Coll 28/129 ‘OIL; Oil Concessions in North Persia; Request by Soviet Government.’ [‎163v] (327/377)

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4*. It is added that Soviet Ambassador replied that
Soviet Government was agreeable' to--formation or company on
terms stated*. .. ,
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5* A map,is published showing boundaries of tetrltorj^-
in which company is to operate. Boundary from iest* to ITast
is as follows: juncture of Soviet, Turkish and Persian i
frontiers to Lake Rizaieh r along Eastern.shore of Lake
miyanduab, then Bast to Grlyaban, then following line of
mountain range round Southern' shore of Caspian to Kank-Kela
on Tehran-Bandashar railway, then due South to 34° 15
55° 00’, then due East to 34° IS* 55° 00’, then due North
to Abersij, then East to Kuchan and South-east to Junction
of Soviet, Persian and Afghan frontiers. From this it will
be seen that the territory is considerably less than Russian
zone of influence unden the 1907 agreement,
6* ,. ( ?ravda leading article gives an account of Soviet-
Persian relations since the Revolution,, stressing the
importance of the Soviet Union* s unexampled gesture in _ . ;
giving up all rights and concessions gained by the Czarist
Government and contrasting*it with Persia's breaches of
1921 Treaty in that she granted concessions to Britain and
America on Soviet-Per'sian border. The article criticises
the efforts made to get the Security Council to intervene
in Soviei-Pepsian affairs. It says that Soviet troops were*
-sent into Persia, under .the 1921 Treaty which is described as
the basis of Soviet~?.ersian relations until now and that the
real reason for delay in withdrawing them was that the
Soviet Government -could have no faith in*the intentions of a
Persian Government led by Hakimi right up to February 1946,
There was and could be nothing in the relations between.
Persia and the Soviet Union to threaten International peace,
and security. The decision of the Security Council to
, continue ..the .discussion of the Persian question on May 6th
was'groundless and contrary to Charter of the United Nations
Organization. There is no mention of 1942 Tripartite-Treaty.
7. Pravda also publishes apparently full text of
Gromyko's letter of April 5th to Security,Council insisting
that Persian question be removed from the Agenda. .
Foreign Office;please-,pass to Tehran, Washington and New
York as my telegrams Nos, 122, 230 and 26 respectively^.
[Repeated to Tehran, 7/ashington and New York
(Sir A# Cadogan) under telegrams Nos, 382,
3364 and 135 respectively. Copies sent to
Information Department].