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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [‎27r] (53/442)

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The record is made up of 1 file (219 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1941-13 Jul 1943. 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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OUTWARD TELEGRAM
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
kept under Lock and Key.]
(E 4140/509/54)
[CYPHER].
DEPARTMENTAL No, 2.
FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO TEHRAN
No: 1029 D. 6 . 50 p.m. July 18th, 1942.
TuIy-IFth, 1942.
Repeated to Minister of State Cairo No.l595 w
Bagdad (for General Officer Commanding and
Air Officer Commanding) No. 705.
inn
Your telegram No. 841 [of 27th June] and Minister of
State 1 "s telegram No. 214 to you [of 9th July: payment, of rent
to Persian Government for state-owned buildings occupied by
His Majesty's Forces].
You may negotiate with Persian Government on.basis
proposed in your paragraph 5. We.are however anxious to
maintain the principle laid down in my telegram No. 295 [oi
26th February] that His Majesty s Government should at most
be responsible for reimbursement of out-of-pocket.expenses oi
Persian Government, Payment should only be made in cases
where it is established that Persian Government have been
obliged to incur extra expense as the result of our occupation
of state-owned properties*’in question. Payment should not
exceed the amount of such extra expense, nor the amount which
would represent a fair rental for the properties.
2. In this and any other.similar case you shpuld
endeavour to secure the insertion of a clause stating that the
financial terms therein agreed are always subject to the
provisions of any general financial agreement which may he
concluded between the two Governments in accordance with
Article 4(2) of the Treaty of Alliance and may be applicable .
to the case.
[Copies sent to Mr. Armstrong]*

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Correspondence relating to the drafting and ratification of a treaty of alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union, introduced in the wake of the two nations’ invasion and occupation of Persia [Iran] in August 1941. The treaty set out to establish friendly relations between the three nations involved, and to ‘respect the territorial integrity, the sovereignty and the political independence of Iran.’ The file contains multiple drafts of the treaty articles, along with a final printed copy of the treaty, dated 29 January 1942 (ff 67-69). The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Legation in Tehran; the Foreign Office.

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 (219 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 221; 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.

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