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Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East' [‎8r] (16/67)

The record is made up of 1 file (31 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1941-29 Sep 1941. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should be
retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
[Cypher] WA R CABINET DISTRIBUTION
FROM TURKEY
FROM AHG-ORA TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir K. Knatchbull Hugesseru
No. 2127 ,
1st September, 1941.
D, 11.46 p.m. 1st September, 1941.
R, 9.50 a.m. 2nd September, 1941,
Repeated to Tehran No* 90
Moscow No. 203
Saving to Cairo No. 49
Bagdad No, 5.
Moscow telegram No. 1042, second paragraph.
I agree with Sir S. Cripps that this risk exists
and if it materialised it would undoubtedly cause a setback
in the treatment of Turkish Russo-phobia which is part
of our present policy (your telegram 1808).
2. Foreign Office please repeat to Government
of India.
[Repeated to Government of India under India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
No* 10617].

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This file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, many of which are annotated by hand, between the Foreign Office and the Ministers of States stationed in Cairo, Ankara, Baghdad, Moscow, Tehran, and the Government of India. The correspondence is regarding the Sub-committee of the Middle East War Council to Co-ordinate Sabotage, Subversive and Other Secret Operations in the Middle East. Topics discussed include:

• British-Soviet relations in the Gulf.

• German threat to the Caucasus.

• Raising a Kurdish military for defence of the frontier lands with Iraq and Iran.

• The Armenian Revolutionary Federation, referred to as the Dashnaks.

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1 file (31 folios)
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Arranged by chronological order from back to front

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East' [‎8r] (16/67), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/570, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100042300465.0x000011> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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