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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [57r] (113/466)
The record is made up of 1 file (231 folios). It was created in 17 Sep 1941-10 Nov 1941. 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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V\v,th the Complimenlis
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of the
Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs
OCT 1941
[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should he retained
by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
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[Cypher],
ORET
WAR CABIPET DISTRIBUTION.
Prom: PERSIA .
FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE
\
Sir R. Bullard
No. 1006
16th October, .1941.
D. 7.15 p.m. 16th October, 1941.
R. 10.10 p.m. 17th October, 1941.
Repeated to Government of. India No. 814
MOSCOW ——
Bagdad
Angora
Cairo (for Minister of State) SAVING.
IMPORTANT.
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My telegram No. 918. 3^3 t*.a. t 3 s-C\ ,
I I recently received secret message from the Shah saying
that he would like to see me fairly often alone and without
\ the knowledge of politicians: he said that he felt that some
1 Ministers distorted the truth for their own benefit and mentioned
various_constitutional and administrative questions on which he
would like my advice. He v/ished, he said, to have the supuort .
of the British Empire and to work in close agreement with His
iMajesty s Legation with greatest discretion. I sent a reply
s that while I would ask for instructions I was sure that it
would not be possible for me to be received without the
[knowledge of the Persian Cabinet and my Soviet colleague.
t
, 2.1 had in fact already suggested to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, who was present at my first interview, that it
might be a good thing for His Majesty to talk to representatives
alone and before I could in fact ask for instructions I received
through Minister for Foreign Affairs invitation to call on His
Majesty on October 14th.
3. . This time His Majesty made very good impression and I
now actribute to the presence of Minister for Foreign Affairs
the fact that on the previous occasion the Shah talked so much
himself and concentrated upon the conventional view of the army.
Uhis time he asked many questions, did not make long monologues
and was reasonable and modest in his statements.
,, x His Majesty began by hoping that the final text of
the ureaty would soon be presented. He seemed to take the
con ?i u ? 10 ? ' the i :rea 'ky for granted though he said that there
ought to [grp. undec, ? be] some propaganda to lead up to it.
Ho spoke mucn.about the desire for particularly close relations
o * 1 • l- Britain] but this time he snowed consciousness that
bovieu Russia could not be ignored and I was therefore not
obliged to emphasise this.
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to situation in Persia [Iran] following the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941.
The discussion in the volume relates to the measures taken by Britain in consultation with the United States of America and the Soviet Union to form a regime in Persia that was aligned with British war aims. Correspondence discusses the need to remove the Shah who was 'hand in glove with the Germans' and implement some form of 'constitutional government' (see folio 232).
Further discussion surrounds the temporary nature of these measures and guarantees to restore full sovereignty to Iran after the war, in the same way as other 'small nations'.
Issues discussed include:
- Raids by tribesmen
- Price of kerosene and staples such as bread
- Unrest in Kurdistan
- Stipulations of the Persian constitution
- The UK relationship with Moscow
- Installation of the new Shah and arrangements for exile of the old Shah
- British policy towards administration of government in Persia.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the British Consul, Kermanshah (John Francis Robert Vaughan-Russell); HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (231 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 233; 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 between ff 1-232; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/553
- Title
- Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:232v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence