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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [‎42r] (83/442)

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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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The Proces-Verbal of Signature, of whose existence we
were unaware, is open to objection for two reasons:
(a) It describes the Treaty of Alliance as between the
three Governments concerned, whereas the three parties
are the Heads of States set out in the preamble. 7e make
a distinction between a Treaty between Heads of States
and one between Governments, which involves inter alia
different kinds of Full Powers. Moreover, it is quite
incorrect to describe His Majesty's Government in the
United Kingdom as i! His Britannic Majesty's Government 15
in such a document.
(b) A more serious difficulty is the reference to the
exchange of instruments of ratification. It is specifical
ly laid down in Article 9 that the Treaty comes into
force on signature, and we have no intention of ratifying
it. You will recall that Article 9 was deliberately
drafted with this end in view, while the whole point of
submitting the Treaty to the Majlis before signature was
to avoid the necessity for ratification.
It is not clear whether Proc&s-Verbal was signed by the
signatories of the Treaty or whether it is intended to have
any legal validity. But if it is considered to affect the
rest or the Treaty in any way, it seems essential that it
should either be cancelled or else revised and re-signed.
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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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