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PZ 5369/32 'Persia: movements of George Woodward alias Leonid Tour-Pavlikovski' [‎34r] (9/30)

The record is made up of 1 file (13 folios). It was created in 13 Aug 1932-27 Oct 1932. It was written in English. 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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gpcloau re No. 2. in T ehr an d esDatc ti .193a>,
No. 869.
British Vice-Consulate,
Mohammerah,
Septeraher 21 , 1932.
Dear Consulate,
With reference to note dated the Seoteniber 2,
1932 from the Chancery, British Legation, Tehran, we have
to state that one J. Woodward holding Roumanian Passport
No. 361 issued to him at Shangai (China) on July 28, 1931
came to this Vice-Consulate for a transit visa. On oeing
questioned he stated that he had travelled from India to
Bushire and thence to Shiraz, Isfahan, Tehran and Mohammerah.
That he had been robbed twice on the way and been maltreated
by robbers and dispossessed of everything he had. He
complained bitterly of the treatment he had received in
Persia, seemed to be repentant for ever having come to Persia
and appeared anxious to return to his own country as soon
as possible. He was in possession of about 40 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. and
some Indian currency.
Rnpuiries from the Anglo Persian Oil Company elicit
2
P r00a ^ ) ly same individual endeavoured to obtain
employment from two of their Europeans of the staff of the
Labour Department (Messrs Turner and Venthan not Tyndal
and Waltham) who considered him a -strange looking person-
and did not give employment.
Yours Ever,
Vice Consulate
The British Consulate,
Ahwaz•

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The file contains papers regarding Leonid Tour-Pavlikovsky,a Russian citizen travelling under a false Romanian passport with the nameGeorge Woodward.

Much of the file consists of the subject’s statement toBombay police explaining how and why he obtained the passport and detailing hissubsequent travels.

The remainder of the file includes a requestfrom Herbert Aubrey Francis Metcalfe, Foreign Secretary in the Government ofIndia, for verification of the subject’s movements in Persia, and replies fromthe British Consulate, Shiraz, and Vice-Consulate, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].

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1 file (13 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 30, and terminates at f 44, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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