Ext 5000/41(1) 'Persia: situation leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation' [‎105r] (209/606)

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Sir K. Cornwallis.
No. 971 .
August _ 23rd, 19L1.
WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION .
From.: IRAQ.
F ROM BAGDAD TO FOREIGN OFFICE,
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10o55 a*nio August 23rd, 19A1.
9o30 sunu August 2Ath, 19A1.
Repeated to Angora No 0 2A8
Cairo No, 391 (repeating to Minister of State)
Moscow IToo 1 7
Government of India No* 338 0
Tehran No 0 213c
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IMMEDIATE,
Your telegram NOo 810 o
I will take action as soon as military operations have
begun®
2* In tne meantime the Iraqi Ministry for Foreign Affairs
have adaressed a note to Persian Legation Bagdad,, recalling that
early m June tne Iraqi Minister in Tehran on instructions from
nis Government [grp*undec] the removal of members of Rashid ALi^s
Government to places where they would be unable to be in contact
with Germans, Italians and other hostile elements^ and thereby
cooperate with them in activities harmful to the interests of
Iraq "of a nature incompatiabie with the friendly relations which
both our Governments are anxious to see always maintained between
the two States in accordance v/ith the provisions of the
Saadabad^pact’M The note states that according to Iraqi
information^ the^ refugees are nevertheless being allowed to carry
on such activities^ The Persian Legation is therefore requested
to convey to Persian Government the Iraqi Government’s request
to expedite the adoption of summary measures to prevent such
activities^
3« Above note was prompted by a suggestion which I made to
Minister for Foreign Affairs that it would be well to forestall
any complaint which Persian Government might make against them in
future as a signatory of the Saadabad pact,
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