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Ext 5000/41(6) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS' [378r] (755/920)
The record is made up of 1 volume (460 folios). It was created in 7 Jul 1942-12 Apr 1943. 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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twr a peconnaiasanco party of our Royal Snglneers to go and survey
the road, but he had not been encouraging. He excused himaeli by
saying that he could not take the responoibillty for tl^c aai ety of
the rariy In existing conditions f but he hastened to sugr^Bw ' n t
perhaps we could co-operate in the project. (I venture to Ruggefo^
that this question be discussed in Teheran by the C.S.
Minister of Hoads and Com-mnications, as it would be to our advantage
to have a finger in this pie.)
At this point ?imJ2 stated that the operations in DASHTI
Kh6 Veen going ahead satisfactorily, that moot of the rebels had
giver: up, and that \li 131UIL ^ould _GQiU 3 ^lii£^li^^ Re tnust
finish these operations nulckly, and withdraw Ms column (a on
He K<ta accoun of the heat nnd ^b) because he Intended, as soon as he c .ul ,
^ ^ to occu r PTHUZABAD with a rallitcry column.
fo,^ Owing to the taking over of QAMMHJRGKI aerodrome by^the
acajW.RusRians, t)ie Persian Mv Force machines, (or some of them; had
been sent to Btefahan. He was not able to have any here until he
had been able to enlarge the Shiraz aerodrome to about 1,000 metres
each way. This would entail a probable expenditure of some 200,ouu
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
on purchasing, clearing and levelling adjoining ground,
he saw no hope of getting the money.
lo. At the end of ray talk I mentioned the serious case of
assault by an Aranieh Officer on a Kemanshah Petroleum Oempsny s
driver. I have reported separately on this, but t e point I wish
to record here is that FIHUZ expressed his disgust in general uerms
at all the Atunieh Officers, and then went on to fulminate against
Persian military officers, especially v/hat he mounte-
Tehran. He characterised them as a pack of useless strutting
banks, and that the state of affairs at Oeneral Staff Headquarters
was appalling. Officers refused to obey orders when detailudlbr
duty in the provinces, and refused to proceed. If, he saic, tne
Oermans break through in the Caucasus, he did not kno^ what migh
not happen with the Military in Teheran. ^ /
Shiraz,
19th June, 1942.
(9gd.) T.V.BRKT^AN,
Ilia Majesty 1 s Consul,
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, on a wide variety of miscellaneous topics which are ordered in the volume by chronology. Topics include:
- reopening of the railways
- oil stocks shortage of oil
- security of the oil-producing areas
- appointments to the Persian government
- actions of the Persian government
Included in the volume are letters (ff 14-16) between the British Consul-General, Tabriz (RW Urquhart) to HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) about plans for preventing a revolt by the Kurds.
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under-Secretary of State for India and HM Minister, 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (460 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 460; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/556
- Title
- Ext 5000/41(6) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:459v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence