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Coll 28/9(2) ‘Persia; Internal affairs; including new Labour Law of 1946 and general labour conditions in Persia.’ [‎60r] (119/134)

The record is made up of 1 file (65 folios). It was created in 31 May 1938-13 Mar 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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him Umt the p«opl« of %hml ale trio t wore to
dlsoont«otod that open rovolt mo not unlikely* hut
It doo« not atom that such a throat can possibly
bo serious#
2# The local authorities do however
seem to regard the situation generally as serious
and a desire to roaovo foreign subjects frost the
frontier districts where trouble la expected nay
to none extent account for the recent orders of
expulsion served on soae 30 Berber is of British
and Afghan nationality! though a acre likely
reason for the selection of the particular area
for trying out this policy lies in the fact that
these unfortunates live in villages adjoining and
ooaaaandlng to some extent* the water supply of
Us Majesty*s private estate of larlwan*
3# This nervousness nay also be
due to suspicions engendered by the recent policy
of soviet itu&sla* iso tor drivers coming from uarakhs
on the Russian border due east of ieshed report
considerable military activity there* The whole
border of IChorasan seems to have been acre or less
closed and trade to ^shkabad has greatly decreased*
The wholesale deportation of Iranians from soviet
Bussla has deepened the suspicion* Khoxasan has been
less effected than It +$ * Iran but even so the number
of deportees In this area le said to run Into
hundreds* It is* of course* only to be anticipated
that among these refugees should be ajnu&ber of
soviet agents who can be trusted to take full
advantage of the discontent that undoubtedly exists
in the country*
** These mass deportations from
lievlet -assist have to some extent obscured the
importance attached locally to the closing of the
H 1 I.— I .l.—i.——

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Correspondence, reports and other papers submitted by British officials in Iran, relating to the movements and actions of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, and labour legislation passed by the Government of Iran. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/9 ‘Persia; Internal affairs; Shah’s tours in Persia: general situation reports’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3404). The file includes:

  • Two reports written by the British Consul-General for Khorasan and Sistan (Captain Giles Frederick Squire). Both are entitled ‘An appreciation of the political situation in East Iran’, and dated 31 May 1938 (ff 59-65) and 6 December 1938 (ff 48-54) respectively.
  • A report describing the Shah’s visit to Ahwaz [Ahvāz] in March 1939 (ff 39-43).
  • A copy of a report, written by the Press Attaché at the British Legation at Tehran (Ann Katherine Swynford Lambton), dated 1 May 1941, on the state of public opinion in Iran in response to events in the Second World War in Iran’s neighbours, Iraq and Russia (ff 33-34).
  • Papers relating to new labour legislation introduced by the Government of Iran in 1946, including a translation of regulations concerning the duties, organisation and procedure of the Supreme Labour Council (ff 18-19), and a translation of minimum wage regulations (ff 8-12).
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1 file (65 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 66; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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