Coll 28/107 ‘Persia (Iran) Movements of the ex-Shah.’ [‎47r] (93/361)

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has been begging her to cane to imiritias and be her
companion there. Needless to say I/could not agree to this
at such short notice. '
3.
On 3rd October I took these two persons ana Mr. Steer-
wood, Assistant Manager oi Lloyds Bank, on board with rne *
a fr? r precast and spent most ot the day there. Mr. Stadwa^d
'.ith whom I had already discussed the arrangements ior die
disposal ol £ 25,337 which he had received lor the 2x-&hfcth
had a long talk with the old gentleman and obtained his
specimen signatures etc. The Sx-Ghah was much exercised about
the sum of £ 9,500 about which he had received intimation
from the National Bank oi Persia at Teheran, who said they r
were remitting it irom London to Delhi on his account in
addition to the larger sum already mentioned. I arranged with
Mr. Bteerwood tnat he should enquire irom London by
telegraph regarding this money. No news oi it has come
up-to-date.
4. Mr. Golby, Mrs. Jenkins ana I all took down large numbers
oi orders irom the Shah am other members oi the party ior
articles they required irom Bombay. There was considerable
coniusion and overlapping, and sorting out these orders
and executing them has entailed on enormous amount oi work
on all oi us. Having no instructions to limit the amount
spent I agreed in the interests oi trade to let the Shah
buy a certain number oi expensive luxuries such as a
Sunbeam-Talbot car, a complete 8 mm. Cinema outiit, live
large fersian carpets (which took me the best part oi two
aiternoon to iind ior him in Bombay), two radio sets, two
refrigerators, gold watches ior the ladies etc. The total
amount spent, as already reported by telegram, is £ 3,260.
If full details oi all the articles purchased are required
they can be obtained from the Assistant Manager, Lloyds
Bank.
5. The Shah firsta sked that his party should ce accommodate
in two separate houses at Mauritius, but afterwards (at the
request of his eldest daughter who w ants a separate house
for herself and her husband) asked ior three villas, all of
them within 100 yards oi each other. I informed nim that
I would pass this request on, out that it would oe oetter
to see what had been‘dene for them when they neathea
Mauritius and then see ii sciy chatge was required. The
Ex-khah and his sons were particularly exercised as to whether
they would be guarded or shadowed in Mauritius, a i.matter
which seems to s fleet their amour propre more than anything
else. They will be much xsasra reassured oy H.E. the ¥iceroy T s
message received last night in Focrin # s signal No. 05302/5
a French translation of which I propose to hand to the Shah
when I go on board today.
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6. The Ex-Shah himself after the first day fes oeen quite
courteous towards me, but the members of his family, with
the exception of the eldest daughter, have been very difficult
to deal with, unfortunately the Sx-Snah does not seem aole
to stand more than £>out five minutes* serious conversation
at a time, g.na he always disappears on some e xcuse or
tx other leaving me to deal with his eldest son (irtiose
insistence on using broken English aoes notmaxe things any
easier) and No. 11 Feridun Jam who fortunately does not
speak English. The whole attitude of the party betrays
dislike of the British aggraoated of course by the treatment
they are now receiving from js. I was told by one of the
ship^s officers yesterday that whenever the princes see the
H.I.N. patrol boat passing near the ship they all spit
overboard at her in unison. They also spat at a Greek warship
one day thinking it was British. The Shah has once or twice