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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [127r] (253/466)
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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[EN CLAIR]
DEPARTMENTAL No, 2,
FROM TEHRAN TO KBRMANSHAH.
-Sir R. Bullard. D, 28th September, 1941
No. 5 Saving.
28th September, 1941. R. 5.0 p.m*, 5rd November, 1941.
Repeated to FOREIGN OFFICE No. 7 SAVING .
India Na. 5 Savings
33 5
Your telegram No. 81.
It is not desirable to try to facilitate the pilgrimage
to Kerbela and Najaf at present. There are indications
that the religious reaction will go quite far enough, and
it would be unwise for us to intervene in a matter which
is already beginning to preoccupy the Persian Government.
Apart frpm the religious aspect it must be remembered that
the Persian Government have for some years objected to the
pilgrimage on financial grounds, in that it required the
provision of foreign exchange, I do not suggest that the
attitude of the Persian Government has been justified,
but only to remind you that the pilgrimage is a thorny
question on which we should be well advised to remain
neutral.
Copy of Kermanshah telegram No. 81 of 24th Sentember to
His Majesty's Minister, Tehran:-
Hopes are being expressed here that as a result of
presence of British troops, Persian restrictions may be
removed on Persians wishing to make pilgrimage to the,
Holy shrines in Iraq during Ramadan and Moharram - any
action taken by [?word omitted] to facilitate pilgrimage
would do much to raise our prestige and to improve‘feeling
towards [gp. omitted]. Do you consider any action
opportune or possible?
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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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