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Ext 5000/47/1 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports' [‎63v] (127/704)

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The record is made up of 1 file (348 folios). It was created in 8 Jan 1947-23 Jun 1948. 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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cipai opponent of the loan in the Majlis has executive and a condemnation of the split. contin
been Mr. Taqizadeh, whose ground of objec- When the episode was over and unity way b
tion—a much sounder one—is that unless restored, the Central United Gounci sent line b
and until the corrupt and inefficient to the Minister of National Economy an had b
administration is cleaned up any foreign open letter demanding freedom for the ber 1
loan will be either stolen or misused. Mr. union s activities, and attacking the Mims- Soviet
Naficy himself takes the sensible view that try of Labour and the Government-spTV clzC*.*
at first only a small loan can be hoped for, sored (E.S.K.I.) unions. In Isfahan the ^ Trans
and that the Persians must, by their own Government attempted to combat mcreas- and it
actions demonstrate that they deserve a ing ludeh influence b\ propaganda on baijai
larger loan at a later stage of the Seven- behalf of the E.S.K.I. unions and by apply- bers
Year Plan. The Prime Minister has not yet ing pressure on independent workers’ Quart
committed himself in support of the Naficy organisations to make them join E.S.K.I. Russi;
programme, but the earmarking of the oil 7. Other points of interest duiing the Soviet
royalties under the budget law is inter- month affecting the organisation of labour 10.
preted as a prelude to its implementation. were the completion by M. Colombain, the remai
5. The continued drought, which has lasted International Labour Organisation expert made
since the summer, gave rise to considerable on co-operative societies, of his tour of the and t
apprehension about the food situation next provinces, followed by his submission of count]
year, and resulted in measures being taken recommendations to the Government, and Gover
by the Government to cancel all permits the findings of a committee which had been howe\
issued previously for the export of rice, set up to consider the problem of tuber- . to Ab
barley and other food grains. The anxiety culosis among industrial workers. The issue,
was to some extent assuaged by the break committee’s report to the Majlis proposed belief
in the weather which occurred'in the last an increase in the premium for insurance Gover
week of the month and resulted in consider- against industrial injury, and measures to office
able snowfalls over most of the country. make the insuring agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. responsible for of scr
The food situation in 1948 is, however, the treatment of all tuberculosis amongst bad,
likely to be extremely difficult. Foreign industrial workers. arr j e ^
trade remained practically at a standstill 8. A Bill, sponsored by the Minister of and 3
owing to the continued hold-up in the issue National Economy, for the control of worst
of permits for the purchase of foreign foreign traders was examined by a parha- deten
exchange; this resulted from continued un- mentary commission. The effect of the 5,000,
certainty about the future of the exchange Bill in its original form would be to reserve wome
rate, which was the subject of acrimonious to Persian nationals or firms the represen- tion
discussion between the president of the tation in Persia of foreign firms; in the nornn
National Bank. Mr. Ebtehaj, and the case of selling agencies or main distri- towns
Government. At the end of the month it butors, the staff of such concerns could be it is
was hoped that some definite decision would either Persian or that of the exporting Thou<
be taken within a few days and that the country. The Bill contained many other kept
issue of foreign exchange permits would be provisions which would render the existence po^a
resumed. of foreign traders somewhat precarious from
6. Surprise was caused at the beginning and would effectively preclude the entry of be un
of the month by the announcement of a split foreign capital. A memorandum was sent
in the Tudeh Party, twelve leading mem- to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs speci- Forei;
bers of which announced their intention of fying the grounds of objection of His ' H-
forming a separate Socialist Tudeh group. Majesty’s Government to this Bill, and tinuej
There was some uncertainty about the similar representations were made by other a ^ a( ‘‘
origin of this break-away, and some reason diplomatic missions, including the United office,
for thinking that the Soviet Government States Embassy. The Bill was amended by * tu oe (
had secretly encouraged the proposal. The the Parliamentary Commission and sent not l
immediate reaction from Moscow, however, back to the Minister of National Economy repoi
was to denounce the dissidents as tools of to be redrafted and submitted for discus- baijai
imperialist policy, and after being a seven- sion by the Majlis. Trans
day wonder in Tehran political circles the
separatist group collapsed ignominiously Conditions in the Provinces °.
and it was announced that Tudeh unity had 9. Anxiety and uncertainty continued in tmuec
been restored. This strange episode had an Azerbaijan. The tendency of individual s
echo in trade union activities—the original businessmen to wind up their activities in when
manifesto of the Socialist Tudeh group this exposed province and to carry them on Govei
having drawn from the Central United elsewhere was as marked as it had been in Govei
Council of Trades Unions a public state- the autumn, and no great progress was jectio
ment of allegiance to the Tudeh Party made in public works. Work was, however, Qavai

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This file contains papers relating to a constitutional crisis in Iran during 1947. The papers are mostly secret diplomatic reports on the fluid political situation in Tehran. The papers are mainly correspondence between the British ambassador to Tehran and the Foreign Office in London, but also include a few newspaper clippings of the Iranian press at the time.

The crisis in question was premeditated by the refusal of the Soviet Union to relinquish occupied Iranian territory in Azerbaijan following the Second World War. This lead to a series of domestic conflicts in Iran that involved the Tudeh party, Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam, the Shah of Persia, and the British forces that had occupied southern Iran. The papers include reports on various meetings with the Shah by the British Ambassador in Tehran, as well as more detailed reports on various political factions and parties within Iran, and their respective external allies. Several reports mention the implications for, and involvement of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in the crisis, and the future Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossaddegh. The file also includes a summary of the Persian Government's seven year development plan.

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1 file (348 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 350; 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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