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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [172v] (344/442)
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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by publicity given to the idea of an alliance - publicity
in which it must be admitted that the Persian Government
have not takenpart - they for their part have been
subjected to violent attacks on the Berlin and Rome wireless
which would not have occurred had the negotiations been *
entirely confidential. The Persian Government are therefore
making every attempt to obtain amendments which will allay the
suspicions of the people.
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4. We have drafted a number of amendments none of which,
so far a^ I can see 5 has more than a face-saving value, except
•the*promise of yund^ined credits in Article 7 which they seem
to hope would be 1 © million but which I think should be 5 as
.This replaces the suggestion for a
* lo^n # o'f T‘ Mnion fcu%*forward • in my above-mentioned telegram.
b* -After a further meeting to be held tomorrow I hope
to telegraph in final form the amendments considered [grp. undec:
? reasonable.]
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[Repeated to Kuibyshev under Foreign Office No. 116 of
9th October].
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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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- 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