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Ext 5000/41(5) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS' [149r] (297/462)
The record is made up of 1 volume (229 folios). It was created in 4 Apr 1942-11 Jul 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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British Legation,
TEHRAN.
1
10th April, 1943.
00^ TRANSLATION o f a letter
FROMsthe Prime Minister
NO sNil
TO: His Majesty’s Minister
BATE: 1st April, 1948.
I have the honour to send you l*or your information a
copy of a memorandum which I have sent to Mr. SMIRNOV, the Soviet
Ambaddador.
TRANSLATION of enclosure.
MEMORANDUM to the Soviet Ambassador No. 61 of the lat April, 1942.
compliments to the Soviet Embassy, and has the honour to state that,
in suite of the clear promises to stop every sort of propaganda which
the Soviet authorities in MOSCOW have given to His Excellency Mr.
SA’ID, the Imperial Ambassador, it is noticed that they have formed
an organisation in Iranian AZERBAIJAN called the Workers Party, and
are carrying out propaganda which is incompatible with the principle
of sovereignty and with the spirit of the Treaty of Alliance between
the two Governments and infringes the independence of IRAN. Among
other things the programme which they have published states that
the civil and penal laws applicable to AZERBAIJAN must be written in
the Azerbaijani language and that a court of appeal must be set up
in AZERBAIJAN in order that all the stages of cases can be completed
in AZERBAIJAN.
from the fourth class onwards, to be read as a subject; elsewhere
again it is written that a provincial and tribal council must be
formed having authority equivalent to that of the Majlis. Since
the spirit of the programme which they have published and the rhymes
which they have put out about this organisation are openly directed
against the independence of the Iranian Government, it is requested
that, in accordance with the promises given by the Soviet authorities,
strict instructions may be issued at once that tnis sort of propaganda
must be stopped and urgent steps taken to close down organisations
which have been created in order to cause discord.
The Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its
Elsewhere it is written that the Persian language ought,
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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:
- lend-lease for Iraq
- security of roads and attacks from brigands
- supplies of wheat and food
- appointments to the Persian government
- actions of the Persian government
- distributing pro-Axis or anti-Allied literature
- implications of the Anglo-Soviet Treaty for Persia
- tribal grievances in Persia and British assistance to the Persian government to deal with rebel tribesmen
- notes of meetings with the Shah
- victories by Persian troops over the Kurds
Included in the volume is a report on tribal policy in Khuzistan (ff 18-19) by the British Consul, Khorramshahr (Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy).
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under-Secretary of State for India; HM Minister, Tehran; the British Consul, Khorramshar; and the British Embassy (Baghdad).
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 (229 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 231; 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/12/555
- Title
- Ext 5000/41(5) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:182v, 183v:230v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence