File 2678/1917 Pt 1 & 2 'PERSIA: FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ROUBLE EXCHANGE &c' [‎back-i] (759/759)

Content

The volume contains two parts (items): IOR/L/PS/10/687/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/687/2.

Both parts consist of papers relating to financial arrangements for the acquisition of currency for the payment, by the British Government, of Russian troops in Persia [Iran], and the associated difficulties and issues arising. The events take place in the context of a massive depreciation in the value of the rouble [ruble] and occur after the commencement of the Russian Revolution in February 1917, and during and after the October Revolution 1917.

Each part includes a Political and Secret Department divider which gives the subject number and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the front of each part.

Extent and format

1 volume (371 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The volume is comprised of two parts with the first part commencing at the rear of the volume and the second part ending at the front of the volume. The dates of each part overlap for the period October-December 1917 (although the content is not duplicated). The first part comprises folios 166-372 and the second part folios 2-165.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 373; 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. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 109A and f 158A.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

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