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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [217r] (433/466)
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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From: PERSIA.
FROM TEHRAN TO FO REIGN OFFICE
17th September, 1941
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8,40 p>m. 17th September,1941.
loscow, Cairo.
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Your telegram No: 720,
Since receiving my telegram No: 742 to
you refer you will have received several subsequent
telegrams e.g. 746. v 752, 753 0
2. I realise that the most important thing
is to ensure that the new Shah whoever he is will
not oppose our interests. There are several reasons
why we might expect the correct attitude from
Crown Prince (a) warning from the fate of his father
{p) constitutional procedure which will not allow
J re ^ 0111 to.intrigue (c) youth and inexperience
which places him under the influence of the Cabinet,
ihe Prime Minister v/ho is one of the very few men
who commands general respect and confidence states that
working with the new Shah all yesterday and this
morning he gained best impression of his abilities
and good-will. It must be remembered that hitherto
he has been under the influence of a masterful father.
^ 3 * . Great advantage of accepting the choice of the
Crown Prince is that it is sanctioned by the Constitution.
Once we insist on some other choice v/e become positively
insteadof merely negatively responsible. We shall then
become involved in a mass of conflicting interests and
intrigues when there are most urgent things to be done
such as seeing that Tehran does not starve. Already
we are besieged by crowds of people grinding every kind
of axe and ijp the Constitutional question is re -
opened the noise will be deafening.
4» If the two
give the Crown Prince
rid of him quickly if
that choice of a Shah
had better be left to
them meet in some out
by themselves. This
sabotage possibility <
Governments in conjunction
a trial (v/e could always get
he proved unsuitable) I think
5 President of the Republic etc
a constituent assembly. Let
-pf-the-way place and wrangle
is not_suggested in order to
of finding alternative to
Crown...
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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).
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- 1 file (231 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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)'
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- 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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