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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [90r] (179/442)
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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OUTWARD TELEGRAM
This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
kept under Lock and Key.]
[This telegram is of particular secrecy and sh
retained try the authorised recipient and not p
E 512/25/34
[CYPHER] WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION
To: PERSIA
FROM E C iEI G-N OFFICE TO TEHRAN
D* 1,30 p.m* 19th January, 1942
No. 96
19tIT~ J anuary, 1942
I9tfT J anuary, 1942
Repeated to Government of India No.1101.
Your telegram No e 75 [of January 14th: proposed Anglo-
Soviet-Persian Treaty], p . 0 .
I have reconsidered position in the light of your
^trpng recomendations, I note that the Persian Prime
Minister has been induced to abandon the third proposed
assurance, which, as you know, has been regarded here as
the most unacceptable from our point of view. There is
nothing objectionable about assurances ( 1 ) or ( 4 ), though
as regards the former it should be understood that this
does not conflict with the role of the Persian army as out
lined m Article 3 (2) (a). As regards assurance (2), you
are^of course right in believing that we do not intend to
insist that the Persian Government shall pay for purely
military works not necessary to Persia, but if we were to
agree to the formula which you suggest, we might be
committed in advance with regard to many points which will
only come up for discussion in the later financial
negotiations provided for in Article 4(2) of the Treaty.
This objection could however be overcome if assurance were
redrafted as follows
“With reference to Article 4 (2), it is understood that
there is no provision in the Treaty which requires that the
Persian Government shall bear the cost of any works which
the Allied Powers carry out for their own military ends and
which are not necessary for the needs of Persia".
2. I have therefore asked the Soviet Ambassador to
suggest to his Government that they should authorise your
Soviet colleague to agree to further notes on the lines
suggested in your telegram No s 20, provided that assurance
( 2 ) is redrafted on the lines indicated above and that
assurance/5) is omitted. As soon as your Soviet colleague
receives instructions to support you, you should inform the
Prime Minister that you are authorised to agree to these
notes^ You should make it clear,, however, that I have only
agreed to thiw final concession as the result of your strong
recommendations and that it is my last word on the subject/
In return for this concession, I expect the Treaty to be
signed and to enter into force immediately. You should
therefore tell the Prime Minister that if it is not signed
within a fortnight after the date on which you make this
demarche,.His Majesty's Government and the Soviet Government
YJll consider themselves free to resume their complete
liberty of action.
See my immediately following telegram.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’
- Pages
- 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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