خارجي ٦٥٥٢/ ٤١ "منظومة الأمن في بلاد فارس" [و‎‎٧‎٢] (٣٢٠/١٤٣)

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the Compliments
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Under Secretary of Stapjl^F
for Foreign Affairs
IMMEDIATE
[This docwaent must !1 be paraphrased if conimunicated to any
person outside Government service].
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^^TCyr>her] ^ L DEPART^iENTAL No. 2
^ FROM TEHR/UJ TO FOREIGN OFFICE .
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Sir R. Bullard
No. 1042
18th August, 1942
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D. 1.50 p.m. 19th August, 1942
R. 5.45 p.m. 19th August, 1942
Repeated to Foreign New Delhi No e 589
Minister of-State Cairo
Bagdad for General-Officer-Comm&nding saving
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I have since discussed the matter twice with the Prime
Minister. I have assured him that the [grp. undec.]
proposed would apply also to people now interned at Ahwaz
or in our hands m Tehran.
2. The Prime Minister is standing out for interrogation
in Tehran though he agrees that those not set free after the
interrogation should he sent to Sultanahad for internment.
I have maintained that this is impossible on practical and
political grounds. We cannot send large guard to Tehran.
Interrogation v/ould take considerable time and meanwhile
suspects would he in communication with persons^outside the
place of confinement through the unreliable police and their
presence here would continue to he exploited^by iournalists
and Deputies hostile to us or to the Prime Minister while
both the Government and the Legation v/ould be besieged by
relatives and friends hoping for immediate release of some
given suspect.
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3. The Prime Minister is. I think, genuinely afraid of
public opinion but he pays too much attention to the small
part which is vocal. There is no evidence that our attitude
has aroused wide resentment though the defeats of Russians
naturally encouraged our critics. I consider that ce®"'.
promise we have now proposed is reasonable and that nothing
less will give us the security which we require. I.have
given the Prime Minister good evidence that the Persian
police are not to be trusted in this matter. His reply
that we can place our own guard with Persian police over
place of detention in Tehran is not sound, not only because
of the difficulty we should have in > supplying guard here but
also because so long as Persian police are in contact with
suspects isolation will be imperfect. Arrangement I have
suggested (that only means[sicj)for Sultanabad is that the
Persian Government should appoint Commissioners of high
standing who would visit persons detained at stated times
and hear their complaints in the presence ol the British
representatives and if necessary report to the Persian
Government. Commissioners would also be present at
interrogation: joint interrogation would not, I consider,
be practicable.
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