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Coll 28/129 ‘OIL; Oil Concessions in North Persia; Request by Soviet Government.’ [‎9r] (18/377)

The record is made up of 1 file (186 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1946-10 Dec 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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En Clair
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
FROII MOSCO.'. f TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir M. Peterson
D. 2.10 p.n. 22nd November, 1947
No. 2516
22nd November, 1947. R. 5.40 p.va. 22nd November, 1947
Repeated tc Uashingt n No. 512
Tehran Nr. 45
B.M.E.O. Cairo No. 52
LIGHT
Soviet Persian relations
Under headlines "Vi ilation by Iran cf last year s
agreement with the Soviet Uni'n", entire Soviet press of
November 21st devotes over one C' lunn to texts of dav-ara’s
letter to Sadchikov regarding the rejection of the oil
agreement by the Majlis, and Sadchik-Vs reply 'f November
20th.
2. Introductory paragraph accuses Persian Government
cf first delaying the fulfilment of its obligations and -of
later rejecting altogether, under various pretexts, the
conclusion f the agreement, qavam is accused of having
submitted to the Majlis a report on_the agreement rhich
was armed against Majlis, confirmation.
3. Full text of Qav/an’s note communicating text of
Majlis resolution is then given, and is followed by
complete text of Sadchikov's reply.
4. Press of 21st also carries short Tehran Tass
message alleging that Tehran papers c ntinuc to speak
against Qm/an Government's policy "which is armed at
placing Iran in semi-colonial dependence cn the United
States". Tass alleges tlrt newspapers are in particular
protesting against Government's pi .ns to receive fin America
loan, and qu^ 03 Kiameiran and Alam n this subject. Tass
adds quotation from Arzu on Qawam's, perfidious
relationship with the Soviet Uni n and his affront to the
Soviet people.
Foreign Office please pass t- Washington as my
telegram Mo. 512.
[Repeated to l.'ashingt n]
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the efforts of the Soviet Union to sign an oil concession agreement with Persia [Iran] covering northern Iran. The papers cover: the Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam’s involvement in the carrying of a bill for a joint Iranian-Soviet oil company to the Iranian majlis; details of the negotiations for an oil concession in northern Persia, and the geographic area under consideration, with map (f 156); Prime Minister Qavam’s presentation of his report on the oil concession to the Iranian majlis in October 1947; the Iranian Government’s rejection of Qavam’s bill, as outlined in an official text published in the Iranian press (English translation, f 37); telegraphic correspondence from the British Embassy in Moscow, reporting on articles appearing in the Soviet press ( Pravda , Izvestiya ) commenting on the oil concession, the Iranian Government’s actions, and a perceived growth in American [United States of America] influence in Iranian Government policy.

The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard, succeeded in 1946 by John Helier Le Rougetel; the British Chargé d’Affaires in Moscow, Frank Kenyon Roberts; the British Ambassador in Moscow, Maurice Drummond Peterson; and the Foreign Office.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (186 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 188; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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