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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [140r] (279/442)
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 FOREIGN OFFICE TO TEHRAN
No. 1071 D. 9.30 p.m. 22nd Noveiiiber ? 194-1.
22nd November, 194-1.
Repeated to India No. 1304-7.
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IMMEDIATE
Your telegram No. 1163 [of 18th November; proposed
xinglo-Soviet-rersian Treaty]. f-o •R^:i5Mbac ) |3v^ |3 h.-^ ^
These coriraents by Persian Cabinet reached me too
late. ^ I do not propose to confuse or delay matters by
communicating to the Soviet Ambassador, for reference to
Moscow, any further amendments as a result of the Persian
Government's afterthoughts. I am all the less disposed
to do this since these ”final" comments seem to me to be
either trivial or else unacceptable.
2. Persian Government’s criticism of the word
"immunities" in Article 4- (ii) seems to be untenable.
The word has a well recognised meaning in law and
appears in the same connexion in our Treaties with Iraq
and v/ith Egypt, and there is no possible implication,
either in the case of those countries, or in that of
Persia, that the word has anything to do with the
Capitulations. Word "exemptions" has no such meaning
and would in the context apply to fiscal matters only.
Present text must therefore stand.
3. As regards proposed amendment to Article 6 (i)
and to Annex 1, Persian Government’s proposal is
unacceptable. Their objection to the word "direct" is
not understood. I assume that the Persian Government
do not really expect us to give them an undertaking to
consult them in any matters which do not,(repeat not),
affect the direct interests of Persia. I fear I could
not agree to anything of the sort. In any case the
Persian proposal regarding "rights and privileges" goes far
further than anything to which we could agree.
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INDIA OFFICE
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (219 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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