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Coll 28/105 ‘Iran. Transit of German railway coaches to Iran via Iraq.’ [21v] (42/74)
The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1941-1 Nov 1941. 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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There remain^ the five coafcAes which are still
at Bagdad. You will see that the Government of India
t-h^t t-heno^ coache^ —^=nt^d provide a valuable lever
in connection with the diplomatic pressure which is being
applied to the Iranian Government in order to induce them
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to expel Germans from their territory. We^therefore
recommend that for the present no move should be made to
send on these remaining coaches to Iran. If the Iranians
respond to our request to eject the Germans, we might let
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them have a couple more coaches; if they continue to respond we
might give up the rest. If, however, (as appears more
probable) they refuse to turn out the Germans, we suggest
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that they should be told that we see no reason to waive
our rights and put ourselves to military inconvenience
by surrendering these remaining coaches to people who
are so subservient to our enemies.
5. I am sending a copy of this letter to Major
Kirwan at the War Office and McEuen at the Ministry of
Economic Warfare.
Yours sincerely,
R. PEEL
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Correspondence concerning possible arrangements for Iranian railway carriages to be commandeered for the transport of British troops in Iraq. The correspondence covers: the likely reluctance of the Government of Iran to allow such an arrangement; the impact of any arrangment on relations between the Iraq and Iran Governments; the presence of eleven German railway carriages in Iraq, originally ordered by the Government of Iran and en route to Iran; attempts by British officials to stop the German railway carriages from departing Iraq for Iran. The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Minister at Tehran, Reader William Bullard; the Foreign Office; the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Iraq, Kinahan Cornwallis.
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 (35 folios)
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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 37; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3516
- Title
- Coll 28/105 ‘Iran. Transit of German railway coaches to Iran via Iraq.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence