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Ext 5000/47/1 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports' [146r] (293/704)
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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dliyszl/ /Ur.
[M CLbIR]
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
FROM MOSCOW TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Sir M. Peterson
No: 2602
U. 7ol5.p,m.2nd December 1947
2nd December 1947
R* 8.15«p.m.2nd December 1947
Repeated to Tehran
Washington
Cairo (for British Middle East Office)
Soviet press on Persia.
Trud November 30th carries two-column article
entitled "representatives of the Persian people or
American lackeys then switches main weight of Soviet
attack to Majlis. Drawing sharp distinction between
ersian people and Persian rulers, article vigorously
condemns suppression of Tudeh party, and alleges that
elections to Majlis were carried out in an atmosphere of
lawlessness, clublaw, police repressions, etc.
2. In particular, American agents did all they
could to set up a.Majlis which would fit in with United
States interests in Persia. The United States Government
agreed to a 250 million dollar loan only on condition
that al± Persian "democratic" organisations were smashed,
the suppression of the "democrats" in Azerbaijan was
assisted by United States bombers and guns and troops
commanded by General Schwarzkopf, and the United States
Ambassador visited the electoral districts i-n order to
influence the results.
5. The first task placed before the Majlis by the
Americans had been to block confirmation of the Soviet -
Persian Oil Company, "the realisation of which would
have upset United States plans for the ennnnmin
4.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1223
- Title
- Ext 5000/47/1 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:137v, 138ar, 138r:149v, 151r:165v, 198r, 198r, 199r:200v, 198v, 201r:349v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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