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Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East' [‎11v] (23/67)

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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in connexion witi. operations.wnicli would taice place after loss
of control by LIoscow Governj.ient raere fact of conversations with
Dashnaks would, if known to Russians,. have, eciually serious effect.
This risk is clearly not worth taking in absence of evidence.
(i) that Dashnaks who, according to our information are
somewhat scattered emigr£ organisation of pronounced
anti-Soviet and anti-Turkish tendencies, are possessed
of organisation and influence in Armenia which would
enable them at the appropriate moment, either to co-operate
v/ith or to replace local leaders afid administration in
Soviet Armenia; to inspire in Armenia widespread resistance
to Germans; and to organise guerilla warfare on effective
scale;
(ii) that Dashnak leader with whom you are in contact is able
to commit movement and sufficiently to command allegiance
of Dashnaks (I note that Commander-in-Chief Riddle East
says in his telegram No. 8 3805 of 20th July to ; Var Office
that the Dashnak organisation suffers from lack of cohesion
and is only one apparently of several similar Armenian
bodies);
(iii) that better chance of securing local resistance to the
Germans would not lie, when eventuality arises, in
co-operation with present local authorities in Armenia;
for it is clearly unlikely that it would be practicable
. for us to co-operate both with them and with Dashnaks;
(iv) that Dashnaks are not merely insuring themselves with
both sidea; for in that case in situation presupposed,
namely successful German invasion of Caucasus area,-they
would surely be likely to back the Germans.
Paragraph 4 of War Office te leg ram Ho. 81146 to Commander-
in-Chief kiddle East, to Which no answer has been received, v/as
designed to elucidate such questions.
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8 . There has been no development in relations betv/een His Majesty’s
Government and Soviet Government which in our view would make it
possible to revise decision contained in paragraph 8 of*War Office,
telegra 5 k_No• 79456 to Commander-in-Chief Middle East (see paragraph
3 abo ve). ^ ~
9. There are practically no Armenians in Turkey except a
comparatively small community in Istanbul (Constantinople) and the
past history of Turco-Armenian relations and the present attitude
of Turkish Government towards Soviet Government, as explained in
paragraph 3 above, makes it impossible-in our opinion to raise this
question with the Turkish Government either (see also A n G' ora telegrams
to you Nos. 586.and 691). < < ‘
10. In circumstances we are clear therefore that all contacts
with Dashnaks should cease forthwith. Unless His Majesty’s
Ambassador at Moscow sees objection you may, if you wish, advise
Dashnaks to make their own approach to Soviet Government. If this
course were adopted, it would, I consider, be necessary to inform
the Soviet Government that the Dashnaks had approached us and that
so far from dealing v/ith them behind the back of the Soviet
Government, we had advised a direct approach. This would leave
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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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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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