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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎151r] (301/644)

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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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(12) Switzerland.
317. It was announced in the summer that a Swiss Charge d’Affaires would
shortly be appointed to Tehran. Nothing further happened, however, during the
rest of the year.
(13) Greece.
318. The establishment of a Greek consulate-general at Tehran was
announced during the course of the summer. No consular representative had,
however, arrived by the end of the year.
(14) Yugoslavia.
319. A Yugoslav consul de carriere was appointed to I ehran during the
course of the summer.
(15) Latin American Countries.
320. Iran became diplomatically represented for the first time in Latin
America, a Minister being appointed to reside at Buenos Aires. It is understood
. that he was accredited to all Central and South American countries.
(D) International.
(i) League of Nations.
321. The Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs attended the January, May
and September sessions of the Council in connexion with the Irano-Iraqi fiontiei
dispute.
322. Following on the appointment of a committee to enquire into the
question of the distribution of seats on the Council, M. Kazemi a-ddressed a lettei
to the Secretary-General of the League requesting that a semi-permanent seat
should be reserved for the Near-Eastern group of States, consisting of Iian, liaq,
Turkey and Afghanistan.
323. Public opinion in Iran entertained no sympathy for Italy in her
dispute with the League, and the Iranian Government associated themselves wit
all the measures of sanctions adopted at Geneva, with the single reservation that
certain Government contracts already placed with Italian firms should be allowed
to stand. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs only agreed to publish one of the
many communiques which the Italian Legation desired to issue, and then only
did so on the condition that it was made clear that it was a communique from
the Legation.
324. At first it seemed that there was a certain tendency in the press not to '
give proper publicity to the British point of view, but rather to distort it. His
Maiesty’s Minister at once raised the matter with the Acting Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and the latter then spoke to the Shah, who replied that he
deplored such misrepresentation, and that the press should be summoned and the
British standpoint explained to them. From then on no articles appeared to
which exception could be taken.
325. The draft of the note which His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom proposed to return to the Italian note of the 11th November protesting
against sanctions was communicated to the Iranian Government. It then
emerged that M. Soheily had had the Italian note in his hands for four days
before he even read it. ‘Despite the efforts of His Majesty’s Legation, however,
the Iranian reply eventually turned out to be rather a weak document.
326. A decree enforcing sanctions, corresponding closely to the LTnited
Kingdom Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , was passed by the Council of Ministers on the
18th November, and a few days later a Bill was submitted to the Majlis laying
down penalties for any infraction of this measure.

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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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