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Ext 5000/41(1) 'Persia: situation leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation' [132r] (263/606)
The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 7 Jul 1941-9 Sep 1941. It was written in English. 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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Tnis telegram is oi particular^-s-ana^sffoula oe
retained By the authorised recipient and not passed on].
Your telegram No. 503 (not repeated to Bagdad, Cairo
Mos cowTT "
Soviet Ambassador had interview of two hours with Prime
Minister this morning and only induced him to accept
representations in writing hy threatening to demand an
audience of the Shah. He had similar difficulty in
compelling the Prime Minister to accept copy of memorandum
for the Shah. Thanks to this, I had an easier task when
I saw the Prime Minister this evening, though the Prime
Minister and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs together
tried to dissuade me from leaving my memorandum.
2. Prime Minister represented His Majesty's Government
as giving ultimatum, as being blind to difficulties of the
Iranian Government and as having other aims than elimination
of Germans. Conversation, which lasted If hours, covered
ground already covered many times. When Prime Minister
assured me that the Iranian Government were taking serious
steps to eliminate Germans and I asked for figures, he said
30 or more had gone in 3 weeks and more were going
imperceptibly, I said that at this rate it would take 2
years to effect serious reduction. He announced as a
| great secret that Mayer and Gamotta would be going soon.
3. Prime Minister spoke as though the measures Iranian
Government were taking, though highly successful, were so
discreet as not to be noticed by Germans. This is absurd,
and I assured the Prime Minister that it was waste of time
to look for a magic number so large as to satisfy His
Majesty's Government and so small as to be imperceptible to
Germany.
j) 4. We are to have reply within three days. «
[Cypher]
WAR CABINET DISTRIBUTION.
FROM IRAN (PERSIA) . Vo .
FROM TEHRAN TO FOREIGN OFFICE.
Sir R. Bullard
No. 552
lEtli August, 1941
D. 10.20 p.m.
R. 12.00 p.m.
16th August, 1941
17th August, 1941
Repeated to Government of India No. 423
Bagdad
Cairo
Angora
Moscow
IMMEDIATE .
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RECd. POL. i CPt.
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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.
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The volume comprises telegrams, letters, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the situation in Persia leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation in August 1941.
The discussion in the volume relates to:
- relations with the Shah and the Persian Government prior to the Allied occupation
- Anglo-Persian military operations in Persia
- perceptions of the government of the United States of America on the situation
- safety and security of the British community in Persia
- reaction of different groups within Persia to the Allied occupation
- establishment of supply routes to Russia via Persia involving military occupation
- security of oil supplies
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the Secretary of State for India.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (301 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 303; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/551
- Title
- Ext 5000/41(1) 'Persia: situation leading up to, and after, the Allied occupation'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:302v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence