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Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East' [28r] (56/67)
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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/5317
i 1941
( 2 )
[This telepram is of particular secrecy and should he retained
by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
[Cypher]. WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION .
From: TURKEY .
FROM ANGORA TO FOREIGN OFFICE .
Sir H. Knatchhull-Hugessen
No. 2027 .
20th August, 1941.
D, 1.20 a.m, 21st August, 1941.
R. ll a 55 a.m. 21st August, 1941.
Repeated to Bagdad No. 140
Tehran No. 82
Cairo for Minister of State No. 691.
IMPORTANT .
Most Secret.
eeeeee
Cairo telegram No. 2578 and my telegram No. 1756.
The Turkish Government s one desire is to keep out of the
ma i nl y, f ? r Inis reason that they concluded with
treat y June 18th. It is therefore out of the
question oo expecc them to countenance or assist any activity
inside or outside their frontiers v/hich would run the least
1 them t° Gorman hostility. Moreover, while
t think that they wish the British Empire to he victorious
j^the war on the Eastern front they have
f^ anxly admitted that they v/ould like to see Russia defeated.
these circumstances it would he hopeless to ask
the Turkish Government to persuade the Moslem Caucasian States
^PPort Russia > against Germany; or to consent to Dashnaks,
Armenians, m Turkey; or to [grp. undec, ] to
themselves in any way m any of the matters mentioned
m your telegram under reference.
1700 + Naturally I do not desire to discourage the Middle
East from pursuing their plans for action, as set forth in
your telegram, outside the Turkish borders . But as regards
Armenia I must maxe it absolutely clear that their Drincinal
sentiment is.anti-Turkish and thkt it will do us inestimable
harm m Turkish eyes to he associated with any movement
outsifeTurkeyutilisation of Armenians inside or
.. Cairo please repeat saving to India. Foreign
Office please repeat to Moscow if desired.
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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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