Draft Paper for Circulation to the Conference Regarding Troop Withdrawals in Persia

Supervisor DRAFT PAPER FOR OTRCULATIO ON TO THE CONFTRENCE TERMINAL NO His Majesty's Government and the Soviet Government are maintaining their troops in Persia by virtue of the Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of the 29th June, 1942, under Article 5 of which these forces are to be withdrawn from Persia "not later than six months after all hostilities between the Allied Powers and Germany and her Satellites had been suspended". H.M.G. have suggested to the Soviet Government that the Allied forces should be withdrawn from Persia pari passu and in stages before the final treaty is reached. The Soviet is SERVICE SOVERAMENT Government have not, however, replied. In H.M.G.'s viewtho time has now come for the complete joint withdrawal of Allied forces from Persia and they propose that this should take place in three stages as follows:- (1) British and Soviet forces would be with- drawn completely from Teheran at once; (2) After t's completion of the first stage, British and Sovièt troops would be withdrawn from the whole of Persia except that British troops would remain in Abadan and the southern oilfields area DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By ULT-NL NARS Date 6.29-70