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to the off-shore oil proposals and are no doubt looking for
v/uys and means of smothering Persian criticism at once,
if it seems lilcoly to arise. They have, I think, be on
a little more worried than you about the present otato
of uoviet-Persiun relations and are probably anxious to
avoid any new complications. In this connexion they
have in mind recent iioviet insinuations that v/o and the
Americano have concluded a secret agreement for the
division of the Persian Gulf into spheres of influence,
und they are anxious that the Persian Government should
not be tempted to believe that there may be some truth
in this propaganda offort.
5. 1 uiii sending copies of tills letter and of the
enclosure to the recipients of yours.

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