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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [126v] (252/320)
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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tlio contractor replied that it had not but that a new one had been substitut
ed he ordered that the old one should be recovered by the divei who was
working at the jetty. He also ordered that the barge recently sunk should
also he & salved. It is of course impossible to say whether His Majesty
really remembered these details (compare also his “recognitiom’ of Mr.
Pattinson) or whether he is primed by the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
. Whichever it may be,
the officials and others concerned are certainly impressed.
13. That same night His Majesty returned to Ahwaz and ordered his
train for 7 a.m. the next morning. Leaving here punctually His Majesty
arrived back in Tehran at 10-30 a.m. on the 13th.
( 21 )
No. 70.
To the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department, Simla.
With the compliments
of
His Majesty's Representative.
Tehran despatch No. 182 of 25th May, to Foreign Office.
British Legation,
Tehran,
25th May, 1939.
Enclosure to S. No. (21).
Despatch from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 182-(l/30/39), dated the 25th May, 1939.,
Copies to India, No. 70; Paris 1/30/39.
In paragraph 4 of my despatch No. 36 of February 8 th [Enclosure to
S. No. ( 8 )], 1 referred to the arrest of Monsieur Mathis, the local represent
ative in this country of various French firms.
2 . Monsieur Mathis wms kept in prison, without any definite accusa
tion being made against him, until the Wedding celebrations in April.
General Weygand then mentioned the case to the Shah with the result that
the proceedings wrere dropped and Monsieur Mathis was released. The
whole procedure seems to indicate clearly that the Iranian Government do
not regard the safeguards of 1928 as having any validity. No French
nationals were allowed access to Monsieur Mathis in prison, he was not
allowmd to be released on bail and, as already stated, no definite accusation
was made against him. I understand from the Secretary to the French
Legation that Monsieur Mathis seems to have been suspect ever since a
visit which he paid to the Caspian coast nearly two years ago in the company
of the Czech Charge d Affaires, the French Military Attache and some
Persian friends. One at least of the. Persians was immediately imprisoned
for a time as a result of this apparently harmless excursion and it would
seem that the other members of the party have been regarded with suspicion
ever since. r
3. I should perhaps add that Monsieur Mathis says that he was well
treated by the authorities while in prison. The whole affair is, however,
an extremely bad precedent for foreigners living in this country.
4. I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Secretary to the Govern
ment of India in the External Affairs Department and to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Pans. J ■
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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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