Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [‎197v] (394/442)

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by all means at their command from all aggression on
the part of Germany and her associates.
(ii) His Imperial Majesty the Shah undertakes
(a) to assist the Allied Powers in the fulfilment of
the above undertaking by all means in his power,
including the co-operation of the Persian forces and
civil authorities with the Allied Powers in such
manner as those Powers may request. The assistance of
the Persian forces shall, however, be limited to
operations on Persian territory:
(b) to secure to' the Allied Powers, for the passage of
troops or supplies from one Allied Power to the other
or for other similar purposes, the unrestricted right
to use, maintain, control and guard in any way that they
may require all means of communication throughout Persia,
including railways, roads, rivers, aerodromes, ports,
pipelines and telephone, telegraph and wireless
installations:
(c) to furnish all possible assistance and facilities in
obtaining material and recruiting labour for the
purpose of the maintenance and improvement of the
means of communication referred to in paragraph (b);
(d) to establish and maintain, in collaboration with the
Allied powers, such measures of censorship control as
they may require for all the means of communication
referred to in paragraph (b),
/ rticle 4 »
The Allied Powers may maintain in Persian territory land,
sea and air forces in such number and in such localities as
they consider necessary. All questions concerning the
relations between the forces of the Allied Powers and the
Persian authorities shall be settled so far as possible in
co-operation with the Persian authorities in such a way as to
safeguard the security of the said forces. . It is understood
tiiat the presence of these forces on Persian territory does not
constitute a military occupation and will interfere as little
as possible with the Persian civil administration or the normal
life of the population.
Article 5.
The forces of the Allied Powers shall be withdrawn from
Persian territory not later than one year after all hostilities
between the Allied Powers and Germany and her associates have
been suspended by the conclusion of an armistice or armistices,
or on the conclusion of peace between them, which ever date is
the earlier.
,.rti cle 6 . No change.
Arti cle 7 .
The Allied Powers jointly AmHoi-tnke to use their best endeavours
to help the Persian Government to procure their essential
economic requirements.
Article 8 ,