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2. Alternative seems either that Iraqi Government should send one or
two officials here to study censorship or that His Majesty’s Government
should send two British officials with some experience of censorship who
could spend some time here examining Egyptian censorship in view of simi-
liarity to conditions with Iraq and then proceed to Iraq to advise Iraqi Gov
ernment.
(25)
From Sir R. Bullard, Tehran, No. 226- (R.), dated the 8th July 1940.
My telegram No. 216.
In Majlis July 7th, the Minister of Finance, rehearsed the Iranian Gov
ernment’s well known grievances against the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and
accused the Company of failure to fulfil Article 10, paragraphs 5, 12 (a), 16 (1)
and 21 of the concession. According to promises, the Company’s production
ought to have risen to 14 million tons instead of diminishing. Govermnent
were doing, and would do, all that was necessary.
2. Three^ deputies who followed spoke more violently. One quoted
Bahrein (which he described as Iranian property) as disproving the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company’s argument that production is limited by the markets.
Only concrete proposal was that the Government should demand either in
creased royalty at a fixed rate regardless of the output, or else the abandon
ment by the Company of those fields which they cannot exploit to the full.
3. Prime Minister wound up the debate with further assurance of the
Government’s action, and a promise to keep Majlis informed.
4. As might be expected, throughout the debate no reference vns made to
the arbitration clause.
(26)
From British Legation, Tehran, No. 102|(81|15|40), dated the 20th August
1940.
Enclosure to Serial No. (26).
Despatch from British Legation, Tehran, to Foreign Office No 186 (811151
40), dated the 20th August 1940. ' ’ v 1 1
have the honour to report, on the authority of my Turkish colleague
Iff! V’f n G ' over " men ] are mos t difficult to deal with even in matters
^£“1, Ul r ' e '’ ™ s P lf e of the special consideration which is always shown
Tii l-ev^Mcf flte m Shfv, ad0r on r ?* clal occasions, and to the dependence upon
turkey winch the Shah is credibly reported to feel. Monsieur Dava/ sivs
hat he even has great difficulty in securing permission for the return to this
country ot Turkish women and . children who have gone to Turkey for a
summer holiday and now wish to reioin their « ? • , ‘
cities delay their decision for weeks ttoulh L lraufau nh* "T a :' th0 '
to Turkey is able, the Ambassador declares to secnrffvisa 1!, T 1S k lng t0
day of his application. But it is chiefly in regard to the LP 1 ! 7 °? k"
'Tureo-Persian Frontier Zone Convention of 1 W 7 in * m . execi ’ tl0n of „ the
(he Iranian Government most difficult. He says’ that fhT'trl DaV f Z fi ?- dS
in U SV^ tl^ Convention 0
they allow all their undesirables tfret^ “n?afthe° frttir 8 ° f ' ArtiC,e XV
hut it iJot' r,tr n °, f the . fr ^ier question,
the Turkish representative seems to find tliV slT eR y! l,Tlcult to deal with,
beset the path of this Legation Mnnsio. n Same dela ^ and iU-will that
unlike any other country he has served n Am 32 complains, that in Iran,
list .of agenda, ' Smed in > nothln 8: ever gets crossed off his