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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [99r] (197/320)
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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[Enclosure in Air Mail letter No. 39, dated 27th September 1938, from
Secretary, 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.
.]
P. Z. 6573/38.
Memo, from British Legation, Tehran, No. 304 (84/14/38), dated the
31st August 1938.
His Majesty’s Representative presents his compliments to His Majesty s
Principal Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and has the honour to trans
mit herewith, copies of the documents mentioned in the subjoined Schedule,
on the subject of Iranian Air Mail Service, Tehran-Bagdad.
Reference :—Tehran despatch No. 227 [S. No. (60)] of the 14th June 1938.
Confidential letter No. 84/14/38, of the 31st August 1938, from H. J. Seymour,
to Mr. Houstoun-Bowall.
Letter from British Legation, Tehran, to Hts Majesty’s Charge d’
Affaires, Bagdad, No. 84/14/38, dated the 31st August 1938.
Last night I was at a dinner at wdiich the Minister for Foreign Affairs
was also a guest. During the course of general conversation someone men
tioned the recent press report that the Iraqi Government were buying aero
planes for the Bagdad-Tehran service. A’lam then remarked that he had
seen this report, but that the Iraqis had not, in his view, any right of reci
procity as regards the establishment of such a service as a return for the pre
sent Iranian service. His argument w^as that the Iranian service was for
the purpose of connecting with the international services at Bagdad : the
service to Bagdad alone was of no interest to Iran. On the basis of
reciprocity the Iraqis could of course claim to run a service to Tehran to
connect with an international service passing through Tehran—when there
is one.
2 . I have not seen the agreement for establishing the service and do not
know whether this extraordinary interpretation could be maintained on the
documents. It would not be fair perhaps to take A’lam’s postprandial
obiter dicta quite literally but what he said does seem to indicate that the
Iranians propose to keep" this service for themselves if they can find an ex
cuse.
3 . I send you the above for what it is worth, but as A’lam’s remarks
were not made to me, please do not quote either of us.
I have sent a copy of this letter to the Foreign Office, under cover of a
despatch No. 304 of the 31st August.
( 74 ) •
[Enclosure in Air Mail letter No. 38, dated 20 th September 1938, from
Secretary, 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.
.]
[E 4673/127/34]
PERSIA. August 9, 1938.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to Foreign Office,
i't fiOTt-OiiV/J-Viil i J.O i lOOO.
I have received from His Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad a copy of
his despatch to you, No. 274 of the 22nd June, recording remarks by the
Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs on certain affairs concerning Iran. I
would venture to offer the following comments on the points therein raised.
17 (S) EAD
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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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