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Ext 6552/41 ‘Security Organisation in Persia’ [‎84r] (167/320)

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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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DEPARTMENTAL No,
FROii TBHRAH TO FOREIffij OFFICE.
Sir R, Bullard ^
Ro, 995 B. 11.00 p.m. 8th August, 1912#
8th August, 194-2. R. 2.30 a.m. 9th august, 1942.
Repeated to Bagdad for General Officei Comiranding No. 301
Minister of State Cairo No. 272
Government of India Saving (with preceding telegram)
My immediately preceding telegram. 'UhvJ ,
Suspects procedure is subject to law of diminishing returns.
It was possible to secure the handing over of half a dozen
people though even that required constant pressure on the
Prime Minister and the police, but we are now dealing with large
numbers including military and police offtcers and an ex-Prime
Minister and (though we have not yet told the Persian
+ Ct*%. Government) the General Officer Commanding Isfahan? At the
7 « *. same time we have to deal with a new Prime Minister who has taken
* office at a time when the office is much less attractive than
usual.
2. ItSsforHis Majesty’s Government to say v/hether they
wish to insist that all Persian suspects whose arrest we demand
must not only be arrested but handed over to us. It is possible
that Prime Minister is bluffing and would not in fact resign but
I do not think so. The attitude of my Soviet colleague and my
United States colleague suggest we could expect little or no
support from their Governments. Procedure proposed by the
Prime Minister is not so favourable to us as it looks at first
sight but more favourable than that followed by the Iraqi
Government and accepted by us though it is true that the
internment camp at Amara is behind the British lines. Great
difficulty of providing guards in Tehran is realised and the
participation of Persians - even Persians chosen by us - in
interrogation might embarrass us and greatly diminish its
utility. I think however that we should discuss the question
of detention and interrogation with Persian authorities with the
assistance of proposed senior officer from the 10th A^my. If we
cannot secure arrangement satisfactory to His Majesty s
Government we should be in a stronger position in having
discussed instead of merely dictated and in that event the Prime
Minister would find it less easy to resign when his Government
was working than now when there is no Cabinet.
3. If the Prime Minister does resign I cannot think of any
civilian of value to the Allies who would take office with such
an issue unsettled.
[Copies sent to Mr. Armstrong].
RECD.POL. DEPt,
5 0 iUG!942
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.
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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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