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Coll 28/21(2) ‘Persia. Azerbaijan: Persia, Russian and Persia – Turkish Frontier.’ [‎173r] (351/763)

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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[En Cleir]
FROM TEHRrtN TO FOREIGN
CABINET BISTRIBU 1
Mr. Le Rouge tel 0 B.
No.1967
4th December,1946. R,
D. 6,07 p.m. 4th December,1946
R, 7,36 p.m. 4th December ,1946
Repeated to B.M.E.O.Cairo,
government of India f
Moscow, -
Angora,
Washington,
Bagdad,
New York (Federal).
IMMEDIATE
LIGHT
My immediately preceding telegram.
Article is headed: "They wish to make Persia a
war base against the Soviet Union." Imperialism of
America afraid of the failure of its plans seeks in every
way to mislead the people of Persia on political and social
questions. -The policy of Byrnes, Churchill, and Bevin
is directed by the Eisenhowers and Montgomeries. American
policy aims today at the military encirclement of the
U.S.S.R. and the establishment of air, land and sea bases
from which the U.S.S.R, can be attacked.
Persia has a special importance for American
warmongers. If they can establish air and military bases
in Persia they can threaten directly the oilfields of the
Caucasus and the factories of the Urals. The present so-
called impartial Government of Persia has invited these
enemies of our great and friendly neighbour to come from
thousands of miles away and has placed the army and
gendarmerie in their hands. The people of Russia suffered
terribly in the last war. What reason have we to bring
their enemies here to threaten them with new disasters?
Foreign Office please pass to Washington and Federal
New York as ray telegrams Nos.406 and 159 respectively,
[Repeated to Washington and United Kingdom Delegation New
York (Federal) under telegrams Nos.11376 and 2754 respecIMy]
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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).
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1 file (377 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 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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