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Ext 5000/41(3) 'Persia - General Situation (Sept. & Oct. 1941)' [229r] (457/466)
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 CompHnueKta
of the
IllL 'lu-) Under Secretary of State
V f«r Foreign Affairs
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WAR G^iBIKET DISTRIBUTION*
From: PERSIA ,
FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
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Sir R# Bullard B.
No# 746 R.
15th Septemher, 1941.
4.45 p.m. 15th September, 1941.
5*50 p.m. 16th September,.1941.
Repeated to Government of India t
Moscow,
Angora,
Bagdad and
Cairo.
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My telegram No. 742,
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/(, Representative, while still convinced that whoever
wrote the article was sure of Shah's approval, deprives Crown
Prince of complicity. Minister for Foreign Affairs says that
he is sure that Crown Prince had no previous knowledge of the
article. Both believe that if approval of His Majesty*s
Government and Soviet Government was assured, change from
Shah to Crown Prince could be effected at once and without
causing disturbance which selection of any other successor would
cause. Soviet Ambassador telegraphed to Moscow saying that
while he held to the poor opinion he had expressed about Crown
Prince as an individual, he thought that recognition of Crown
Prince as Shah was the solution which best suited the needs of
the moment. Although my information about the article was from
a source well informed and usually completely reliable, I am
compelled to accept evidence to the contrary and to say that I
see no better candidate for the throne in the present
circumstances.-
2. New Shah v^ould be constitutional monarch with little
or no power in Government and his accession would be accompanied
by reforms. If you approve I should suggest to Prime Minister
that accession should be accompanied by a proclamation in which the
new Shah made over Royal Estates and Palaces to the nation and
stated that he would be content for Majlis to fix civil list
suitable for him and his family. It should, I think, be
insisted that Shah should leave the country and take all other
sons with him.
> Decision doubly urgent if Russian and British troops
are to enter Tehran. Crown Prince might hesitate to accept
after their iTcll % A rt 4 4* An ?\/T 4 4 4" r\ "v. /"n /-* -iv-> 4-4 v-\V* A ,
acceptance.
As it is Ministers are counting on his
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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