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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [36r] (71/442)
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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point ol view we deprecate it* v e aesuirie that you will
discuss this with the Treasury*
6 * <e have, however, (ignoring for the mmont the
considerations propourided in the preceding para^ra^h)
considered what should be the departinental ar Office attitude
as regards these possible transfers to Persia of our
facilities* ie foresee great difficulty in reac ting an
^l^itable anangei ent with the Pez*sian (jovem ent if we delay
t otiations until after the war, by which time our forces
wxxl probably have been withdrawn from Persia, thus roiaoving
a practical lever to press our tome*
There appear to be three suggested solutions apart
from that oi Iliff which has now been rendered impracticable
by the new arrange ents regarding rates of exchsuige* These
solutions, and our views on them are as follows:~
(i) t«e ignt toil the Persians now that we are prepared
to let them have our facilities erected in Persia at
the end of the war on tne understanding tnat th?y i/iake
current paytr^nts to us during the war* <e are by no
iueans ena^noured of this suggestion since we o^mot be
sure that Persia will in fact pay us anything during
the war: they may sit tight as the Egyptian
Goy< mi/ient has been doing with conspicuous success
feeling certain that they will have the facilities
at the end of the war In accordance with our
conditional tern, but without attempting to pay the
wartime contributions which should in theory condition
tae transfer* we fear in^ fact chat we should hand
over the substance now for possible, contributions
w tich wil l never materialise* oreover we cannot
foresee at this stage the extent of our capital assets
in lersia at the eid of the war* It would be
difficult to determine now how iaucn the e rrent payrnen
should be, unless it was a rising figure increasing
proportionately to the value of the assets*
Ail) e should now a&K the Persian Government uo agree to
the terms which will operate in the case of any
transfer being agreed subsequently* T iere ip a lot
to be said for this from the purely financial point
of view since it would mean that nothing could be
talcen over by the lersians without their being liable
to malce payments to us in accordance with the
principles/
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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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- Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:55v, 58r, 59r:66v, 70r:146v, 150r:160v, 166r:181v, 185r:196v, 199r:205v, 209r:215v, 219r:220v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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