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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎158r] (315/644)

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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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409. Imports of cotton piece-goods declined from 143,191,000 rials
(£1,789,885) to about 133,100,000 rials (£1,783,465). Whilst the Soviet Union
doubled the value of her imports last year, the United Kingdom, India and Japan
all lost ground. The approximate figures of cotton goods imports were :—
1933-34-
1934-35.
Rials.
£000.
Rials.
£000
Soviet Union ...
36,632,000
455
73,030,000
978
Japan
65,371,000
812
41,190,000
552
United Kingdom
23,502,000
292
11,440,000
153
British India ...
10,932,000
136
5,100,000
68
410. Imports of cotton yarns practically ceased after the first six months
of the economic year as a result of the prohibition. Imports only amounted
to a little over 5-25 million rials (£70,350) of which India supplied about 4 million
rials (£53,600). Last year, cotton yarns, of all counts, were imported to a value
of over 20 million rials. Imports'of woollens also showed a decrease of about
3 million rials (£40,200); United Kingdom imports, however, were slightly more
than last year; Belgium and France both lost ground considerably, while Italian
imports were nearly doubled. The United States easily held the leading position
in the motor trade, and the United Kingdom retained the second place. The
Soviet Union, with increased imports of lorries, was placed third in the list.
Imports of railway material amounted to a little over 4 million rials (£53,600).
(6) Exports.
411. Exports, at 1,909,882,000 rials (£25,591,344) showed an increase of
92,626,000 (£3,002,686) over last year’s figures. . The Soviet Union took
202,911,000 rials (£2,718,893), the United Kingdom 696,537,000 rials
(£9,333,204) and India 107,139,000 rials (£1,435,600). Exports to Japan
amounted to 9,042,000 rials (£121,160).
412. There was a further fall in the value of exports of woollen carpets,
the total in 1934-35 being about 113 million rials (£1,512,000), compared with
140 million (£1,748,910) last year. The bulk of these exports went to the United
States, 43-3 million rials (£581,530); United Kingdom, 23-6 million rials
(£316,230) and Turkey, 10-9 million (£146,050).
413. Exports of raw cotton amounted to about 26,000 tons, of which the
Soviet Union took 17,800 tons, Germany 4,600 tons, Japan and India about
1,150 tons each. Exports of opium show a considerable increase over last year’s
figures, due chiefly to the purchase of 1,001 cases by the Straits Settlements
Government—the first purchase for the Straits since 1930.
414. Oil exports to the United Kingdom amount to 646,120,000 rials
(£8,656,300) and to India 56,190,000 rials (£738,180). 7
(7) Soviet-Iranian Trading Relations.
415. At the invitation of the Soviet Trade Commissariat, a Persian mission,
including the Directors-General of the Departments of Commerce and
Agriculture, visited the Soviet Union at the end of April, and returned on the
24th May. According to the local press, the visit was a great success. Trading
relations between the two countries improved, and on the 27th August a Soviet-
Iranian Treaty of Establishment, Commerce and Navigation was signed at
Tehran, to replace the treaty of 1931 which expired in June.
416. A list of imports from the Soviet Union was attached to the treaty :
no quotas, however, were fixed for cotton piece-goods, sugar, matches and silk
worm eggs, all of which commodities are handled by monopolies in Iran and are
therefore governed by special arrangements. The quotas for oil products are
greatly reduced owing to the expansion of the Anglo—Iranian Oil Company s
distribution and sales organisations in Iran.
417. Trade between the two countries remains on the barter system, each
country undertaking to purchase from the other certain specified goods. Soviet
organisations may take part in any adjudications for installations and materials

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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)
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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.

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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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