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Coll 28/21(2) ‘Persia. Azerbaijan: Persia, Russian and Persia – Turkish Frontier.’ [135r] (275/763)
The record is made up of 1 file (377 folios). It was created in 3 May 1946-15 Dec 1947. It was written in English and French. 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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Secondly, (please see Mr. Le Rougetel r s
3 telegram No. 1950 to you) as soon as the Mejlis had
approved the Soviet oil concession it was to bo
anticipated that Russian pressure over Azerbaijan
would be relaxed.
3. Ambassador added that in particular he had
always deprecated any form of reference to the Security
Council since he did not see what practical assistance
could be expected from that body apart from sympathy and
moral support. He had found the Russians since his
arrival in Moscow to be much concerned over Northern
Persia and to be showing every sign of "toughness”.
They had been promised confirmation of oil concession
within seven months of signature. Nine months had
already elapsed.
4. Ambassador did not know whether Persian
Government troops had actually tried to enter Azerbaijan
although he had heard there had been a skirmish. His
anxiety was increased by a feeling that the Persian army
might not fight in a cause which they might well not
regard as representing a national interest but rather
the private interest of a few wealthy people (he was
rather obscure on this point and evidently reluctant to
say anything against the Prime Minister). He referred
to the suspicious nature of the Russians and even to the
apprehensions v/hich they entertained for the safety of
Baku, though he did not press this last point when I
characterised it as absurd. Russians could put from
10,000 to 20,000 trained men into Azerbaijan from their
side
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The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/21 ‘Persia; Azerbaijan; Persia-Russian & Persia-Turkish Frontier.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3417). It chiefly comprises copies of telegraphic correspondence exchanged between British officials in Tehran and Tabriz, and the Foreign Office in London, and covers events of the Iran-Azerbaijan crisis of 1946, and its immediate aftermath:
- Reports and eyewitness accounts of the withdrawal, in May 1946, of Russian troops from Tabriz and Iranian Azerbaijan, and the efforts of an Iranian Government delegation to verify the Russian evacuation.
- Negotiations between the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (referred to as the Democrats), led by Ja’far Pishevari, and the Iranian (Central) Government, led by the Iranian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qavam, leading to an agreement on 13 June 1946 for the Iranian Azerbaijan Parliament to be changed to a Provincial Council (ff 278-279).
- From October 1946, amidst a deteriorating political situation, and in the run up to December elections, preparations in Iranian Azerbaijan for armed resistance against Iran.
- From 10 December 1946, reports of Iranian troops launching attacks in Iranian Azerbaijan, prior to their arrival in Tabriz on 13 December 1946 (f 156, f 115).
- Discussion amongst British officials over their role in supporting the Iranian Government, with support from British (and US) officials being declared on 10 December 1946, immediately after the Iranian Government’s military action against Iranian Azerbaijan had been confirmed.
- Continuing reports of violence in Iranian Azerbaijan and the Mahabad District of Iran, including the arrest, imprisonment, and killing of individuals associated with the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.
- A secret report on a tour of Iranian Azerbaijan, made by the Assistant British Military Attaché, 6-15 April 1947 (ff 25-40).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (377 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 378; 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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- Title
- Coll 28/21(2) ‘Persia. Azerbaijan: Persia, Russian and Persia – Turkish Frontier.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, 21r:53v, 55r:61v, 64r:110v, 113r:123v, 127r:172v, 174r:233v, 240r:246v, 249r:297v, 299r:300v, 306r:307v, 309r:332v, 337r:378v, back
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