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Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East' [‎21r] (42/67)

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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C.F.A.W.
5317
1941
MOST 3>5CR3l , .
Sir M' Lamfison,
CAIRO.
Telegram,
No. • •
(Cypher) (INDIV)
(Special dist. Minister
of State)
For concurrence of
War Office end India
Office.
Repeat to:-
Bagdad.
Angora.
Tehran.
scow.
Oovt. of India.
Your telegram No. 45 Limit /""of August
18th: subversive activities Middle SaatJ?.
Following for Minister of State.
2. Careful consideration has been given
to your telegram under reference by all the
Departments concerned.
3. Ye feel that in the first place we
sho Id explain th<t Soviet Oovt. f although now
our Allies, have not abandoned in their relaticm
with us suspicion of motives of foreign
gove/nroonts which has always been characteristic
of them and they are not receptive of oi-r advice
In matters which concern Your proposal,
therefore, that we should suggest that they
should ma ;e some concessions to Caucasian
Republics and Armenians presents great difficultj
Any suspicion that we are dsaling with the
aohnaica (t>nd arc very likel to hear of
it since their intelligence system is good)
would have worst possible effect. Turkish
f'ovt. for their port, ln4plte of recent Joint
/nglo-^ovlet assurances to thesi, r«niein
extremely suspicious of Hus; ians, whom they
regard Jias hereditary enemies, and of our
slllaaee wit ! . them, it is, j fear, out of the ^
question to hope that they can be Induced to t*£ 9 |
any action in matter under discussion for
f helping unsians against Germans, more
especially since they would bo terrified of
German reactions.

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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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