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PZ 7629/33 'Persia: Persian armaments' [‎100r] (87/247)

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The record is made up of 1 file (120 folios). It was created in 15 Nov 1933-6 Mar 1940. 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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Mountain (hinn > •
(a) Between the latter part of 193S aj,d february 1835
thirty 4-gun batteries were delivered from Bofors (Streden) .
Iran has, therefore, ISO mountain gun* of the mat modem
pattern. All bat ten ea are provided with peek saddlery and
equipped with rangefinders, directors and signalling gear.
i£?« m cattOfl I 6 :®!?* *f«Pt«ble to pack, drau^it or portae,
??? kll 0 S rama # maalmura weight
each load 110 kilograms,
<b)
Instructions have been issued from Tehran for
negotiations to be opened with i/ofors for an additional 30
batteries of mountain guns (presumably the first consignment
of the order referred to in 6 (g) below) i but in drawing up
the contract Bofors have put forward proposals which entail
delivery spread over 7% years with prices subject to revision
yearly.
ifoese proposals have caused considerable annoyance
to the Iranian Government and quotations have been called for
from Sfcoda and from a German factory An East India Company trading post. .
6 . Field Guns and Howltsers.
(a) During the latter half of 1954 and the first half
of 1955 the following were delivered from Skoda*-
Three 4-gun 105-iam. gun batteries. Weight# including
carriage# 2 # 500 kgs. These are tractor-drawn.
Five 4-gun 105-mm* howitzer batteries. It is not
certain how these batteries are to be drawn#
but there are indications that they are to be
horse-drawn.
(b) On 17th February 1933, an order was siren tor an
additional seven 105-mm* howitzer batteries. Of these# two
batteries were shipped in December 1935* It appears that the
remainder will be complete by July 1936.
<e) There has been some indication of 155-mm. howitzer
batteries being ordered# but there is nothing to confirm fch
fact that orders for such have been placed.

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The file contains papers regarding actual and attemptedpurchases of armaments and military equipment by Persia. The primarycorrespondents are: War Office; 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. ; Foreign Office; British Legation,Tehran; Export Credits Guarantee Department.

Folios 91-177 cover War Office reports of arms and equipmentordered and received by Persia between 1931 and 1936, and concerns over increasedlevels of Persian armament.

Folios 83-90 cover an application by a UK firm for a licenceto export ammunition to Persia, and concerns that the ammunition may be sent onto Spain.

Folios 81-82 cover an order placed by Persia for arms andammunition from Czechoslovakia.

Folios 58-80 cover attempted arms purchases byPersia during the Second World War, including meetings between Persian andBritish officials, reports of Persian approaches to Germany and Japan, andconsiderations of the potential military threat to Persia from the SovietUnion.

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1 file (120 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 foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 57, and terminates at f 177, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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