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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [‎119v] (238/442)

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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 reasons which impelled the Persian G-overnment to
adopt such an attitude. Some people were already
beginning to suggest that the Persian Government were
playing a double game, and were still waiting to see
which way the cat would really jump. Both the Minister
for Poreign Affairs-qnd[grp*undec. ? President] violently
denied these suggestions and [ grp. undec. ? discussion]
became rather heated; but they adduced no sound argument
and based^their case on purely [grp. undec. ? formal]ist
reasons of Parliamentary procedure. They wer,e quite
determined.that matters could not be hurried/ and I
finally said that I would report the conversation to you,
but that I sav/ no hope of persuading you that there.was
anything in their arguments, since they had not perstt&ded
me myself. Both the President of the Council, wno at
by my arguments though we parted on friendly
However, I propose to see the Shall privately this
evening or to-morrow morning, I am sure that he will
be sympathetic for he recently volunteered the statement
to me that we had shown exemplary patience in enduring
the various.delays of these negotiations. Soviet
Ambassador is to see the President of the Council this
evening and will hold similar language.
[Repeated to Kuibyshev No,362],

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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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