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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [150v] (300/320)
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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Enclosure to Serial No. (20).
Despatch from British Legation, Tehran, to Ministby of Information,
London, No. 19 (218jl0|40), dated 17th July 1940.
I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a report by the Press
Attache on the internal situation, in continuation of the report which was
enclosed in my despatch No. 18 [Enclosure to Serial No. (18)] of the 18th May.
2. A copy of this despatch and enclosure is being forwarded to His
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Political Intel
ligence Department, Foreign Office, the Secretary to the Government of India
in the External Affairs Department, His Majesty’s Ambassador, Baghdad, and
to the Middle East Intelligence Centre, Cairo.
Sub-Enclosure to Serial No. (20).
Hi: port from Press Attache, to British Legation, Tehran, No. 218110140, dated
17th July 1940.
I have the honour to transmit to you the following report.
2. As regards internal events, the most striking since my last report to you,
No. 218i8i40 of 18th May [Enclosure to Serial No. (18)], was the declaration of
His Imperial Majesty to the deputies and editors of the newspapers on June
29th in which he expressed dissatisfaction at the way in which the affairs of
state had been conducted and telling them that public opinion had to be
enlightened m order to enable it to appraise the world situation correctly and
to prepare it for hard times.
3. The immediate effect of this declaration was to cause widespread alarm
regarding the possibility of Russian aggression against Iran. Fear of Russia
is never entirely absent, but it ebbs and flows, and. after a short period, the
extreme anxiety created by the Shah’s speech subsided somewhat in govern
ment circles arid among the upper classes ; the middle classes however are still
in a state of considerable trepidation lest Russia may invade Iran in the near
! future.
4. In the provinces of Azerbaijan and Mazandaran it is reported that the
people would welcome any substitute for the present regime, be it Russian or
.un\ other, but as against this it appears that many people prepared to leave
Azerbaijan after the Shah’s speech, fearing that the Russians intended to enter
Azerbaijan almost immediately.
18 perhaps wmrth mentioning that the Russian embassy gave on July
10th a film show of Peter the Great to which prominent Iranians and members
of the diplomatic corps were invited. The show began with an unannounced
item, viz. a 35-minute film showing in great detail a May Day parade in
Moscow'. The effect of the show upon Iranians has been mixed. On the one hand
ic lepetition of the Peter the Great film (for it had been shown in Tehran
before) suggested that Russia had no intention at present of undertakino- or
supporting any subversive movement against the Iranian Peter the Great, Riza
okah ; on tne other hand, the pictures of the enormous pow r er of Russia in
men and war material, as shown in the parade, served as a reminder to Iran of
Af 1 ] P SR,a co " d do andRhe ^ n i d - , Some observ ers are disposed to consider
!, boss'a will confine herself for the moment to cultural penetration, and
those tew who are anxious at the growth of German influence are inclined 10
other occu 11 kd eVe ° Pment “ th6 h ° Pe * hat German y and Eussia will keep each
0. Events in Europe since my last despatch have done little to alter the
general trend of public opinion in Iran and have merely served generally
speak,,ig, to strengthen the belief of the population in a German victory and
to convince them of British weakness. Anti-British feeling continues'to be
iivAvfh b 16 p ndency t0 regard a German victory as all but attained, while
hugely due to German propaganda (especially that carried on through the
and to German victories in
7. The defeat of France has created a somewhat unfortunate impression
G^Er^hJw Tf T’? has hMorc been "inch in evSce now
at 1 ranee has been defeated a certain amount of pro-French feelino- is to be
observed, and this chiefly in support of the Petain government coupled with
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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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