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Ext 5001/41 'PERSIA – INTERNAL (Miscellaneous despatches).' [89v] (178/248)
The record is made up of 1 file (122 folios). It was created in 21 Jun 1942-15 Mar 1946. 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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that more dispensaries should be provided for Persia if possible. It is note
worthy that the Soviet authorities have, since the typhus hospital was opened,
announced a considerable expansion of their medical aid to the local population
in their zone and have established a 50-bed hospital in Tehran, staffed by Russian
doctors, for Persian patients.
The British Council.
41. The British Council started an “ Anglo-Persian Institute” in Tehran
early in the year, and its official opening was most successfully celebrated last week
in a series of three receptions attended by over 1,500 people. Regular classes in
English have, however, been held since February last. These classes have aroused
even greater interest than was expected. Thousands of applications for enrolment
were received, and although the institute was at first seriously handicapped by
shortage of staff, the situation has now improved and the number of native
English teachers is expected to be increased to eight in the very near future.
There are now 30 classes, comprising 320 Persian students of both sexes, and
about 150 more Persians are members of the library, which is already tolerably
well stocked. The Persian authorities are giving the institute every encourage
ment and M. Hussein Ala has accepted the chairmanship of an advisory
committee which includes two members of the Government, the Under-Secretary
for War and other Persian notabilities, in addition to the counsellor to His
Majesty’s Legation and representatives of the British community. The Minister
of Education and His Majesty’s Minister are ex officio patrons of the institute.
42. The activities of the council in Tehran are meeting a long-felt need and
the enthusiasm which they have aroused is proportionately great. They constitute
probably the best of all forms of propaganda, and it is earnestly hoped that every
encouragement will be given to their further development both in Tehran and in
the provinces.
I am sending copies of this despatch to the Government of India, to His
Majesty’s Minister of State at Cairo, and to Minbraneh at Bagdad, to Paiforce,
Bagdad, and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Kuibyshev.
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
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This file consists of miscellaneous dispatches relating to internal affairs in Persia [Iran] during the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. The file begins with references to an Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, signed in January 1942, which followed the Anglo-Soviet invasion of the country in August-September 1941.
Most of the dispatches are addressed by His Majesty's Minister (later Ambassador) at Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden). The dispatches discuss political, financial and economic affairs in Persia, as well as issues regarding road and rail transport (for the transportation of foodstuffs), food supplies and press censorship,
Related matters of discussion include the following:
- British concerns regarding the extent and effect of Axis propaganda in Persia and the Persian Government's response to it.
- Relations between the Shah [Muhammad Reza Khan] and successive Persian prime ministers, and the power and influence of the Majlis deputies.
- Anglo-Persian relations, and British concerns regarding Soviet policy in Persia.
- The Persian press's response to the Allied occupation.
- The Tehran conference in late November 1943, attended by Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D Roosevelt, who were also present at a dinner at the British Legation, held in celebration of Churchill's 69th birthday (also discussed is the naming of three streets in Tehran, after Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt respectively).
- The tribal situation in Persia.
- The raising of the status of the British Legation in Tehran to that of British Embassy in February 1943.
- The United States' interests in Persia.
- The status of Polish evacuees in Persia.
- The work of the British Council in Persia.
- The question of the withdrawal of Allied troops from Persia.
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 (folio 1).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (122 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 for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 124; 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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- Ext 5001/41 'PERSIA – INTERNAL (Miscellaneous despatches).'
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- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:123v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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