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Bitter Experience of Nazi Fifth Column Action
Reasons for the Anglo-Russian action are set out in a statement made in Simla by General Molesworth, Deputy Chief of the Indian General Staff. It was a step, he said, which both Governments deplored. General Molesworth spoke of Britain's bitter experience of Axis fifth column action in countries which the Germans had overrun, and in Syria and Irak, where the enemy's plans had been foiled. The Germans in Iran had gone there not merely as traders, technicians, and tourists, but in many key positions in industry and communications in the country. It had been made quite clear to the Iranian Government, he continued, that not only was Iran endangered, but the whole of the Middle East and India. Furthermore, the Germans threatened the rear of Britain's ally, Russia, who was resisting a violent and unprovoked attack. The latest German drive into the Ukraine had brought matters to a head. General Molesworth made it clear that neither Britain nor Russia had any territorial claims on Iran or elsewhere.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 49, 26 August 1941, Page 7
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