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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [102v] (204/320)
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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88
( 81 )
(713/2/38)
To : Sir H. A. F. Metcalfe,
Government of India,
New Delhi.
With the compliments of H. J. Seymour His Majesty’s Representative.
Copy of letter (713/2/38) of 13/12 to Lt.-Col. Fraser-Tytier, Kabul.
British Legation,
Tehran,
13th December, 1938.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to His Majesty’s
Minister, Kabul, No. 713/2/38, datHd the 13th December 1938.
You may be interested to hear the following story about Muhammad
Taqi Gushbeig, who was Minister of Court to the Amir of Bokhara until the
arrival of the Bolsheviks. You probably know that Gushbegi, who is of
Persian extraction, though a native of Bokhara, settled in Iran, first in Meshed
and then in Tehran after his expulsion from Bokhara.
Gushbegi recently told the Oriental Secretary that a Bokhariot, now in
Tehran, had recently approached him, saying that the Japanese Minister here
w’ould like to meet him. The Bokhariot indicated that the Japanese Lega
tion w*ould like to get into touch with the Amir, but Gushbegi states that he
declined the Minister’s invitation.
This may, of course, be merely a move to try to make us interested in
Gushbegi and his master, who feel rather out in the cold since they were ex
pelled from Bokhara. There is, however, nothing inherently improbable in
Japanese efforts to capture the Muslims of Central Asia, of whom the Amirs
of Bokhara have, in the past, been among the most influential. Any such
scheme would, of course, have as its object the stirring up of trouble for the
Soviets.
I should be very interested to learn if you have heard of any attempts to
make use of the ex-Amir.
I have sent a copy of this letter to Metcalfe.
( 82 )
[Enclosure in Air Mail letter No. 53, dated 30th December 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. 7. 8369/38.
(Enclosure in covering note from Foreign Office No. E 7444/281/34,
dated 20th December 1938.)
Copy to Bagdad No. 57.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 366 (624/7/38), dated the 19th November 1938.
With reference to my despatch No. 308 [S. No. (75)] of the 8 th September,
respecting the differences which had arisen between the Iranian and Soviet
Governments I have the honour to report that the Iranian Minister for
Foreign Affairs told me to-day that the misunderstandings which had caused
the coolness between the two Governments had been, he thought, satisfactorily
removed. His Excellency said that the Soviet Government had been suspi
cious that Iran was departing from her policy of maintaining absolutely similar
relations with all foreign countries, a policy which he described as one of
strict neutrality but he had found Monsieur Litvinoff, in their discussions at
Geneva, in a sympathetic mood, and believed he had convinced him that
the Soviet suspicions had been unfounded.
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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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- 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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