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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [109r] (217/466)
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 telegram is of particular secrecy and should be
retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
[Cypher]
WAR_CAB_IHET distribution .
From SOVIET PWTOW .
S ^FROM MOSCOW TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir S. Cripps.
Mo. 121-1.
Vth October, 1941.
D. 2.37 p.m. Uh October, 191.1.
R. 8.30 p.m. Ith October, 19U.
Tkii iksKc&t X- £ tUu. uf.
tn p.o. (Ho • bclltij
IMMEDIATE
Your telegram Do* 1392.
As it was not possible to [grp. omtd ? see] Stalin or
Molotov yesterday and I did not want to hold up the message
any longer I handed it with Russian translation to Vyshinski
yesterday afternoon and told him I would gladly discuss it
[grp, omtd. ? with] Stalin if he wished to see me v/hen he was
less busy.
2.. I emphasised to Vyshinski the need for doing
everything possible to speed up transport; it was a waste
ol time to load and unload goods at Kasvin or Zenjan unless
there were some overriding necessity connected with
convenience of transport.
3. .1 told him that I mentioned this in case there was
some political consideration involved. He assured me that there
v/as not, at least not in the mind of the Soviet Government,
though of course there might be in the mind of some
subordinate on the spot, but that would have no influence.
A. He said that the Soviet Government would wish to
have regard to nothing but convenience of transport
arrangements and he promised to take up the matter with
Mikbyan.
3. Since drafting this I have been informed the
Soviet authorities have agreed to accept delivery at
Tabriz instead of Zenjan but that as regards Kasvin there
is at present no change in their attitude.
Please inform Ministry of Economic Warfare.
[Copies sent to Ministry of Economic Warfare],
RECa POL. DEPr,
90CT 941
I^DIA OFFICE
INDIV
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- Content
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