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Ext 5000/41(14) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS' [‎258r] (515/612)

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The record is made up of 1 file (304 folios). It was created in 4 Mar 1946-4 Jul 1946. It was written in English and French. 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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3. Sir A. Cadogan should then ask ?/hy there had
been no reply to the Note which His Majesty s G-overnment
had addressed to the Soviet Government and point out
that His Majesty's Government had fulfilled their
obligation under the 1942 treaty and that they considered
themselves entitled to ask what Soviet troops were still
doing in Persia.
4. I told Sir A. Cadogan that the vital question
was now whether or not the Soviet Government should with
draw their troops in accordance with their treaty
obligation. There was no need for the Soviet Government
to prepare a case on this simple issue and the Security
Council -would be failing its duty if it agreed to an
adjournment while Russian troops remained on Persian
soil. As regards the question of negotiations between
the Soviet and Persian Governments, our evidence showed
that it was untrue that negotiations were still in
progress and that this was borne out by the terms of the
complaint filed by the Persian Government.
5. If the Soviet Government refused to attend
proceedings on March 25th or walked out if the Persian
question were put down for discussion before April 10th,
my personal opinion was that the Council should go ahead
as far as it could without a Russian representative. Such
action by the Soviet Government would be a direct
challenge to the authority of the United Nations, which
it seemed to me must be faced squarely. The Persian issue
was fundamental and affected the whole future of the United
Nations.

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This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia towards the end of the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard, succeeded by John Helier Le Rougetel) and officials of the Foreign Office. Other prominent correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran (Harold Lister Farquhar), His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Maurice Peterson), His Majesty's Ambassador in Washington (Archibald Clark Kerr, referred to as Lord Inverchapel), His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad (Sir Hugh Stonehewer Bird), and the Secretary of State for India (Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence).

The correspondence includes discussion of the following:

  • Soviet Russia's failure to withdraw its troops from Persia by 2 March 1946, an act regarded by the Persian Government as a violation of the Tripartite Treaty of 1942.
  • Whether the Persian Government should be advised to submit to the United Nations Security Council an appeal regarding Russia's refusal to withdraw its troops.
  • A proposed British Parliamentary delegation to Persia.
  • Russian assistance to both the Kurdish Republican movement and to the new Azerbaijan National Government [the Azerbaijan People's Government, based in Tabriz], as well as Russian influence in the negotiations between the Persian Central Government and Azerbaijan National Government delegations.
  • Reports of a gradual withdrawal of Soviet forces from north Persia during April-May 1946.
  • The Tudeh Party's growing strength as a political force (particular attention is given to the party's involvement in strikes by employees of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, as well as to the Persian Government's response to the strikes).
  • Whether observers from the United Nations should be invited into the country for its forthcoming elections.

The French language material consists of one item of correspondence.

The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).

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1 file (304 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 306; 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(14) 'PERSIAN SITUATION: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS' [‎258r] (515/612), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/563B, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100048314924.0x000074> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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