning to suggest that the Persian Government were
playing a double game, and were still waiting to see
which way the cat would really jump. Both the Minister
for Poreign Affairs-qnd[grp*undec. ? President] violently
denied these suggestions and [ grp. undec. ? discussion]
became rather heated; but they adduced no sound argument
and based^their case on purely [grp. undec. ? formal]ist
reasons of Parliamentary procedure. They wer,e quite
determined.that matters could not be hurried/ and I
finally said that I would report the conversation to you,
but that I sav/ no hope of persuading you that there.was
anything in their arguments, since they had not perstt&ded
me myself. Both the President of the Council, wno at
by my arguments though we parted on friendly
However, I propose to see the Shall privately this
evening or to-morrow morning, I am sure that he will
be sympathetic for he recently volunteered the statement
to me that we had shown exemplary patience in enduring
the various.delays of these negotiations. Soviet
Ambassador is to see the President of the Council this
evening and will hold similar language.
[Repeated to Kuibyshev No,362],