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Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports' [10r] (19/1028)
The record is made up of 1 file (571 folios). It was created in 26 Sep 1943-4 Dec 1945. It was written in English, French and Farsi. 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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[THIS TELEGRAil IS OF P.mTICUIAR SECRECY AM) SKOULD BE RETAINED
18th September 1945. ' R. 10.00 a.a. BST 19th September
I saw the Prime Minister last evening by appointment and
found the Minister for Foreign Affairs with him. Both Ministers
spoke with great anxiety of the situation in Northern provinces
of Persia* The Prime Minister said he had received a telegram
from the Acting Governor General of Azerbaijan asking to be
relieved of his post and allov/ed to return to Tehran as he feared
that Tudeh would in a few days time usurp the functions of
Government and take over the administration.
According to the Prime Minister Tudeh had already established
its authority at Maragheh and at Upthi in Mazanderau. In the
latter district they controlled all movement on the railway
and did not hesitate arbitrarily to stop trains, remove passengers,
and arrest, imprison or beat up anyone of whom they disapproved.
This state of lawlessness was spreading. As an example the
Prime Minister quoted the case of the Governor of Gurfan 'who had
been ordered by Tudeh to leave and had arrived in Tehran in a
state of collapse after being beaten and narrowly escaping with
his life.
The Russian Military authorities at Kasvin had also recently
adopted a more unfrienly attitude and the Prime Minister stated
that he new had definite evidence that Tudeh* s accomplices through
out the area were obtaining arms from the Soviet.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs said he had received a telegram
from the Persian Embassy in London declaring that a Senior Foreign
Office Official had advised Taqizldeh to urge the Persian Government
to do its uttermost to avoid any incidents, and to refrain from
any action which could possibly be construed by the Soviet
authorities as provocative. The Prime Minister claimed that this
was precisely what he was trying to do and would continue to do
but such a situation could not be maintained indefinitely and he
saw little cause for hope unless a favourable decision about early
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This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia (later referred to more frequently as Iran). Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office.
Other prominent correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran (Daniel William Lascelles; Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny); His Majesty's Consul, Isfahan; His Majesty's Consul General, Tabriz (Thomas Cecil Rapp); His Majesty's Ambassador in Washington (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, referred to in the correspondence as Viscount Halifax, and later, as Earl of Halifax); His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Archibald Clark Kerr); officials of the Foreign Office and the 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. .
The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- Political affairs in Persia, including elections, resignations, and the reconstruction of the Cabinet.
- Reports of the theft of telephone cables used by the British military in Persia.
- The Shah's [Muhammad Reza Khan] personal finances.
- Reports of Russian interference in Persian elections.
- The procedural and administrative arrangements of the Persian National Consultative Assembly (mainly referred to in the correspondence as the Majlis; the file also includes a list of the deputies of the 14th Majlis, with biographical notes).
- The tenability of the position of Dr Arthur Chester Millspaugh, United States financial adviser to the Persian Government and head of the Millspaugh mission.
- Anti-British opinion in the Iranian press.
- Details of the main political parties in Persia (particular coverage is given to the Tudeh party).
- Radio broadcasts in Persia, and the proposal from His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran that the British should begin producing regular radio reports in Persian, which should be broadcast by the BBC in London.
- The question of whether the British should agree to the release of Persian internees described as 'fifth columnists'.
- The case for abandoning political censorship (as a response to Soviet censorship in press telegrams).
The French language material consists of extracts and cuttings from two French language Iranian publications, Journal de Tehran and Messager de Téhéran ; the Farsi language material consists of a copy of an aide-memoire by His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran, which is dated 25 January 1945 and appears in English and Farsi.
The file includes five dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (571 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 573; 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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- Title
- Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:67v, 71r:187v, 195r:277v, 279r:288v, 290r:314v, 317r:376v, 378r:400v, 403r:410v, 412ar:412av, 413r:459v, 461r:486v, 488r:512v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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