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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [100r] (199/320)
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. We feel some hesitation about taking any action on the lines which
Hedlicott suggests. We feel that the Persians would either resent it as inter
ference, or else feel that it entitled them to ask for our assistance, which it
would be very difficult for us to give, even to the limited extent of advising
confidentially in any particular case whether, in our opinion, the grant of a
visa would be likely to yield unobjectionable results. Moreover we would
not wish it to be put about that it was at our advice that the Persians were
being obstructive about granting visas.
3. We should be interested to know whether you have any idea of what
the Persians intend to do about giving visas to journalists on the occasion of
the wedding, and whether you think that anything could usefully be done
at your end or ours to guard against possible press “ incidents ”. It might
help to avoid sensationalism if there were no “ s )ecial ” correspondents at
all.
(74-B)
No. 165.
To : The Secretary to the .
Government of India in the
External Affairs Depart.,
New Delhi.
With the compliments of His Majesty’s Representative.
Despatch No. 343, dated 31st October 1938, to Foreign Office*
British Legation,
Tehran.
31st October, 1938.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 343 (212/5/38), dated the 31st October 1938.
I have the honour to report that on October 26th, the 20 th birthday of
the Crown Prince, the Shah took the unprecedented step of entertaining the
local Ambassadors, Ministers and their wives at a dinner at which the Queen
and Princesses were present.
2 . The dinner took place in the new palace built for His Imperial Majesty,
and the proceedings were, by his desire, of a very simple character. The
Shah and the royal family were already in the room to receive their guests,
the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs being in attendance to
make the necessary presentations. Evening clothes without decorations
were worn. The Shah had his two daughters as neighbours, the Queen being
similarly supported by her son and son-in-law. The toast of the Valiahd
was proposed by the Prime Minister in a short speech which would have been
more effective had the band been instructed to remain silent during its delivery.
3. After dinner there was a reception attended by members of the Iranian
Government, leading generals of the Iranian army ; Charges d’Affaires and the
families of heads of missions. The numbers were restricted to some seventy
persons.
4. The Shah took great pains to make a success of this “ western ” party,
personally seeing to the requirements of his guests for cigarettes and so forth,
and taking an evident pleasure in answering questions about the rare stones
and marbles which have been used in the decoration of the palace. About
an hour after dinner, supper was served and the Shah, after seeing his guests
gathered in the supper-room, withdrew. The Crown Prince remained and
took leave of the guests as they departed.
5 . This reception, which may perhaps be regarded as an experiment, was
certainly successful. It is not yet three years since Iranian women were un
veiled and, though many of them are still painfully shy in general company,
they have on the whole—at least in Tehran—adapted themselves remarkably
well to the new social requirements.
6 . The question has been raised by the Shah’s entertainment whether the
restrictions on social intercourse between Iranians and foreigners are to be
modified. I do not think this is likely. His Imperial Majesty told me that
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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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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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