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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [138v] (276/644)
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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118. In July His Majesty’s Legation were informed that the petitions had
been accepted by the Council of Ministers, but further enquiry showed that
(a) the petition of Haji Abdul Hussein, the leader of the Khoja community
in Charbar and the principal merchant in Charbar, had not been
granted;
(b) the remaining petitions had only been accepted in respect of the men
themselves and their wives and families remained Iranian subjects;
and
(c) eight of the petitioners were expected to perform their military service
before they would be allowed to leave the country.
119. Representations were made to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on all
three points with the result that satisfaction was obtained on (b) and (c ); but
nothing definite had been heard by the end of the year in regard to the petition
of Haji Abdul Hussein.
120. Major Lincoln also discovered, when at Charbar, that ten natives of
British Baluchistan, who could in no way be claimed as Iranian nationals, had
had their passports seized by the police and that some of them had even been
forced to take sij ills. The matter was referred to the Iranian Government early
in April, but, despite numerous reminders, it proved impossible to extract a reply
before the end of the year.
(o) Cable and Wireless (Limited).
121. At the time of the removal of the naval depot from Henjam,
Cable and Wireless (Limited) were informed that it was no longer essential
that they should maintain the cable station there. They replied that they had
in fact already prepared for submission to His Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom a comprehensive scheme of reorganisation in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
under which their stations at Henjam, Jask and Charbar would be closed. The
main reason for this proposal was economy, though the company were doubtless
influenced by the difficulties which they experienced in maintaining their stations
in the face of Iranian import restrictions, &c.
122. Consideration of the various questions raised by this proposal pro
ceeded in London during the course of the summer and at the end of August
His Majesty’s Minister was informed that the company’s plans had been approved
and could be put into operation at short notice. Final instructions were received
a month later and on the 27th September His Majesty’s Minister addressed a note
to the Iranian Government stating that the company had decided to close the
three above-mentioned stations. The existing cable communication between Iran
and India would not, however, be affected as the station at Bushire would still be
maintained. It was proposed that the work of reorganisation should be begun
in approximately a week’s time.
123. Friendly but firm representations were then, however, received from
the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs that the closure of these stations at such
short notice would involve the complete telegraphic isolation of Jask, Charbar
and South-East Iran generally, since there was no land-line from Bander Abbas
to Jask. He stated that his Department were only too ready to assist the company
and that they would raise no objection to the closure of the stations at Henjam
and Charbar; but it was of vital importance that the station at Jask should be
maintained until it could be connected up by land-line with Bander Abbas.
124. In deference to these representations and because also the French and
Dutch air lines agreed to pay for the maintenance of the station so long as they
continued to use the Iranian route, the company agreed to remain at Jask for a
further period not exceeding two years, provided that no objection was raised to
the rest of their programme.
125. The Iranian Government’s acceptance of the proposal was, however,
qualified by a reservation that, if the land-line to Jask were not completed within
two years, they would expect the company to remain there until such time as it
was finished. This condition the company were not prepared to accept, but they
agreed that, if the Iranian Government met with unforeseen difficulties, they
would be ready, when the time came, to discuss the question of their remaining
at Jask for a further period.
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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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- 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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