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Ext 5000/41(1) 'Persia: situation leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation' [126r] (251/606)
The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 7 Jul 1941-9 Sep 1941. 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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5053
1941 |
•jihis telegram is of particular secrecy and should he
•retained hy the authorised recipient and not passed on],
[CYPHER] WAR CABIKET DISTRIBUTION .
. Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs has just given me
this oral reply.
(1) Three Germans mentioned to leave within a week.
y \2) At least 100 to leave within a month from to-day.
(3) Thereafter elimination to he accelerated on basis
of schemes being prepared in all Ministries.
(4) No lists to he furnished hut he might give me now
and then some further details such as names and
jobs of Germans who had left.
2. Statement in 1 (4) was very vague. He said that
such particulars would he given on the understanding that
they would not he published and.that he was not giving
similar assurance to my Soviet colleague,
3. Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs finally
assured me that the Persian Government's programme which
ho said was prepared at the beginning of the war hut is
being accelerated because of our representations, would he
faithfully carried out and that sucp Germans as were allowed
to stay would he so closely watched that they could not
constitute danger to Persian or British interests. All this
publicity however only caused delay since the Persian
Government could not allow it to appear that they were
acting under pressure and they therefore looked to His
Majesty's Government to put a stop to it.
4. I replied as follows: while these proposals went
a little way towards meeting His Majesty's Government's
demands, they differed so widely from them (e.g. 100 instead
of about 550) that I saw no prospect whatever of their being
•accented. Lists were essential so that we might know
exactly who had gone. I could not agree to the arrangement
whereby I should receive details withheld from my Soviet
colleague whom I should inform at once of his assurance to
me on this point. Whether His Majesty's Government would
FROM: PERSIA .
FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir R. Bullard.
No, 566.
19th August,^ 1941.
D. 10.15 p.m., 19th August, 1941.
R. • 8.35 a.m., 20th August, 1941.
of India No. 437,
-Repeated)to Government
Moscow,
Cairo,
Bagdad,
Angora.
3 3 3
think/
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The volume comprises telegrams, letters, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the situation in Persia leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation in August 1941.
The discussion in the volume relates to:
- relations with the Shah and the Persian Government prior to the Allied occupation
- Anglo-Persian military operations in Persia
- perceptions of the government of the United States of America on the situation
- safety and security of the British community in Persia
- reaction of different groups within Persia to the Allied occupation
- establishment of supply routes to Russia via Persia involving military occupation
- security of oil supplies
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Secretary of State for India.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (301 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 303; 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/12/551
- Title
- Ext 5000/41(1) 'Persia: situation leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:302v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence