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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [55v] (110/644)
The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 Mar 1947. It was written in English and French. 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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34. At another interview on the 5th December the Minister for Foreign
Affairs asked whether some action other than the prosecution of the editor could
not be taken, such as a complimentary reference to the Shah in Parliament or a
leading article in the Tivies. He was told that the threat to break off relations
made it difficult to consider any such suggestions. His Majesty’s Minister had
already, as a matter of fact, enquired about the possibility of a pronouncement
in the House of Lords, and he now suggested to the Foreign Office that if no
action on these lines was possible, he should address an official note to the Persian
Government, stating once more the arguments against taking action, and adding
that it was their concern for the Shah’s dignity which caused His Majesty’s
Government to hold such strong views on this subject. The Foreign Office
preferred, however, to make no further communication at that stage.
35. The Shah returned to Tehran on the 8th December. In anticipation of
this event His Majesty’s Minister had sent the Minister for Foreign Affairs
another private letter suggesting additional arguments which might help him to
face his master with a true account of the position. Four days later the Shah
listened patiently to an exposition of the attitude of His Majesty’s Government.
At a second meeting he virtually expressed himself as satisfied, and readily
agreed to receive His Majesty’s Minister with a view to the termination of
the incident.
36. After this Basidu again took the centre of the stage, and the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, when informing His Majesty’s Minister that the audience
would take place on the 18th December (later changed to the 19th December),
asked that the message of the 29th November should be communicated in writing.
This was done, but the letter did not satisfy him, as His Majesty’s Minister had
only been given authority to deliver the first part of the message in writing. The
part of the message to which the Persian Government attached importance was
the second part, which gave the explanation that His Majesty’s Government
would not have sent the mudir to Bandar Abbas had they then had before them
the fuller reports which they received later, and that his arrest was not intended
as a humiliation. The Minister for Foreign Affairs eventually agreed, however,
to leave the question over until after the audience.
37. The audience itself, at which Major D. G. Pybus, the new military
attache, was presented, was a complete success. The Shah scarcely mentioned the
press articles, and said that the mudir incident could be closed if His Majesty’s
Minister would write in a note all that he had told the Minister for Foreign
Affairs on the 29th November. He agreed, after a little argument, that this note
need not be published, and that, so far as the Majlis was concerned, a simple
statement that the incident was closed would be sufficient.
38. The Shah had already stated that an early resumption of treaty
negotiations was most desirable. He now went on to say that he was anxious
that the most friendly feelings should prevail between the British and Persian
navies, and had decided as a proof of his sentiments to send his fleet on a visit
to various Indian ports. At the suggestion of His Majesty’s Minister, he agreed
that the commandant of the Persian navy should have a frank discussion with
the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
about some of the activities of the Persian navy which were
causing uneasiness to British officials.
39. The Shah then announced that an order for merchant vessels would
almost ceitainly be placed with British yards) this was a sign of his friendly
feelings, just as his desiie for a treaty was, but it must not be supposed for a
moment that Persia needed anyone’s friendship.
40 In conversation with Major Pybus the Shah intimated that he had it
m mind to send a military attache to London.
41 ' J 11 ,® no . te about the mudir incident for which the Shah had asked was
sent to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the form which he desired on the
28th December, and, though the official acknowledgment was not received till
after the new year, its despatch restored normal relations for the first time since
the 31st July.
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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).
The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).
Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (320 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 321; 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.
The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A
Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.
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- Title
- Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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