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With the Compliments
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'ROM KERIvIAUSHAH TO [?GRQUP OMITTED ]
His Majesty’s Consul
No. 61.
6th September 1941.
D. 9.00 p.m. 7th September 1941.
R. 4.40 p.m. 7th September 1941.
Repeated to Bagdad telegram No. 22
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Foreign Office telegram No. 7 [grp. undec. ]
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Local situation has been suddenly aggravated by the
sudden invasion of Persian Kurdistan by Iraqi Kurds said
to be under orders of Sheikh Mahmud. These invading
bands, reported to number about 1000, have surrounded
several Persian frontier posts and penetrated about
50 miles into Persia towards Stalanaaj.
G-eneral Moqadam tells me that Persian military
posts have^ been called upon to surrender in the name
of Sheikh Mahmud, styling himself King of Kurdistan.
As the Persian military authorities in their present
difficulties are aLnost powerless to resist these attacks,
British military^authorities are taking measures to
repel these Iraqi invaders by re-inforcing Eritish
garrison at Khan... It is probable that British troops
North East of Iraq will be ordered to collaborate in
crushing this movement which appears to have been
launched to encourage Persian turds to support Sheikh
Mahmud s efforts to take advantage of present chaos in
•ifestem Persia in order to create an autonomous
[grp. undec.] alliance.
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