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Ext 5000/41(1) 'Persia: situation leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation' [235r] (469/606)
The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 7 Jul 1941-9 Sep 1941. 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.
Sir R. Bullard
No.466.
miriuly, 1941.
D a 6o00 p.m. 25th July, 1941.
R. 1.05 p.m. 26th July, 1941.
Repeated to Government of India No.348
Moscow
Cairo for Minister of State.
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J° Government of India te 1 e,gram_ N.a^5.69Q.-. to Spcretary of
State for India July 20th e
I regret that illness has prevented my commenting
earlier on this important telegram.
2. If economic pressure is applied, I think that publicity
should he confined at least in the first instance to stating
that we cannot supply valuable goods and use of precious
shipping to carry them to and from country where large number
of Germans are allowed to remain in key positions. This could
be accompanied by tales of fifth column work in the
Netherlands and elsewhere.
3. We have to assume that German wireless, which is very
popular in Iran (Persia), would still be unfettered, while
German community, even if considerably reduced, could still
carry on propaganda by word of mouth on a scale that we
could not touch.
4. I cannot imagine a weaker ground on which to fight
Gothhis tan Hat cf industrial development. In Iranian (Persian)
eyes we have very bad reputation on this score - complete
indifference before the war and since the war began [at
least until quite recently), contracts made only to
be broken. Germans v«ould not fail to suggest that we were playing
the game v/e played in India, namely, suppressing or retarding
native industries for benefit of our own, and would point out
that if Iran had only carried out further its policy of
industrialism, and been able to make, for example, more beet
sugar and more textiles, she could snap her fingers at the
brutal British blockade. And so on.
5. To forestall accusation that we wished to
intimidate Iranian industries by removing technicians of vital
importance* we might say from the start that v/e realised this
difficulty, but uhat it is over a year since fifth column
methods were first revealed to the world, and there has been
time to engage specialists from neutral countries though
thanks to German aggression many countries from which such
specialists could nave been obtained have admittedly been
over-run and enslaved.
RECd. POL. DEFt.
U ul 941
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.
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The volume comprises telegrams, letters, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the situation in Persia leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation in August 1941.
The discussion in the volume relates to:
- relations with the Shah and the Persian Government prior to the Allied occupation
- Anglo-Persian military operations in Persia
- perceptions of the government of the United States of America on the situation
- safety and security of the British community in Persia
- reaction of different groups within Persia to the Allied occupation
- establishment of supply routes to Russia via Persia involving military occupation
- security of oil supplies
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Secretary of State for India.
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 (301 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 303; 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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- Ext 5000/41(1) 'Persia: situation leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation'
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- front, front-i, 2r:302v, 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