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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [136r] (271/320)
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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FILfc COPY
CONFIDENTIAL.
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
FILE No. 443-N.|40, SERIAL Nos. 1—35.
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Iran Series for 1940.
IRAN SERIES FOR 1940.
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From J»Rrnsn Legation, Tehran, No. 1. Last despatch in 1939, No. 169, dated
the 4th January 1940.
With the compliments of His Majesty’s Representative.
Tehran desp. to F. 0. No. 3 of 4th January 1940.
Enclosure to Serial No. (1).
Tehran Despatch to Foreign Office, London, No. 3 (13|3]40), dated the 4th
January 1940.
In my two telegrams Nos. 1 and 2, dated the 1st January, I reported the con
versation which I had had with His Majesty the Shah on the occasion of the pre
sentation of my Letters of Credence. I now submit this more detailed report.
2. His Majesty received me with what I understand to be his customary air
of sceptical gloom. After the exchange of a few conventional remarks I said
That while I had spent a few weeks many years ago in a country called Iran, I
found myself now in a different country. This appeared to produce a slight
inaw, and I took advantage of it to ask whether His Majesty would care to hear
what was the present position of several questions which His Majesty had at
heart. His Majesty consented eagerly and at once asked me to sit down.
Attached is a copy of a brief which I had taken with me. I went through it
point by point, the Minister for Foreign Affairs interpreting and, as I noticed
interpreting very carefully. The Shah listened attentively, and after each
point had been translated to him he made a comment. The comments were as
follows.
?• Credits .—-(This was the one point where the Minister for Foreign
Affairs translation was not happy. He used the Persian word for ‘ loan \
However, the Shah did not refer to this). The Shah expressed satisfaction at
tne progress that had been made. He referred to a text for the agreement
which was being discussed between ‘ a company ’ and ‘ the National 'Bank of
lian . I was not sufficiently well up in the negotiations to be able to pursue the
sueject, but I found out afterwards that His Majesty’s remarks were probably
based on misleading information supplied by the Minister of Finance.
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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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- Title
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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