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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [95v] (190/320)
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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74
The Isfahan paper “ Bakh tar ” of the 12th and 20th April last published
calls for tenders for transport of :—
5.000 tins benzine.
3.000 „ oil gas (sic).
1,300 litres oil.
342,000 „ No. 220 oil.
160 kilos grease.
40 tins paraffin.
4,500 „ mazout (fuel oil)
from Isfahan to Anarek, from Anarek to the mines at Talmessi, Sabarz-
Baghereg and Masgani, and also the transport of some cases containing
machinery the weight of which varies from 300 to 3,000 kilos each, from
Anarek to Talmessi.
( 60 )
Copy to D. 0. T.
India No. 114.
Bagdad No. 35.
Kermanshah No. 21.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 227, dated the 20th June 1938.
With reference to my despatch No. 194-E of the 19th May, with regard
to the Iranian air-service to Bagdad, I have the honour to report that this
service now leaves Tehran on Thursday mornings, returning from Bagdad on
Fridays.
2. The Lufthansa aeroplanes continue to leave Tehran on Tuesdays as
before.
3. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Secretary to the Govern
ment of India in the External Affairs Department, to the Department of
Overseas Trade, to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad and to His Majesty’s
Consul at Kermanshah.
( 61 )
P. Z. 4235,38.
[Enclosure in Air Mail Letter No. 25, dated the 22nd June 1938, from Secre
tary, Political and Secret Department,
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.
.]
Memorandum from the Foreign Office, London, No. E 3479/659/34,
dated the 17th June 1938.
The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compli
ments to the Under Secretary of State for India and, by direction of the
Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-menti oned paper :—
Despatch from His Majesty’s Representative, Tehran, No. 200,
May 21st—Tunnel through Candovan Pass to Caspian Sea.
P. Z. 4235/38.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 200 (498/2/38), dated the 21st May 1938.
I have the honour to report that, on the 17th May, the Shah formally
opened the tunnel through the Candovan Pass on the Chalons road from
Tehran to the Caspian Sea.
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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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- Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
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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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