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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎217r] (433/644)

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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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referring to the belief entertained by the then chief of the Iraqi General Staif,
the late General Bekr Sidqi, that an attack by Iran on Iraq was a menace
sufficiently real to call for a notable increase in the military forces of Iraq.
178. His Majesty’s Legation, asked to comment on this belief, submitted a
detailed appreciation of the position. The conclusion reached was that Iran
could not and would not take the field against Iraq at present, and that as
regards the foreseeable future the improvements anticipated in the Iraqi forces
were likely to exceed those effected in the forces of Iran, so that an attack on
. Iraq would be so dangerous to Iran as to be highly improbable.
179. Four Iraqi officers came by invitation to see the Iranian military review
in February, and there seems no doubt that they were impressed both by the
improvement in the Iranian troops and by their military equipment. Further,
early in the year the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs informed His Majesty’s
Ambassador at Bagdad that the serious nature of various incidents on the Irano-
Iraqi border made him anxious to conclude the frontier treaty negotiations as
soon as possible.
180. In May the Iraqi authorities experienced a hardy annual scare, and
His Majesty’s Legation were asked to comment on a story that 24,000 Iranian
troops had been concentrated round Ahwaz and Khorramshahr, possibly with a
view to supporting the settlement of a colony of Persian tribes among the Arabs
of Khuzistan. His Majesty’s consul at Ahwaz reported that there had been no
concentration in Ahwaz or Khorramshahr beyond the normal, and that he did
not credit any unusual movement of troops in Khuzistan since their return from
manoeuvres.
181. At the end of the year the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs
complained that the Iranian Government had arrested an Iraqi cadet and two
soldiers engaged in a topographical exercise on the Iraqi side of the Irano-Iraqi
frontier.
Suppression of Film Offensive to Iran.
182. In the course of the summer the Iraqi Government showed up in
favourable contrast to the French authorities in Beirut by forbidding the display
in Bagdad of a film entitled “Leila, Daughter of the Desert,’’ to which the
Iranian Government took exception as being derogatory to Iran.
(C) Other Countries.
Afghanistan.
183. Irano-Afghan relations were marred by no incidents during the year,
and the beginnings of greater intimacy were explicit in the association of hcffh
countries in the Four-Power Middle East Non-Aggression Pact, to sign which
the Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs visited Tehran by invitation m July.
As a sequel, arrangements were agreed on between the signatories for future
consultation and co-operation in foreign affairs, the first fruits of which were
seen in the support given to Iran at Geneva in September for the seat on the
Council of the League of Nations vacated by Turkey. Prior to the conclusion
of the pact the Afghan Government had regarded it as of little practical
importance; they can hardly have foreseen the closer association provided for in
the course of the signature at Tehran. It remains to be seen whether this will
be reflected in the avoidance or in the smoother treatment of incidents between
the two countries.
184. The Afghan Ambassador, Sher Ahmed, dean of the Diplomatic Body
at Tehran who did not disguise his low opinion of Iran, was recalled to Kabul
in May, and was succeeded by a milder personality, Ahmad Ali, a cousin of the
King of Afghanistan.
A ustna
185 The Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration between Austria and Iran,
concluded at Angora on the 23rd September, 1936, was ratified by the Majlis
on the 5th June. A further “Convention d’Etablissement signed at the same
time at Angora had not been presented to the Majlis nor published by the end

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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.

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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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