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Scope of Anglo-Soviet Treaty is limited to Narope. -kat apart
from gaarantees m Tripartite Treaty v Persia has received adequate
assurances from both Soviet and British sides. You may quote to
Prime minister following public statements
(a) In Gc speech delivered before the Moscow Municipal Soviet
on 6th November, 1941, Stalin said: u We do not and cannot have
n such war aims as the conquest of foreign territory and the
u enslaving of other nations, and this applies to territories and
'’peoples m Burope and Asia, including iran’A
(b) In the House of Commons on 4th February, 1942, I said:
:, I should like to emphasise, as is explicitly lain down in the
”(Tripartite) Treaty, that His Majesty s Government and t the Soviet
11 Government undertake to respect uhe territorial integrity,
‘’sovereignty and political independence of Persia. _ They nave no
’’designs' or ambitions which would conflict with this principle.
2 0 I do not regard the future of Baltic States etc, as
legitimate concern of Persian Government and no reply should be
given to Prime Minister on this point 0
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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.