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Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’ [241r] (481/1202)
The record is made up of 1 file (596 folios). It was created in 18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946. It was written in English and French. 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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5.
[SN CLAIR]
DEPARTMENTAL NO. 2
FROM MOS COW TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Mr. Roberts
No. 2956 ' D. 10.40 a.m. 10th September, 1946.
10th September, 1946. R. 12.50, p.m. 10th September, 1946.
Repeated to : Jerusalem
Red Star of September 8th publishes a 2-column
article by Colonel Tolchenov entitled "
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
and
Palestine as a British military training ground in the
Near East" in which the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
maintains that British
rule in Iraq, Palestine and
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
is not explained
so much by their economic importance (despite Iraqi oil)
as by their strategic importance at the junction of 3
continents.
2. Tolchenov claims that both before and during
the war Britain converted Palestine and
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
into
gigantic strategic bases, and by constructing barracks,
roads, railways, airfields and ports indicated that she
was preparing a base in the Middle East "suitable for
action in any direction".
3o The inaction of 2 British armies and the Polish
army of General Anders at a critical stage of the war
against Germany, continued military preparations in
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
, the presence of a garrison exceeding 60,000
troops in Palestine, the recent arrival of British and
Indian troops in Basra, and the suppression of any move
ment towards independence, are all then quoted by Tolchenov
to show that Britain is trying to realise wider aims than
the maintenance of her economic and political positions
in the Middle East countries.
4. Tolchenov declares that this expansionist policy
is creating a centre of unrest in the Middle East and is
far from being dictated by a desire for peace in this
area, he concludes that any aggressive act attracts the
attention not only of the countries against which it is
directed, but of all other States vitally interested in
universal peacce
IMPORTANT
Cairo
Bagd ad
New York (for Sir A. Cadogan)
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- Content
The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments within the Central Government, developments in the provinces, and the activities of the Democratic Party and the Tudeh Party. This includes accounts of meetings held by the British and United States Ambassadors – John Le Rougetel and George V Allen – with Ahmad Qavam (Prime Minister and Leader of the Democratic Party) and the Shah – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The file also covers strikes and labour disputes, with those affecting the operations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company being particularly predominant.
The strikes of oil workers in Agha Jari and Abadan in July 1946 are covered in the reports, as is a threatened revolt by the Bakhtiari and Kashgai tribes. Reports from the British Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson) cover Soviet press reporting of developments in Persia. A small amount of content is in French.
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 file (596 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 597; 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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1156
- Title
- Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:18v, 20r:82v, 83v:91v, 93r:103v, 105r:157v, 160r:178v, 180r:269v, 271r:276v, 277ar:277av, 278r:336v, 338r:339v, 341r:350v, 352r:359v, 361r:367v, 371r:383v, 386r:394v, 404r:407v, 409r:431v, 433r:438v, 440r:452v, 455r:532v, 534r:597r, 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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