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Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports' [54v] (108/1028)
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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Persian Government. Persians have' been quirk to note a
§ood deal of disrepancy and if the result of the Councils
aeliberations turns out as disappointingly negative as
cpurse ( 1 ), conclusion might well he drawn (with or
without Russian prompting) that it was we who had all
along been putting on the brake. When announcing to the
Tj minister for Foreign Affairs intention of Soviet forces
to evacuate ovogyewc, Soviet Ambassador after claiming
that there were hardly any Soviet forces to remove said
it was regrettable that the capital had ever been occupied:
Soviet authorities had brought in some troops to protect
Stalin at the Conference and finding British troops here
had left their own. It is true - unfortunately - that we
first brought troops to Tehran and then in a fit of absence
of mind added area Headquarters.
4. As to course (2) can we not at least propose to
Russians a total pari passu withdrawal in much less than
six months? The British troops were anyhow to evacuate
the summer camps by November 1st and they will no longer
be needed for projection of oil area as a wartime interest;
peacetime risks i.e. labour and tribal unrest we must anyhow
race before long without assistance of British troops,
though to reduce those risks to a minimum His majesty’s
Embassy are about to invite Persian Government to discuss
special security measures for that area 0 As regards
? rotection of air communications for return of trqops from
he Far East, v/e can no longer deny the Persian right to
insist on providing for a guard for us.
5. The only delaying factors are thus physical
difficulties, transport and disposal of assets. A delay
of six months is surely much too long for surmounting these
in view of political issues at stake.
6 . I had much hoped tfiat’we could inform the Russians
of our readiness to effect total withdrawal from the
vicinity by about December 12th, i.e. date an which Persian
general elections are due to be held or at least soon
after. For reasons given in paragraph 5 above. Russians
cannot pretend to avert physical or administrative
difficulties [grp. undec.] their going as soon. If they
reject the proposals merely on the ground that they ought
to "see no reason to hurry" we can at least ensure (as I
have frequently urged) that it should be generally known to
Persia and the world In general that the blame for delay
does not lie with us. Persistent press commentaries
enquring just why Russians are so anxious to remain in an
independent and Allied country till last possible moment
would at least hamper the Russian schemes for completing
their Persian haymaking before the treaty sun sets. Public
is beginning to show up their activities in other countries -
countries which through having been on the wrong side have
far.less claim to general sympathy - and it undoubtedly
cramps their style. In this connexion please see my telegram
No. 8 d 1 about censorship, which remains one of the principal
keys to the whole problem (your telegram No. 529 now
* v received).
7.
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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)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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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- Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
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- 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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