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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [82r] (163/320)
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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2. The aeroplane is to leave Tehran each Tuesday. Letters sent by it
should therefore catch the westbound flying~boat which leaves Hebbaniya
on Friday morning. The aeroplane will return to Tehran on Wednesday
morning each week, and should accordingly bring up to Tehran letters arriv
ing by the land-plane which reaches Baghdad on Sunday evening.
3. It remains, however, to be seen whether the Iranian Government
have really made effective arrangements for the connections at Bagdad, and
I am asking His Majesty’s Embassy at Baghdad to be so good as to enquire
on this point.
4. The minimum postage on a letter to go all the way by air to the
United Kingdom or India is Rials 7 • 00. This charge is made up as follows :
To the ordinary foreign postage of Rials 1 • 50 is added first a charge of Rials
4-00 (which already existed for letters intended to be sent by air-mail from
Bagdad, even before there was any Iranian air-mail service), and second, the
further charge of Rials 1 • 50 mentioned in the enclosed notice. The minimum
charge is thus the equivalent at the official rate of exchange of no less than
1/9.
5. The first aeroplane for Bagdad duly left on Tuesday, the 15th March.
Owing to the shortness of the notice given, the load of mail carried is said to
have been very small. The aeroplane’s return was delayed by a dust-storm
in Bagdad and heavy snow storms in Iran. The functioning of this service
will be watched with interest.
6. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Department of Overseas
Trade, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad.
Translation of a Notice issued by the Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Tele
phones, dated the 21st Esfand, 1316 (12th March, 1938), No. 25536175.-
NOTICE.
The Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones brings it to the notice
of the public that as from Tuesday, the 24th Esfand, 1316 (15th March, 1938),
the air mail service between Tehran and Kermanshah will be extended to
Bagdad. This service will operate once a week for the time being until
further notice, and the following extra charge will be levied on mails from
Tehran and Kermanshah to Bagdad, in addition to the regular rates
1. On letters. Rials 1-50 for every 20 grammes, or less.
2. On plain post cards, Rials 1*50 each.
3. On other mail, such as printed matter, commercial matter, etc., 30
dinars for every 25 grammes, or less.
Parcels destined for abroad are not accepted for the time being for car
riage by the air mail service.
^ Air mail letters for foreign countries must be delivered to the special air
mail counters in Tehran and Keimanshah by 5 p.m. on Mondays, and by noon
of the same day to the Post Offices in the Capital.
Senders must write “ Air Mail ” in clear writing on their letters, and
indicate the route they are to follow.
A special air mail label will be affixed by the Post Office on all air mail
letters. Conditions concerning the transport of passengers and their luggage
will be announced later.
MOHAMMAD HAKIMI,
For Minister of P., T. & T.
( 34 )
Letter from H. M.’s Minister, Tehran, No. 63, dated the 8 th April 1938.
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that His Majesty’s
Consul at Ahwaz recently reported that the Director of the southern section,
of the Trans-Iranian Railway, according to information from a fairly reliable
source, had proposed to the Ministry of Communications that about fifty
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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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