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Ext 5001/41 'PERSIA – INTERNAL (Miscellaneous despatches).' [‎119r] (237/248)

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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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on these boards, and the required executive energy will, it is hoped, be provided
to a large extent by the American advisers. A number of American experts with,
it is hoped, executive powers will arrive shortly to help in the administration
ot the army, police, finance and supplies and in other spheres. General Greely
is already working as unofficial adviser to the Intendent-General of the Army,
/^Hd Professor Winsor has been working for some time in the Ministry of
Jriculture as irrigation expert.
20. A.R.P. is non-existent here, and a P.A.D. officer from 10th Army has
recently conducted an examination of the question on the spot and made recom
mendations to the Persian Government. A survey of minerals of value to the
Allied war effort is being made by Mr. Barnett, a'member of the M.E.S C staff
and development work’under our direction may well result. Meanwhile we do
not forget, in the midst of this constructive effort, measures lying at the other
end of the scale of usefulness, such as air raid precautions and plans for evacua
tion to be put into effect if the worst comes to the worst.
21. In the areas occupied by British troops, our intervention to secure the
removal of undesirable officials and the appointment of suitable successors is
becommg increasingly frequent. I am reporting separately on the question of
the I nbal Lands Commission with which Colonel Galloway maintains special
contact. Meanwhile it is only fair to say that in spite of gloomy forecasts the
Persian army has succeeded in maintaining a fair degree of security on our lines
of communication and supply routes to Russia. Mohamed Rashid in Kurdistan
only has a few~ followers left, and rather desultory negotiations are proceeding'
In the Bakhtiari country an appearance of order has been restored; only in Pars
does the situation cause anxiety as Nasir Khan has not made his peace with the
Persian Government and is said to be harbouring some German agents The
Qashgai and Kuhgilu countries are closed to Government troops.
22. To conclude this rather lengthy review, there is, I fear, no doubt that
we are in for a most difficult time. The food-stuffs and transport situation alone
is most complex, and w T e have to work through a maze of corruption and
inefficiency in the administration in our efforts to deal with it The deterioration
in the military situation in recent weeks has made our task a good deal more
difficult. But we shall live from day to day and try to meet these problems as
they arise.
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).

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1 file (122 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 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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