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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [‎87r] (173/442)

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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 4^^
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be U-
kept under Lock and Key.]
[This telegram is-of-particular
retained % the authorised rec
E. 475/23/34. < Jt
■should he
[CIPHER]
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WAR CABINET DISTRAuTIOM . Jo^ (AL^. '
To: PERSIA .! [ 9^2 W "
FROM FOREIGE OFFICE TO TEHRM.
Not 119>
^2nd January, 1942. D* 6.50 p.m. 25rd January, 1942.
Repeated to Government of India No. 1412.
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sov^g];-s%a y i 6 i°i ^ sea
had hitherto shown an uncompromising attitude over the
assurances, to which the Soviet Government had already agreed
MsiTiI 0 ths+ be mUCh ^amassed if they had to tell the
Lajlis that we_ were not prepared to consider any of the
suggestions wnich they had put forward, and the Minister begged
that, as his Government had done their best to co-operate
loyally, we should agree to their request. operate
dra? Jrt nn +^ 43 ® ^aty^negotiations had already
oraggea on tar too long and that I could not continue tn he
faced, vatu repeated requests for further amendments. I was
reluctance t to U ^ign S the d Treflt Persi ^ 1 ^erament’s continued
reluctance to sign the xreaty. as to the four nroDosed
assurances, I made it clear that there was no loK fnv
thlt wehhnn^ &greei ^ t0 the or iginal third asfSan^ hut
that we thought we could go some way to meet his Government* <?
wishes on the other three. We had made certain pmoo^ls to
the Soviet Government but. whether or not we and ?he x Soviet
Gpvernment were prepared lo agree to these Assurances thf
Minister would be well advised to tell hiA G?SmeAt’+h*?
furthUdelay. essen i ial for tiiem to sign the Treaty without
s*e»|at d’SSf S 5 ^ SJSf
intentions towards Persia in my recent speech dealing with
TLAtfwaf Ai^. S d in M °h SCO t , I.POinted but thAt o4ce g tte
on matters of g th^' V L^+° Uld i\^ n f P° s iiion to make infomation
■in -f-’-ic 1 th_s „or w available to the Persian Government
m the same way as we informed our other Allies At thp
nrfea“tJt C ^ 3 SSUre Mm 3 at his lover^e^t need have
prejudicial^to^heA^interelts. M ° SC0W ' VhiCh WaS in any ^
4. Finally/

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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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