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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [145r] (289/320)
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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FttoM Sir R. Butxard (Tehran), No. 37, dated the 10th February 1940.
Iraqi Charge d•'Affaires informs me that he asked Minister for Foreign
^ Affairs a day or two ago whether Iranian Government were going to grant Iraqi
Government an aerodrome at Tehran in return for landing facilities at Bagdad
(gp. undec.j Minister for Foreign Affairs begged him not to raise the matter as
any such grant would cause Russia to demand aerodromes immediately. Minister
tor I oreign Affairs said that Iranian Government were doing everything possi
ble to keep Russia contented but their position was very difficult. Speaking of
re-armament Minister for Foreign Affairs said Iranian Government had given
up hope of getting war material from Germany and Shah was turning to England
and France for it.
Addressed to Foreign Office, repeated to Bagdad, Nice and Cairo.
(E.-831I831134).
(13)
From British Legation, TehrTn, to Foreign Office, London, No. 42-E.j(295)|
2]40), dated the 7th February 1940.
I have the honour to inform you that my American colleague informs me
that the Iranian Government are contemplating trying to arrange a plan for
purchases in the United States of America to the value of some $60,000,000 over
a period of three years. Mr. Engert enquired of the Prime Minister, who raised
the question, whether these purchases would depend on United States purchases
m Iran and was informed that, while the Iranian Government realised that the
tinted States of America could not consent to a clearing agreement, the} 7- hoped
that it might be possible to be made from Iran up to approximately the value of
the goods bought from the United States of America by Iran. The Prime
Minister also said that the Iranian Government would like United States help
m tlle development of Iran’s mineral resources (please see in this connection
iIma 0 °^ ra ^ 1S ' ^^ an( ^ ^ le 22nd December 1939, and 19th January
1940, respectively). J
. Fngeit tells me that he does not regard these proposals very
seriously. lie has been here three years and has not even been able to conclude
a commercial treatv because of the Iranian Governments views on the balance
ol trade. His doubts, moreover, seem justified in view of the fact that an
American offer to supply cement was recently turned down on the ground that
V ^ as J° 0 iate ’ the only consolation given being to the effect that the
Iranian Government might consider the American offer, if satisfactory, if and
when further quantities were required.
3. Copies of this despatch are being sent to the Ministry
\\ aria re, and to the Middle East Intelligence Centre, Cairo.
of Economic
fE.-830|830!34.)
Copy of despatch fsom British Legation, Tettean, No. 40 (2811140) dated the
7th February 1940.
,> • ^ is ,d? jcKl 7 >S Representative presents his compliments to His Maiestv’s
I rmcipal Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and has the honour to transmit
herewith, copies ol the documents mentioned in the subioined Schedule “e
during ° f Events and Conditions « the Shiraz Consular District
S1UlaZ in T due course.'^ C ° Py ’ two furtker C0 P ies wiU be forwarded
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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–’
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- 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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