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Ext 5000/47/1 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports' [‎113r] (226/704)

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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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Sir M. Petersen
Mo. 1 70
1st February, 1948.
D.10.55 a.m. 1st February, 1948.
R. 4.22 p.m, 1st February, 1948.
Repeated to Washington
Tehran
Addressed to Foreign Office telegram N o. 170,
repeated t o ashihgton and Tehran.
One and three quarters column article in Trud January
51st reviews Lillspagh's hock "The Americans in Persia
and attacks him for trying to get oil concessions for the
Americans whilst inspiring the Persian Goverrucent to
worsen Persian-Soviet relations. He is alleged to have
openly propagated the idea of enslaving Persia and conver
ting it into a United States colony and to have slandered
the Soviet Union without restraint.
2. Article concludes that Persian governing circles
have, however, not been offended bj* this book and ados
that this is understandable since Persian reactionaries
seeking allies for the prosecution of their nest lie
against the Soviet Union. Per this reason, they
perfidiously violate the Soviet Persian oil agreement and
allowed the country to he flooded with United States
advisers "experts" and "instructors" to whom they have
virtually handed over the army and gendarmerie whilst
the Americans are setting up naval and air bases in
Persia. Paper "Razm" is quoted as calling cn all freedom
loving elements of Persia to recognise the danger and beno
all their effrots to defending the independence ox their
state.
Foreign Office please repeat "Uashingtcn" as jny
telegram No. 54.
[Repeated to Washington.]
are
policy
perfidy
///

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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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