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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [33v] (66/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. 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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64
Adoption of the Agenda of the Session.
Request of the Government of Iraq under Article 11, paragraph 2, of the Covenant.
The President said that, since the Governments of Iran and Iraq had asked
that the request of the latter Government should not be considered at the present ^
session, the Council would no doubt agree to adjourn the question of its next ♦
ordinary session.
The President’s proposal was adopted.
The provisional agenda of the ninety-seventh session of the Council was adopted.
The meeting rose.
( 48 )
(Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter dated 21th May 1937.)
Memorandum from His Majesty’s Ambassador, Peking, No. 388 (13/4F/1937),
dated 14th April 1937.
His Majesty’s Ambassador, Peking, presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and transmits herewith three copies
of the undermentioned paper :—
Despatch from Acting British Consul-General, Shanghai, No. 91 of
7th April 1937.
Enclosure to Serial No. (48).
Letter from British Consulate General, Shanghai, No. 87, dated 7 th April
1937.
I have the honour to report that Mr. A. Mir Fondereski, who assumed charge
of the Iranian Consulate-General in September 1938, has written to inform the
Senior Consul that he has received instructions from his Government to close
provisionally the Consulate-General at Shanghai from March 20th, 1937.
2. Mr. E. A. Long, Secretary to the Consular Body, informs me that this action
has been necessitated by financial stringency and losses on exchange. He adds
however that he has heard a somewhat inconsistent report that the Iranian Gov
ernment contemplate opening a Legation in China in the near future.
( 49 )
(Enclosure in Foreign Office coverign letter dated 9th June 1937.)
Telegram from Sir A. Clark Kerr (Bagdad), No. 57-Saving, dated 31st May
1937.
Addressed to Tehran No. 2 of May 31st.
Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me this morning that Governor of Basra
had reported that Persian troops estimated at 24,000 had been concentrated at
Ahwaz, Hawiza and Mohammerah. Governor had suggested that troops were
possibly to be used to support settlement of colony of Persian tribes amongst Arabs
of Khuzistan. Have you any information ?
Kepeated to Foreign Office No. 57-Saving.
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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.
At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).
A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .
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.
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- 1 file (158 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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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 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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- League of Nations
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