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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎150v] (300/644)

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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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301. The Italian cause was probably not helped by the fact that the Italian
Minister was transferred to another post early in the summer, and that the
Legation was thereafter left in the hands of a young Charge d’Affaires who grew
more and more bitter, isolated and depressed as the year wore on.
302. The attitude of Iran towards the Italo-Abyssinian dispute is dealt
with more fully under the section devoted to the League of Nations.
(6) France.
303. A new Minister, M. Jean Pozzi, presented his letters in April.
304. A French sloop, the Bougainville, carried out a cruise in the Gulf in
February. The Iranian ports visited were Bushire and Bandar Abbas.
305. During the absence on leave in the summer of the French consul at
Tabriz, His Majesty’s consul took temporary charge of the consulate.
306. The increase of the strength of the French military mission is dealt
with in section VII (A) (14).
(7) Japan.
307. Japanese interests, which remained almost solely commercial, are dealt
with in section IV (B) (8) of this report.
308. Two Japanese military attaches from other posts visited Iran during
the course of the year (see section VII (A) (13).
(8) United States.
309. The late American Minister, Mr. C. C. Hart, returned once more to
Tehran at the end of 1935. It is understood that he was still in quest of oil
concessions, but that he achieved little. After a short visit he departed for
Afghanistan.
310. At the end of November the Iranian Minister at Washington was
involved in an unfortunate incident in some small town in the United States.
A fracas developed with a policeman who had stopped his car for speeding, and
in the end he found himself under arrest. He was promptly released by the local
magistrate and apologies followed; but the Iranian press adopted a violent tone,
and the incident could not be regarded as closed by the end of the year.
(9) Belgium.
311. Belgian commercial interests are dealt with in section IV (B) (11)
of this report, and the activities of the Belgian air force mission in
section VII (B) (10).
312. The Belgian Minister was transferred from Tehran in the autumn, the
Legation being left in the charge of a newly-arrived Charge d’Affaires.
(10) The Netherlands.
313. The Netherlands company that was engaged in the construction of the
port of Noh Shahr (Deh Noh) on the Caspian obtained in the autumn a still
larger contract for the enlargement of the port of Bander Shahpour (see also
section VI (B) (2)).
314. The Netherlands Charge d’Affaires was promoted to the rank of
Minister at the end of the year.
(11) Roumania.
315. It was announced in the summer that a Roumanian Legation would
shortly be opened in Tehran, the first Minister being M. Gregoire Constantinesco,
who was at that time serving as counsellor in London.
316. An Iranian Legation at Bucharest was also established during the
course of the year.

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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.

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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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