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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [96r] (191/320)
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. This tunnol, which is 2,060 yards in length, pierces the pass at an
altitude of over 8,800 feet, and shortens the mountain road by eight miles.
The cost of the tunnel, which was started early in 1935, is stated to bo Rials
24,853,400 or approximately £310,000 at the official rate of exchange.
3. It is claimed that the tunnel will make circulation over the Chalons
road possible all the year round, but as the entrance and exit are apparently
above snow level, the road is still liable to be blocked in mid-winter, but no
doubt every effort will be made to keep this “ special road ” (Rahi Makh-
sous) open. The road itself was commenced in the spring of 1932, and was
officially opened by the Shah on the 1st December, 1933. It is the shortest
route from the capital to the Caspian Sea, terminating at the port of No
Shahr.
I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Department of Overseas
Trade.
Copies to :—India No. 110.
Moscow No. 49/12/38.
Ankara No. 3.
Khorassan No. 27.
Tabriz No. 14.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 221, dated the 14th June 1938.
With reference to the final paragraph of my despatch No. 197 of the
19th May, I have the honour to transmit to Your Lordship herewith copies
of a report which I have received from His Majesty’s Consul at Tabriz on
the subject of the recent expulsions of Iranians from the United Soviet
Socialist Republic.
2. I enquired of tho Turkish Ambassador a few days ago what he con
sidered were the motives behind these expulsions. He said that he thought
that to some extent they were of a general nature, man}' Japanese and
possibly a few Turks had been similarly expelled, but that the expulsions
were also an expression of Soviet displeasure at the Iranian Government
showing too much favour to another Power.
3. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Secretary to the Gov
ernment of India, in the External Affairs Department, to His Majesty’s
Ambassadors at Moscow and Ankara and to His Majesty’s Consulates at
Khorassan and Tabriz.
Letter from British Consulate, T abriz, to His Majesty s Minister,
With reference to your despatch No. 12 of the 19th May, concerning
the expulsion of Iranian subjects from the Soviet Union, I have the honour
to report that it is learned from a customs official that about one thousand
eight hundred have crossed the frontier at Julfa, but it is piobable that
the number is nearer four thousand.
2. All of those expelled have arrived in a practically destitute state
as comparatively few of them were able to bring much of their property
rmi Rnacio Smnp r>f them, however, have brought beds, gramophones,
(62)
Tehran, No. 12 (154/SA/38), dated the 2nd June, 1938.
American Mission Hospital, only to have it confiscated by the nasmieh who
paid his operation fee out of the proceeds.
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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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