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Coll 28/21 ‘Persia; Azerbaijan; Persia-Russian & Persia-Turkish Frontier.’ [226r] (451/845)
The record is made up of 1 file (421 folios). It was created in 21 Jul 1930-3 May 1946. 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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Sir D. Osborne,
No,59 SAVING
December 22nd,1945
CONFIDENTIAL
R. 4*20 p.m* January 2nd,1946*
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An eminent ecclesiastic, with special knowledge of the
Middle East, whose information and forecasts during the war
years were remarkably often correct (he has asked me not to
mention his name if I should quote his views), told me on
December 20 th that he regarded the present situation as regards
Russian and Azerbaijan as roughly identical with the situation at
the time of Munich as regards Germany and Czechoslovakia* If the
Russians got away with Azerbaijan, the ’’democratic” Government
of which would no doubt shortly appeal to be received within the
Soviet Union, their next moves would be against Turkey (this
expectation has already proved correct) and among the Kurds.
Persia and Turkey would be absorbed or dominated. He diagnosed
what Lord Halifax has defined in the last sentence of his telegram
No.8295 as progressive and deliberate disturbance of the Middle
East in accordance with a methodically planned pattern of
aggression. In his opinion this plan contemplates an advance across
the Middle East to India, the gold and other wealth of which
offer rich spoils to a modern Genghis Khan. Modern Russian methods
were analogous with Hitler's and Russian ambitions no less far-
reaching, Communism was no longer the inspiration of Russian poli^
but a valuable instrument of Russian imperialism. The Comintern,
as an international body, had been abolished and .the policy that
it used to plan was now in Russian hands alone; the Titos,
Togliattis, Thorez, Dimitrovs, etc. were all collaborating abroad.
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Papers concerning affairs on the northeast frontiers of Persia [Iran], with a focus on Iranian Azerbaijan, sent to and from British Government officials based in Persia, including those at the British Consulate at Tabriz and the British Embassy in Tehran, and the Foreign Office in London.
The correspondence covers the following:
- Throughout the period June 1930 to July 1931 (ff 379-421), the situation on the Perso-Russian and Perso-Turkish borders, and relations in the region between Persia and Russia. These papers predominantly comprise reports from the British Consul at Tabriz (Clarence Edward Stanhope Palmer).
- During October and November 1932, calls to boycott the elections to the new Persian majlis by an organisation describing itself as the Nationalist Organisation of Azerbaijan (ff 368-378). Papers include a translation of a manifesto issued by the organisation (ff 369-370).
- In 1935, reports responding to rumours of civil unrest in Tabriz (ff 357-363).
- In 1938, deteriorating relations between Iran and Russia, partly in response to Russia’s unease at an increase in trade between Germany and Iran (ff 337-352).
- The political crisis brought about by the declaration of the Azerbaijan People’s Government in November 1945, and the ensuing Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis, which arose from Soviet Russia’s refusal to relinquish Iranian territory originally occupied by Russia during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941 (ff 4-336). Papers include a declaration (in French) made by the National Congress of Iranian Azerbaijan (ff 259-260), and the translated texts of programmes and laws announced by the Azerbaijan National Government (ff 207-209, f 92, ff 77-79, ff 61-63).
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- 1 file (421 folios)
- Arrangement
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 422; 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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- Coll 28/21 ‘Persia; Azerbaijan; Persia-Russian & Persia-Turkish Frontier.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:60v, 64r:76v, 80r:91v, 93r:124v, 127r:139v, 146r:152v, 155r:206v, 210r:240v, 244r:259v, 262r:354v, 356r:368v, 371r:376v, 379r:422v, back
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