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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [108r] (215/466)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should
d be Kept j
under Lock and Key.]
PISTRIBUTIQW.
Un«let> aoctt^y of State Frcm MA.
™ -•*pc''gP '■f'MQlvl TEHRAN TO FORSIQJ OFFICE.
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Sir R« Bullard.
No. 915.
4th October, 1941.
D. 3.23 p.m., 4th October, 1941.
R. 5.45 p.m., 4th October, 1941.
Repeated to Goverment of India and
Mosccv/. 1 •
6 <n
My telegram No. 846 0
Difficulties in Soviet ar*ea,
(a) According to Governor of Tehran district, he obtained
assurance from the Soviet Embassy that he could safely send
armed gendarmerie to Kerej 30 miles distant but gendarmes were
immediately disarmed by the Russians and sent back.
. ,,.There are many stories of robbery by Soviet soldiers
J 11 this neighbourhood. minister of Communications declares that
he and his wife were robbed of money and v/atches by Soviet
soldiers on October 2nd close to Tehran,
(o) I nave informed the Soviet Ambassador both orally and
in writing that unless Ilcshed is allowed to draw wheat from
Sarakhs as usual thousands of tons will have to be sent from India
by.wheat route by which at present jute and other assets are
being sent to the Soviet Union.
(a) Soviet military^ authorities have taken possession of a
German, owned ganage in Tehran and removed large quantities of
spares. &page contains oxygen plant from which aeroplane
factory
An East India Company trading post.
used to obtain oxygen, I have given this information
5 ° the Soviet Ambassador and suggested that neither Soviet nor
British authorities shpuld requisition anything in Tehran without
consulting the other side (as a fact we make no requisitions)
and that every effort should be made to keep the industries
running here which might make goods required by Allied forces in
rersia.
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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