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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [190r] (379/466)
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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With the Complimsnse
of tho
Under Secretary of State
Foreign Affaire
Ilxfe i
[This^telegram is of particular secrecy and should be
retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
[Cypher]
WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION.
FROM PERSIA.
FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir R. Bullard
No. 791
19th September, 1941
D. 11.45 p.m,
R. 8.20 a.m,
19th September, 1941
21st September, 1941
8.20 a.m
Repeated to rTOvernmeant nf
:L-Of India
MoscOv/ -
Angora .. *
a. a. a. a. a. a. a
IMPORTANT.
Your telegram 1236.to Moscow and my telegram 795 (not
repeated to Bagdad and Angora) which repeats Tabriz telegram
47 September 6th repeated to Angora, which I have received
via Bagdad. ., ,. .
Minister for foreign Affairs read to me today list of
reforms which he said the Soviet Ambassador had told him the
Soviet Government .expected to. be carried out. The Soviet
Ambassador admitted to th.e Jllnister for Foreign Affairs,
according to the latterj that he had not spoken to me on the
subject.. There is no disagreement as to some of the reforms
on the list e.g. transfer or Crown property to the people and
reduction of taxation. Two of them, however, have aroused
the anxiety of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign
Affairs viz. (a) there should be a moderate constitution giving
to the majority of the population the right to elect Majlis,
(b) there should be, at least, minimum of local self-
government.
2. One can understand the dislike of the population of
Azerbaijan for its Persian rulers who exploited them in the
time of peace and ran away the moment danger appeared, and a
minimum of self-government would seem to be the least they
might expect to obtain under a constitutional regime.
Moreover the Soviet Government may feel that they are forced
to adopt active policy to counteract German propaganda amongst
the Armenians ana attraction of Turkey for Moslems of
Azerbaijan, Possibly the separatist policy of the Soviet
military authorities in Tabriz would be repudiated by the
Soviet Government but the General Officer Commanding [grp.
omtd. ?has] political officer attached to him and v/ouid hardly
act without authority. I will talk about this to the Soviet
Ambassador but he has little influence with the Army
Commanders even if he thought fit to use it in this connexion,
3. In a later telegram, the British Consul at Tabriz
reports that leading citizens at a meeting with him, admitted
general oitterness aboat the Tehran Government and a demand
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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
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- 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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