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Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East' [16r] (32/67)
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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OUTWARD TELEGRAM INDIA DmcT
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$L This Document is the Property of His B ritannic Majesty’
kept under Lock and Key.]
s Government, and should be
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5317
1941
hr roQM FOREIGN O FFICE TO GATRO.
Ho, 5042.
?/tn August, J941
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Repeated to Bagdad "No 0 832 ;
Angora'No, 1004;
Tehran'Noo 573 ;
Mosca^ No. 1118; ^ ,
Government of' India 10324.
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MOST SECRET.
27th August,1941.
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Limit [of August 18th: subversive
activities Twiddle East].
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Following for Minister of State.
2 . Careful consideration has been given to your
telegram'under reference"by all the Departments'concerned.
3. In the first place we must"explain that Soviet
Government, although now our Allies, have not'abandoned
m their relations with us'suspicion"of"motives of"foreign '
governments'which has;pj.ways been'characteristic "of them"
and they"are npt"receptive of our'advice"in"matters'which "
concern their^internal'affairs." - Your proposal; therefore,"
th§t ^e should sugges^t that they should'maxe some "concessions
1?«S?- uc ?? ian ^Publics^ and Armenians"presents' insuperable'
^ Y ^ ^ Any ^ suspicion "that we are dealing with the'
Dashnaks (and Soviet Government are very'likely to'hear'of
it since their'intelligence"system^is good")"would haveT
worst'possible effect" Turkish Government'for their part,
In spi*- " o — xv -'
remain
as'hereditary’
is,' I fear', out of the question'to'hope that' they can be"
induced to take any"action In matter'under discussion for
sake of helping Russians"against Germans, more especially"
since they'would be'terrified of" German'reactions'In
general'we fe^l that' results 'which can be expected from your
proposals'are"unlikely to" outweigh grave'political and military
military'objection to irritating'Russians and alienating '
Turks,"
reference
/
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I will now deal with pointis in your telegram under
* in order-^
5 , VP a ^g ra pb 1 of your telegram. I should like to
be represented sub-combattee and suggest that member of
staff.....
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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'
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:32v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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