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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [75v] (150/320)
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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34
It is unfortunate, however, that the local authorities have so far seemed to be
unable or unwilling to appreciate the present friendly attitude of this Consu
late. It is to be hoped that the closing of the Soviet Consulate with the
suspicions and unhappy memories it has evoked in the past may perhaps
pave the way to a franker and more reasonable attitude on the part of the
local Authorities here towards this Consulate.
6. I have sent copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran
(No. 16).
( 22 )
Letter from H. M.’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office, London
N o. 75 (272/6/38), dated the 25th February 1938.
Copies to :—India No. 30.
Baghdad No. 7.
All Consuls—Circular No. 7.
^ave the honour to inform Your Lordship that on the 12th February
His Majesty s Vice-Consul at Khorramshahr reported that the local authori
ties at that town had been instructed that all foreign and Iranian Jews must
lea,ve Persia within three months. Captain Bazalgette added that this
order would affect one Bntish Indian subject who had been in Abadan twenty
years as a money-lender and shopkeeper. This individual had appealed to
him for assistance. Subsequently Captain Bazalgette stated that the expul-
sion was apparently only from the province of Khuzistan, and that he was
endeavouring to obtain full information from the Governor of Khorram-
shahr. His Majesty s Consul at Ahwaz reported that the Jews at that town
bee . n ordered to leave, and that the order was apparently confined
to the frontier zones, but that it was uncertain whether foreign Jews were re-
quired to leave Iran or only the frontier zones. 8
„ f Enquiries were made by a member of my staff at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs on the subject, but the Ministry disclaimed all knowledge of
any order for the expulsion of Jews, and the Iraqi Minister, with whom I
had a conversation on the subject, appears to have been equally unsuccessful
in eliciting any definite reply. The Tehran representative of the Anelo-
Iraman Oil Company, however, has confirmed that the order for the expulsion
of Jews from frontier areas has in fact been given, and that it applies to em
p oyee.-, of the Company, a point which was previously in doubt. Mr. Rice
was unaware as to the definition of frontier areas for the purposes of
T> t j r ' .? e sai . f riiat the Company were assuming that none of their
Bntish Jewish employees would be affected.
led to tn! P°“ tion , is tbus £ ar frora clear. I do not know what motives have
ed to this action by the Iranian Government who have recentlv shown
order has been nromnted h "”tVi jjj but it seems possiblethat the
smuggling. 611 prompted by the Customs authorities in connection with
possible 1 furthe^tofn^ MajeS £’ S CC T U1 at Ahwaz t0 Ornish as soon as
nish Brit?sb todX^ to / e i g ^u mg ‘H order for th e expulsion of the
Jewisn British Indian subject at Khorramshahr. In the light of mv nresent
ilXlWbXtXur to'” 7 ‘f 0 " in Tehran ’ but I have y thought
ble that dinlnmof r ship this preliminary report, since it seems possi-
by the order 6 may be ret l uired if British subjects are affected
ment 5 of Ma S in d the g F C Z^ t0 the Secretary to the Govern-
t “YnL? ? , External Affairs Department, to His Maiestv’s Amhassa
dor at Baghdad and to His Majesty’s Consular Officers in lxin AmbaBSa '
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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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- 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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