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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎158v] (316/644)

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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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required for Iranian governmental institutions. An order for twenty-one silos
was placed with the Soviet Union towards the end of the year; the construction ol
these silos will be undertaken by the Kampsax Consortium on lines similar to
their arrangement for railway construction.
418. No Soviet boats called at Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports during the year Sugar*
piece-goods, matches, &c., for Gulf ports were carried mostly by Greek boatsJ
(8) Japanese Trading Activities.
419. There was a drop of over 28 million rials (£375,000) in the value of
Japanese imports during the year ended the 21st June, 1935, as compared wi a
the previous year. This was more than accounted for by decreases 24 million
rials (£321,600) in imports of cotton piece-goods and about 7 nnlhon rials
(£93,800) in imports of cotton yarns. Exports to Japan amounted to 9,537,630
rials (£127,799), as compared with 12-5 million rials (£152,890) last year.
Exports consisted chiefly of opium, 3,026,000 rials (£40,550), raw cotton,
5,375,000 rials (£72,020) and gum tragacanth, 1,027,000 rials (£13,/60).
420. An arrangement was made for the export of opium to Japan against
which Japanese cotton piece-goods were imported.
421. In August it was reported that the Japanese had purchased 300,000
tons of salt from the mines on Qishm Island, at about 45. a ton. The Japanese
have imported machinery and explosives for working the mines, and a Japanese
superviser will be stationed there.
422. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha (Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company
(Limited)) of Dairen now run a monthly service to Iranian ports; during the year
about twenty Japanese steamers called at Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports.
( 9 ) Italian Activities.
423. There is little to report on this subject. No further contracts for
railway construction or, as far as is known, for any industrial enterprises were
obtained by Italian companies.
424. Iran participated officially for the first time in the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Fair at Bari
held in September.
425. Only four Italian steamers called at Gulf ports during the year.
(10) German Activities.
426. In July an Iranian-German clearing scheme was proposed by the
Iranian Government, and a delegation representing the Iranian Ministry ot
Finance, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Department of Commerce leit loi
Germany at the end of July. On the 30th October an agreement concerning the
regulation of payments between Germany and Iran was signed at Berlin.
Payments must be made, in marks in Germany and rials in Iran, by means of
clearing between the German clearing office and the Banque Mellie Iran, or
through private barter accounts.
427. Certificates of origin will be issued instead of export certificates for
Iranian goods shipped to Germany. Import licences would be issued for German
o-oods on production of certificates of origin. This arrangement would appear
to give German goods an advantage of about 18 per cent, over goods from other
countries who still have to purchase export certificates in order to obtain import
licences. The position was communicated to the Foreign Office on the 22nd
December.
428. The Iranian Government decided in November to take part in the
Leipzig Fair to be held in May 1936.
429. The principal imports from Germany were machinery, haberdashery,
railway material, paper and ironware. Exports to Germany consisted chiefly of
cotton, casings and dried fruit.

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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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