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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [92r] (183/442)
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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FROM: PERSIA
FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir R* Bullard,;
No* 75 .
14th January, 1942a
MOST IMMEDIATE.
[Grpo undec*]
Do 10-25 pom* 14th January, 1942*
R 3 12o30 a t m» 15th January, 1942*
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Soviet Ambassador eventually received instructions
in the sense desired by you and we informed the Minister for
Foreign Affairs January 13th that no changes or assurances
coula.be made-> Since then the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
the Minister of Finance and the Minister of War, who are all
strong supporters of the ‘Treaty and helpful to us, have
asked me urgently whether His Majesty's Government cannot
do something to support the Prime Minister* The Prime Minister
who, .I understand, has sent .you another appeal through the
Persian Minister in London is most unwilling to have to tell
the Majlis that the Allies have completely disregarded his
representationso It is possible that we made a tactical error
in not securing the signature before presentation to the Majlis
since the fact that the Treaty had only been initialled left,
the. door open for argument® However that may be, the Prime
Minister.feels that his position will be greatly damaged and;
the possibility.of securing the respect or the majority for the
Treaty reduced if he cannot give the Majlis some slight
satisfaction® There is no dispute about the fourth of the.
proposed assurances since you had already authorized it to be -
given* In addition, the Prime Minister regards the first two
as essential® Although I believe that a good case could be
made against your argument concerning letters of September 6 th,
I induced the Prime Minister to abandon this point but the
first two assurances remain to be dealt with* N
2 * Assurance about the army is not merely repetition
of reference to the role of the army in Article 3: 'it leaves the
Persian.Government free to offer spontaneous resistance to
German invasion if they wish without putting this in words
which might revive the accusation that the Allies wist? to use
the Persian Army in their wars*
. . ^ 0n drafting second sentence of assurance, I
rejected several formulae which might have helped to prejudge
the matter open to argument, but I am unable to believe even
the.Soviet Government would expect Persia to pay for purely
military works not.necessary to Persia* I hear from many
sources that deputies and public are most anxious on this point.
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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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