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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [213r] (425/466)
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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OUTWARD TELEGRAM
This Document ia the Prflperty of His Britannic; Majesty’s Government, and should be
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[This telegram is of particular secrecy and should be
^retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on. ]
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To PERSIA .
FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO TEHRAN.
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No, 729
September 17th, 1941.
D. 12.40 p.m. September 17th, 1941.
Repeated to Government of India No.
Moscow No. 1279
Cairo No. 3256
Bagdad No. 957
Angora No. 2053
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My telegram ho. 720 [of 16th September: Shah question]
was despatched before receipt of your telegram No. 746
[of September 15th]. . It appears from the latter that
Crown Prince was.not involved in anti-British-press publica
tion and that Prime Minister forecasts system under which
new Shah will be constitutional monarch with little real power.
I note also that Soviet Ambassador thinks Crown Prince best
candidate in present circumstances.
2. If the reform programme can be carried out and if
the Crown Prince behaves well, we should, in view of the
finding any other solution, be quite prepared to
consider a settlement on the lines you suggest, i.e, extensive
reforms, restoration to the nation of property illegally acquired
by Reza Shah and departure of Reza Shah and all his sons,
except the Crown Prince, from Persia..
-
aave no illusions about the •character of the
Crown Prince, and the position is that we are prepared to give
him a trial, but subject to good behaviour.
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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