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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [108r] (215/320)
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. French Minister is apparently making no move to leave in spvte Ox
failure of this demarche and removal of Iranian Legation from Pans
Turkish Ambassador thinks he is wrong in staying here in present circum
stances and I share this view.
Enclo. Ill to S. No. (7).
Copy of telegram from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign
Office, London, No. 7, dated the 7th January 1939.
My telegram No. 3.
French Minister has now shown me correspondence. Main points are
as follows :—
2. Iranian Minister in Paris saw French Minister for Foreign Affairs
on December 13th but made no complaints and never asked for another
interview. Breach of relations was thus decided upon with no previous
discussion.
3. Articles which gave offence were simply on account of cat-show and
Shah was not even mentioned. This has been explained to Iranian Gov
ernment in a message from French Minister for Foreign Affairs containing
most cordial references to Iran and Shah personally but further note from
Iranian Government dated January 5th merely maintains previous point of
view.
4. French thinks Ministers here have not dared mention matter again
to the Shah and is trying to find some channel through which French expla
nations may be brought to His Majesty’s notice.
( 8 )
Enclosure in Air Mail letter No. 8 , dated 17th February 1939, 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 Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
to the Under-Secretary of State for India, No. E.-1064/1064/34,
dated the 15th February 1938, transmitting a copy of memorandum
from His Majesty’s Representative, Tehran, No. 28, dated the
30th January 1939, on the subject of Persia-Soviet Commercial
RELATIONS.
Enclosure I to S. No. ( 8 ).
Memorandum from His Majesty’s Representative, Tehran, to His
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs,.
London, No. 28 (214/2/39), dathd 30th January 1939, transmitting
a copy of Tehran telegram No. 1 of 30th January, 1939, to His
Majesty’s Representative, Moscow, on the subject of Irano-
Soviet Commercial Treaties.
Enclo. II to S. No. ( 8 ).
Copy of Telegram from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to His
Majesty’s Representative, Moscow, No. I, dated 30th January
1939.
Address to Moscow, No. I; copies to Foreign Office and to Department
of Overseas Trade.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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