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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [91r] (181/320)
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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65
2. Provision for this
factory
An East India Company trading post.
was made in the budget for the Iranian year
1316 (the 21st March 1937 to the 20th March 1938), a sum of Rials 9,000,000
^ being provided for the purpose. Th^ contract was given to the German
tirm of Aver of Berlin. Construction appears to have been begun in July
1937, and by July, 1938 the production of 330 gas masks per working day of
8 hours was anticipated. The construction of the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is now* proceeding at
the village of Vanek, 6 miles North of Tehran (marked as Wanak ” on
square lb. of Degree Sheet 9 M). In addition to the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, bungalows for
workmen and officials are also being erected. When the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is ready for
Production, Germans will instruct the local labour in the manufacture of the
masks. It is understood that the Iranian Government hope to be able both
to supply the requirements for the whole of Iran and also to export masks to
neighbouring countries.
3. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Department of Overseas
Trade and to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department No. 84.
( 50 )
Copies to India No. 95.
Bagdad No. 29 (Reference Bagdad des. No. 8 of 30/3/38) D. O. T. (Ref.
Bagdad des. to F. O. No. 119-E of 30/3/38).
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 194, dated the 19th May 1938.
With reference to Sir Maurice Peterson’s despatch No. 119 E. [S. No. (32)]
of the 30th March, I have the honour to report that it was not until a few days
ago that the Iranian Government announced that passengers would be carried
on the Iranian air-service to Bagdad. The following information regarding
the passenger service has been obtained from Irantour, the Iranian Govern
ment travel
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
2. Four passengers only are carried on the service. The fares from
Tehran are Rials 600 to Kermanshah, and Rials 1,200 to Bagdad. No re
duction is made for return journeys. Luggage is limited to 40 kilos per pas
senger, of which 20 kilos are carried free, and the remaining 20 kilos are charged
for at Rials 6 per kilo to Kermanshah and Rials 12 per kilo to Bagdad.
3. The aeroplanes continue to leave Tehran (Doshan Teppeh aerodrome)
on Tuesday at 7 a.m., being due at Bagdad at noon on the same day. On the
return journey they leave Bagdad at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, arriving at Tehran
at noon.
4. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Department of Overseas
Trade, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department, and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad.
( 51 )
f Khorassan No. 23.
| India No. 97.
Copies to : Moscow.
I Ankara No. 2.
(_TaDri£ ]Nu. la.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 197, dated the 19th May 1938.
With reference to paragraph 3 of Mr. Seymour’s despatch No. 79 [S.
No. (23)] of the 27th February, I have the honour to inform you that during
the past few weeks large numbers of Iranian subjects, who have been expelled
from the Soviet Union, have entered Iran. A press report from Tabriz of
17 (S) EAD
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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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- Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7r, 8r:11r, 12v:14v, 16r:16v, 20r, 23r:32r, 34r:41v, 42v:48r, 50v:55r, 56r:61r, 63r:65r, 68r:69r, 71v, 75v:77v, 79r:81v, 82v:85v, 89r, 91r:91v, 92v:93r, 94v:96v, 97v:101r, 102v:108v, 115r:118r, 124r, 125r:130v, 132r:134r, 136r:139r, 141r:141v, 145r:146v, 149r:151r, 152r:153v, 154v:159v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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