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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [153r] (305/320)
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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3. I am sending copies of this despatch to His Majesty’s Representatives
at Baghdad and Ankara, the Secretary to the Government of India in the
External Affairs Department, and to the Middle East Intelligence Centre,
Cairo.
I rom British Legation, Tehran, No. Ill, dated the 18th 'September 1940.
Tehran despatch to F. O., No. 201-E. of 18th September 1940.
Enclosure to Serial No. (27).
Despatch from British Legation, Tehran, to F.O., No. 201-E., dated the 18th
September 1940.
With reference to my despatch No. 83-E. of the 19th March last, P. 47 cor
respondence in F. No. 443-N.|40, I have the honour to communicate to Your
Lordship the following figures of Iran’s foreign trade during the year 22nd
March, 1939, to the 20th March 1940, published in the “ Journal de Tehran ”
of the 14th September.
Total Trade.
Total imports
Total Exports
Imports, general
Duty free imports
Exports, general
Exports of oil, fisheries, transit, etc.
Rials 3,587,923,242.
1,085,759,092
2,502,167,150
612,163,923
473,595,169
803,888,174
1,698,278,976
i i ^ ^ figures of imports and exports general show a favourable trade
balance ot Rials 191,724,250 (£2,396,500).
3. No official average rate for conversion during the period has as yet been
published : conversions have therefore been made above at a nominal " rate of
Rials 80 to the £.
m , 4, 4, C0 P y of tllis des P atcl1 is being sent to the Department of Overseas
trade, the Secretary to the Government of India, in the External Affairs De-
pa itment, and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad.
( 28 )
From British Legation, Tehran, to F. O., London, No. 151 (567|5|40) dvted
the 22nd June 1940. ’
? Hbs Majest\ s Representative has the honour to transmit herewith, copies
ot the documents mentioned in the subjoined Schedule, on the subiect of the
case of Mirza Barkat Ali Ahmadi, of Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd. '
Reference Reference Foreign Office, telegram No. 108 of 1st June 1940
1 Enclosure to Serial No. (19) in F. No. 443-N.|40].
Khorramshahr despatch No. 482 of 11th June 1940.
Enclosure to Serial No. (28). , .
Despatch from British Vice-Consulate, Khorramshahr, No. 482 dated the
11th June 1940.
, n .A T J’ a '' e the J hono " r i to , ref er to Legation telegram No. 35, dated the 4th June
1.40, to me and repeated to you under No. 52 and to inform you that the case
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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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