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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [131r] (261/320)
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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proved. He has certainly acquired some knowledge of banking during the
last few years, but has always struck me as having rather optimistic ideas
of the expenditure which this country can afford. Direct experience of
the Ministry of Finance may however engender a more cautious attitude.
3. The selection of Dr. Matin Daftary for the post of Prime Minister
has caused some surprise. He is one of the youngest of the Cabinet
Ministers and, while he has been quite an effective Minister of Justice he
is a man of the official or civil service type, rather than one of any popular
appeal. But so long as he can accurately carry out the orders of the Shah
the personality of the Prime Minister is of no great importance at present.
4. The appointment of M. Jam as Minister of the Court fills a post
which has been vacant since the fall of Teymourtache. The Minister of
the Court ranks next to the Prime Minister but does not attend Cabinet
Councils. Mr. Jam has expressed to me great pleasure at his new appoint
ment, which is likely, in his case, to be of honour rather than of great
influence. I think however that such influence as he may be able to exer
cise at Court will be in the right direction.
5. The Ministry of Justice will now be in the hands of the present
Under Secretary, M. Mohammed Sorouri, as Acting Minister, and General
'Amir Khosrovi is succeeded at the National Bank by M. Mohammed Ali,
Farzin.
6. A copy of this despatch is being sent to the Secretary to the Govern
ment of India in the External Affairs Department and to the Middle East
Intelligence Centre, Cairo.
(34)
No. 143.
To
The Government of India, External Affairs Department, New Delhi,
With the compliments
of
His Majesty's Representative.
Copy of translation of memorandum No. 33943/5107 of 29th October
1939.
From the Protocol Department of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
To His Majesty’s Legation, Tehran.
Reference Tehran despatch No. 141 of 31st October 1939 [S. No. (33)].
British Legation,
Tehran,
3rd November 1939.
Enclosure to S. No. (34).
Translation of memorandum from the Protocol Department of the
Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to His Majesty’s Legation,
Tehran, No. 33943/5107 of 29th October 1939.
Circular.
The Protocol Department of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs
presents its compliments, and has the honour to inform the Legation of
the formation of the new Cabinet of the Imperial Government, wffiich is as
follows :—
H. E. Dr. Ahmad Matin Daftary, Prime Minister.
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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)
- Arrangement
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–’
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- 42r, 48v:49v, 61v:62v, 65v:67v, 69v:70v, 78r:78v, 86r:87r, 89v:90r, 118v:123v, 124v, 131r:131v, 142r:144v
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- Government of Iran
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