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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [41r] (81/320)
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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that three years ago when his Minister in Tehran had proposed the appointment
he had been told by Monsieur Kazemi that it was not necessary and would not be
welcome. If, therefore, the Iraqi Government did not wish to incur the risk of a
second rebuff I could well understand it. Doctor Naji said that he remembered
the occasion but had no fears on that score now as, after all the protestations of
brotherly love which the Iranians had made in the past week, they could not de
cently maintain Monsieur Kazemi’s attitude.
He promised to take the matter up with the Minister of Defence on his return.
The other matter I wanted to mention was, I said, that of frontier commissars.
Did the Iraqis find the system satisfactory ? The Government of India had dis
liked the idea but the Iranian Government would doubtless try and bring it up
again and if they could say that the Governments of Russia, Turkey, Iraq and
Afghanistan all liked the scheme, it would be more difficult for the Govern
ment of India to turn it down.
Dr. Naji said that it had not worked well and the Iraqis did not term their
officials £ frontier commissars ’ ; they were called “ mutasarrifs ” and if the Iranian
Government persisted in calling them frontier commissars, it did not worry him
unduly. I said that we were, I think, talking at cross purposes and that what I
meant was how did his Government like the idea of their consuls being short-
circuited in the matter of frontier incidents as ours were in East Persia. The
Iranian Government would not allow their frontier officials to notify our consuls
of such incidents. These consuls were in touch with British officials on the Indian
side of the frontier and could often effect speedy settlement of minor acts of theft
of, say, a camel. In spite of this the Iranian Government preferred to refer the
complaint through the circuitous channel of Tehran-London, or even Geneva, by
which time the stolen camel had probably died of old age.
Doctor Naji laughed heartily and said he entirely agreed and was going to say
more when the Minister of Foreign Affairs came up. I judged it expedient to ter
minate the conversation then.
(56)
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 276, dated the 17th July 1937.
With reference to your telegram to Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser-Tytler No. 61-
Secret of the 17th June, I have the honour to inform you that the Counsellor at
this Legation took the opportunity of a talk with Captain Walker of Messrs. Haw
kers Limited to enquire what he believed to be the position with regard to the
German air service through Iran. Captain Walker replied that his impression was
that German plans had advanced pretty far in Iran and Iraq. A representative
of the Lufthansa is now virtually attached to the German Legation here, and
another German air expert from Kabul was in Tehran last week. They told Cap
tain Walker that they had found an exit not more than 9,000 feet high from North
East Afghanistan, but that the lap from Kabul would have to be a very long one.
Captain Walker expects another big German aeroplane here in a few weeks' time
and thinks that the series of propaganda flights will continue until plans are still
further advanced. His own aerodrome at Doshan Tappeli is a good natural all-
weather one, which could easily be made a really good airport. Captain Walker
believes that the German Legation derive satisfaction from their knowledge of
this fact.
2. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Secretary to the Government
of India in the External Affairs Department, to His Majesty’s Ambassadors at
Berlin and Baghdad Nos. 241/11/37 and 52 respectively, and to His Majesty’s Minis
ter at Kabul.
(57)
Letter from thr Foreign Office, London, to His Majesty’s Minister,
Tehran, No. 263, dated the 15th July 1937.
I have laid before The King your despatch No. 202 (72/48/37) of the 5th June
reporting the steps taken at Tehran and by His Majesty’s Consular Officers through
out Iran to commemorate in a fitting manner the occasion of Their Majesties’ Coro
nation.
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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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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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- front, front-i, 2r:7r, 8r:11r, 12v:14v, 16r:16v, 20r, 23r:32r, 34r:41v, 42v:48r, 50v:55r, 56r:61r, 63r:65r, 68r:69r, 71v, 75v:77v, 79r:81v, 82v:85v, 89r, 91r:91v, 92v:93r, 94v:96v, 97v:101r, 102v:108v, 115r:118r, 124r, 125r:130v, 132r:134r, 136r:139r, 141r:141v, 145r:146v, 149r:151r, 152r:153v, 154v:159v, back-i, back
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