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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [‎206v] (412/442)

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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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2 .
Article 1 .
^ ihe , Kln g of Grea t Britain, Ireland and the
the^n^on ^ n q° n - 5 e ? 0nd n 11 ? 3 seas > Em P eror of India, and
t ‘ + ?^ Socialist Republics (hereinafter referred
i 11:L ? d p ? v J ers ) jointly undertake to respect the
territorial integrity and political independence of Iran.
Article 2 .
the^one^nrt 06 ? st ^ 3l;ishe ^ between the Allied Powers on
the other d and HlS Im P erial Majesty the Shah of Iran on
Article 3»
/. \ ^ P haun qJh
^ UJ ihe_ Allied Powers jointly undertake'hir moanc ii-ui^^-
Ida.i .lUMi-all aggression on the part* ,
of tno ^ ^ o^ouaJj ^,
(ii) His Imperial Majesty the Shah undertakes:-
to assist the Allied Pov/ers in the fulfilment
oi the above undertaking by all means in his power,
rnclud ing the co-operation of the Iranian forces + CiwL a^utW>Cl
with the Allied Pov/ers. The assistance of
the o-raman forces shall, however, be limited to
operations on Iranian territoryui. ^Uc/w ^ ttccycc*
Vwp-^
to secure to the Allied Power^jfthe unrestricted
j tn USR m^i-ntenn 0 ^.,. o
^^bt to use,maintain, control and guard in any way
unat they may require all means of communication
throughout Iran, including railways, roads ,# 1*4 rivers y
*•** tifii, iisi'i'^f aerodromes, portsjand "CbldpTioM -
telegraph apd^wireless installations^for the passaee^
/ 6 f. troops or supplies^! rpm one A Til ed Power to the ,
other^r f or^ap otheYl^^se^ g^^
possible assistance ana facilities in obtaining
material and recruiting labour for the purpose of
the maintenance and improvement of theaa means of ,
communicationjU^A^ £ ^ (b)
/ Jn . , ^ cdbJkrULtw^ Ua(K tteh^ltJuLfcrtoerih
^ to establish and maintainlsuch measures of
censorship control as they may require for *#£ the«fr
means of commurdcationAjt^uL^L & ^ po^
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l "
Article JL
ihe Allied Powers may ma^i.nt ain/au e ^ j^nd,, sea and air forces.** 9 -^cA k^wJUv.
as^ney^ consider necessary ^rTlramairte^ nronr rTTA ^ u, ^
cut in-Annox 1 All questions concerning the relations between UoceJdS
^uhc lorces of the Allied Powers and the Iranian authorities ^
snail be settled^so far as possible in co-operation with the
-raman authorities in such a way as to safeguard the security
of/

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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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