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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [‎48r] (95/320)

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The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. 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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4. Tlie next we heard was that Doctor Iranow had arrived in Tehran. He
called at the Consulate on September 7th and said that he hoped to see the Minister
of Education, whom he has met before and get permission to make his tour. He
has promised to let us know what progress he makes.
5. If Doctor Iranow’s manuscripts are heavy, there may be some delay in
sending them all home, since our bags are limited in weight. But I imagine that
there will be no great hurry.
(Signed) H. J. SEYMOUR.
Sin Stephen Gaselee, K.C.M.G., C.B.E.,
The Foreign Office.
( 73 )
Letter prom His Majesty’s Legation, Tehran, to Foreign Office, London,
No. 35S-E., dated 10 th September 1937.
I have the honour to inform you that according to the “ Journal de Teheran ”
of the 2nd September, the Banque Mellie Iran intend to open twenty-three new
branches in the provinces: these would bring the number of provincial offices up
to sixty-five.
2. The article ends with the remark that the establishment of these sixty-five
branches shows a satisfactory economic and financial situation which calls for
expansion of the bank in order to facilitate current transactions,
3. Competent opinion considers that the Banque Mellie is overdoing it bv
opening branches in such small places as are now being selected, and regards the
programme as “ window-dressing ”. The places are in some cases villages of no
importance whatever, and it is difficult to believe that banking facilities are needed
% the inhabitants.
4. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Department of Overseas Trade
(unnumbered), to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department No. 165 and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Baghdad No. 73.
( 74 )
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office
London, No. 349, dated 6 th September 1937.
In my despatch No. 296 of July 31st, I reported the appointment of Monsieur
Moussa Noury Esfandiary as Director-General of the Department of Industry and
and Mines. His tenure of the post for which, as I observed, he had no obvious
qualifications, only lasted some three weeks, when he was dismissed and replaced
by Seyyid Mehdi Farrokh, formerly Governor of Western Azerbaijan.
2. Monsieur Noury Esfandiary is generally believed to have been made the
scapegoat for a muddle which occurred shortly after his appointment and for which
he can hardly have had any responsibility. It had been arranged that the official
opening of the new silk factory An East India Company trading post. at Chalus should be attended by the Shah and the
majority of the Cabinet. The foreign experts had consistently reported that the
factory An East India Company trading post. was not yet ready to function properly, but the opening date, once fixed,
could apparently not be postponed. The result of the function was naturally
disappointing and Monsieur Noury Esfandiary had to bear ihe blame. He is,
however, not of sufficient eminence for this setback to be likely permanently to
affect him.
3. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Secretary to the Government of
India in the External Affairs Department No. 158.
MC1S4EAD

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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.

At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).

A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .

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.

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1 file (158 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; these numbers are written in pencil 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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