If you have difficulty reading my Father's
Persian handwriting
here it is in Latin...
Tofigh Roshdi beyk vazir omour kharedjeh torkiyeh keh modat ha dar zamane Ataturk in semat ra dasht ba man dar Geneve az dar dousti dar amad va adame khoun garm va khoubi boud.
Tchandin sal dar Geneve ba ham dar djameeh melal ham kari dashtim (1932), pas
az ankeh man beh semate sefarate kobraye iran dar Ankara moayan shodam tchandin (1942)
sal az in ashenaii ya dousti gozashteh boud. Dar anvaght kari nadasht va Ataturk ham
naboud, rouzi be sefarat amad va
dar beyne sohbat goftegou az zamane vezarate omour kharedjeh ou va monasebate ou ba Ahmad
Shah va peyghame Ataturk beh Shah Iran dar miyan amad.
Man harfe ou ra bi kam va kasr naghl mikonam - nambordeh goft Ataturk nazar beh inkeh
selseleh Ghadjariyeh az nejade Tork boudand kheyli mayel boud keh Ahmad Shah karash kharab
nashavad va dar saltanat mostaghar bashand. Anvaght Ahmad Shah dar farangestan boud, beh
ou peygham dadam keh beravam va ba Ahmad Shah molaghat konam va az ou bekhaham keh zoud
tar ta
kar kharab nashodeh beh Iran moradjeaat konad - man Paris raftam va beh Ahmad Shah keh
anvaght dar Nice boud telegeraph kardam keh az tarafe Ataturk peygham fori daram. Ahmad
javab dad keh man tchand rouz digar beh Lausanne miravam va montazer hastam keh dar andja
shoma ra molaghat konam.
Man dar rouze moayan be Lausanne raftam va dar Lausanne Palace keh Ahmad Shah dar andja manzel dasht raftam va mara dar rouze moayad paziroft, aghayan Arfae-ol-dolleh, va Amou Khan vazir mokhtar Iran dar Paris hozour dashtand, va mozakerat ma shorou shod - tamame mozakerat beh zabane torki boud tchon har seh nafar mesle yek nafar Tork, torki sohbat mikardand - goftam Ataturk beh shoma salam miresanand va kheyli arezu darad keh hartcheh zudtar Aalahazrat beh Iran moradjeaat farmayand tchon tassavor mikonad eghamate fogholadeh aalahazrat dar farangestan va ouzaii keh emrouz dar andja pish amadeh momken ast baese zahmate ziyad beshavad.
Ahmad shah djavab dad khodam khiyal daram beh hamin zoudi moradjeaat konam- goftam
Ataturk mayel ast Alahazrat az rahe Ankara beh Iran moradjeaat farmayand - goft besiyar
khoub. Dar in moghee keh sohbat beh indja resideh boud ezafeh kardam Ataturk hazer ast yek
corps d'armée (Corps d'armée ) ghoshoun hamrah aalahazrat bekonad keh dar rekabe
Aalahazrat beh Tehran biyayand va mokhalefine saltanat ra az kar dour bekonand va pas az
ankeh vazee beh haale aadi bargasht anvaght aalahazrat ghoshouni ra keh dar rekaab
amadehand morekhas farmayand.
Didam tchehreh Ahmad Shah taghyir kard, goft man torki shoma ra nemi-fahmam, dar
souratikeh ta beh hal tamam sohbat ma ba torki beh khoubi pish miraft madjbour shodam
matlabe bala ra foran beh Faranseh tekrar konam - Ahmad Shah moteghayyer shod, goft "beh
Ataturk beguid hitchvaght padeshah Iran ba ghoshoune adjnabi beh keshvare khodash nakhahad
raft."
Foran goftegu ra khatemeh dadam va az otagh biroun raft. Roshdi indja ezafeh kard pas az
in djavabe radde sakhte Ahmad Shah boud keh Ataturk eelamiyeh mashhoure khod ra bar lah
Reza Khan dad."