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Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.' [59r] (117/142)
The record is made up of 1 file (69 folios). It was created in 12 Sep 1941-23 Mar 1942. 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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FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE,
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Sir R. Bullard
No, 957
$tn October, 191-1.
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D. 2.20 p.m. 9th October, 191-1.
R. 1-.55 p.m. 9th October, 191-1. ^
Repeated to G-overnment of India telegram lio . 779.
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["R n begins].
Prime Minister’s broadcast speech to the nation (see
m y teleg ram No- 9A.6 to Foreign Office repeated to
Government of I ndia telegram N o. 769) has been received with
sympathy as a statement of the individual’s duty to respect
justice and society, if the interi$oi.conditions of the c ountry
are to prosper. His speech stressed that all difficulties
in Persia’s domestic theatre could be traced eventually to
individual slackness of respect for justice and society.
["R 1 ’ ends].
His theme could be used to great advantage in forthcoming
Persian broadcasts from London by pointing out that the
danger which the Prime Minister asked the Persians to face in
their own country is exactly the danger which the Allies and
America are facing and fighting in Europe; that is the
tyranny of those who have seized power and who have refused
to recognise individual rights and duties. It is not
desirable to suggest that conditions in Persia are very bad
or that the late Shah was entirely an evil influence, but
rather that these difficulties, that have been and are being,
experienced in Persia [grp. undec.] from individuals in
society refusing to recognise their duties to justice and
society and that it is fundamentaUy this evil, though on a
gigantic scale, against which the Allies are fighting in
Europe.
[RECd. POL.DEPt.
Vi OCT 941
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This file relates to British propaganda (in the form of food packages, radio broadcasts and literature) in Persia [Iran] during the first few months of the British and Russian occupation of the country. It contains correspondence discussing the internal affairs of Persia from a British perspective, as relayed to the Foreign Office by His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard). Other prominent correspondents include the Secretary of State for India (Leo Amery) and officials of the Foreign Office and the Government of India's External Affairs Department.
Matters discussed include the following:
- Political affairs in Persia, including appointments, resignations, and Cabinet reshuffles.
- Food shortages in Persia and a proposed 'propaganda scheme', whereby the Government of India would supply Persia with around one ton of sugar, from which small boxes of sugar would be distributed to the poor.
- The administration of the ex-Shah's [Reza Shah Pahlavi] estates.
- Proposed subjects for British and Government of India propaganda directed towards Persia, such as the position of the new Shah and the benefits of abolishing conscription.
- Bullard's proposal that food packages sent to Persia by the British should include the statement '[s]upplied by the British Empire'.
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 (folio 1).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (69 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/576
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- Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:70v, 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