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Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports' [57r] (113/1028)
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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21 st august 1945
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D. 5.30 p.m. G-MT 21st August 1945
R. 7.40 p.m. BST 21st August 1945
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I regard it is [sic] certain that the Russians want Persia to
be as Persian as Bulgaria is Bulgarian. You are well aware of the
methods which they are employing. They have paralysed the Persian
administration in the north where they also encourage a Kurdish
nationalist movement and allow no political party but Tudeh to
exist. They fill the works with Tass propaganda about Persia but
use censorship to suppress objective news from other sources. They
seem likely to succeed in their attempt to control Radio Tehran.
All this is part of the attempt to [grp. undec. ? rig] the elections
in favour of Tudeh so that the new Majlis may be subservient to
Soviet policy. (Since the last paragraph was drafted two
disturbing incidents which I have reported in separate telegram have
come to my knowledge: mutiny at Meshed and attempt by Tudeh to
seize administration at Maragha). [?£ c ( r
2. Persian poll [? grp, omitted] provides for general elections
every two years and elections which drag on for weeks must take place
during the three months approximately December 12th to March 11th next.
Under the treaty the last Soviet troops need not leave Persia until
presumably about the end of February, i.e. 6 months after signature
of armistice with Japan and unless substantial reduction in the area
occupied by Soviet forces is effected very soon elections in the
north vail be run by the Russians. There is good evidence that
Russians in exchange for a written promise to follow Soviet
instructions thereafter are offering to secure election of people of
importance by northern constituencies without the bother of an
electoral campaign.
3. It might seem that [grp, undec,] the thing to do would be
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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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