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Ext 6552/41 ‘Security Organisation in Persia’ [‎73r] (145/320)

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The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 14 Oct 1941-30 Oct 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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With the CompU^
of tlTJCV^
[This telegram is. of particular secrecy and should "be
retained by the authorised recipient and not passed on].
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[En .(^ir] ^ / WAR CABIN ET DI STRIBUTION . 3l AUG tW?' " '
AOM: TURKEY,
FROM ANGORA f T0'TEHRAN.
Under SecreURT' o
fo*'* Foreign Ai
^ Sir H. Knatchbull-Hu
No. 66.
18th August.1942.
5, 0 p.m. 18th August,1942.
11.50 a,m. 29th A-ugust ,1942.
Repeated to Foreign Office No .69 Saving.
Minstate No.42 Saving'.
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_Your telegram No.71 [?8l] of August 13th: Turkish
war tile legisTation:-
Law which Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs^has in
mind is probably one of the following, copies of which
go to you by bag on August 21st:
(a) No.3780 passed on January 18th and put into
force on Februafy-poth 194 V 0 designed to "strengthen the
position of the State from the point of view or economy
and national defence" in certain exceptional circumstances,
viz: partial or general mobilisation, possibility of entry
of the State into war, and a state of war between foreign
countries involving Turkish interests. Provisions of this
law are however almost entirely economic and concern Gov
ernment control of various branches of Turkish economic
life such as industry and mining, labour conditions, export
and import trade, creation of stocks, distribution of
commodities, prevention of hoarding and excess profits ? etc:
a subsidiary law (copy by bag) provides for expropriation
of property in the interests of national defence.
(b) No.3852 of the 22nd May 1940,providing for.pro-
clamation of general or local martial law at discretion of
Minister of the Interior*and entrusting to the military
authorities in that event security duties normally
exercised by the police. Military authorities are
authorised to carry out searches and contrpl all means
of communication, eject undesirables, confiscate all arms
and munitions, control the press and censor all forms of
correspondence, suppress activities of clubs and societies,
close places of public entertainment and restrict or forbid
movements of persons by night. Regulations are enforced
by officers assisted by special military tribunals This
law (which I presume is the more interesting to you) has
been in force in Istanbul(Constantinople) and five
neighbouring Vilayets since November 22nd,1940.

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The papers in this file relate to ‘Security Organisation in Persia [Iran]’.

The papers include: The deputation of an officer from the Combined Intelligence Centre Iraq (CICI) to Tehran with cover as Assistant Military Attaché, charged with collating the records of Persians and other nationals suspected of working in Axis interests, with a view to arranging with the Persian Government for their incarceration, 14 October-7 November 1941; a proposal that the CICI include Persia in its sphere of operations, 13 October-7 November 1941; the reservations of Ambassador Reader Bullard about the deputation of a CICI officer, and proposed deputation of one from India to deal with Indian suspects in Persia, 18 October-3 November 1941; the views of the Commander-in-Chief India and Commander-in-Chief Middle East on the establishment of a security and intelligence organisation in Persia under the CICI, involving a security officer at Tehran, and assistant liaison officers at Khurramabad and Sanandaj, 7-26 November 1941; the proposals of the Commander-in-Chief India on censorship in Iraq and Persia, 16 November 1941; the proposed establishment of a commission to examine all suspects, 22-29 December 1941; the preference for a policy based on collaboration rather than repression, 29 December 1941-9 January 1942; the deportation of Axis agents to the British zone in southern Persia, 22 April-24 August 1942; the agreement of the Iraqi Government to promptly alert HM representatives or consular officers in Persia and Turkey on receiving any transit visa applications, 25 June 1942; the demand of Persian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam for any evidence against the suspects, 9 August 1942; the proposals of the Minister of State Cairo for the arrest and interrogation of suspects, 11 August 1942; and the negotiations of Bullard with prime ministers Qavam and Ali Suhayli, 29 August 1942-30 October 1943.

The file includes two dividers, which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (158 folios)
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The papers are arranged in 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 160, 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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