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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [152v] (304/442)
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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Only adviser we could recommend would, I think, he Americans,
[sic]. Previous experience has not been happy but in present
circumstances Americans might be less hostile to British
i'nfl'uencey while the Russians being dependent on American help,
ijiight £e'less hostile to the adviser. Negotiation of an
agreement'for financial assistance would enable us to raise
the ‘adti'sef question if we thought fit ? (c) in considering
the^mount of financial help to be indicated in the proposed
agreement^ we should require to examine the revenue resources
or Persia and would-make it easier to discuss with the Russians
certain methods they use ta detract, Persian* re venue, e.g,. in
my telegram No. 8 S aving November loth, I reported that the
Russians were selling goods without* paying customs dues, in
contravention of their own commercial treaty and this is still
going on.
5, I again urge most strongly that additions made to
Article 7 and numbered (1) and (2) (a) (b) and (c) be accepted
by His Majesty’s Government.
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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.
- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3520
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence