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Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’ [369r] (739/1202)
The record is made up of 1 file (596 folios). It was created in 18 May 1946-10 Dec 1946. 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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Sumrnaiy of conversation between
H.E # ifchai MejA>ah Fatemi, Governor
GeneralTTrr rauzist^rr, and Mr. Northcroft
at Mr* Northcroft’s house on the afternoon
Qf July 4th * 1946*
X* Mr* horthcroft started the conversation by giving
Aghai Mesbah Fatemi information with regard to -
(a) the position at Agha Jarix
(b) the threat of a general strike:
(c) the action which the Company had taken to warn
the Ministries of Finance and Commerce and
Industry regarding (a) and (b):
(d) the action which (as far as Mr. Northcroft knew)
the Iranian Government Authorities in Tehran
had taken with regard to (a) and (b).
Mr. Northcroft then urged Agha Mesbah Fatemi to
return to Khuzistan as quickly as possible. Agha Mesbah
Fatemi, who seemed to be well informed on present conditions
in Khuzistan and the action being taken by the Iranian
Authorities in Tehran, told Mr. Northcroft that it would not
be advisable for him to return to Khuzistan until he had
received a copy of the Decree of the Council of Ministers
giving him authority to declare martial law anywhere in
Khuzistan at his discretion. He stated that this Decree had
been opposed by Aghai Mozzafar Firouz and the Minister of
Commerce and Industry. It had, however, been issued by the
Council of Ministers (the only minister who refused to sign
being the Minister of Commerce and Industry) and communicated
to the O.C. Troops Ahwaz. Aghai Mesbah Fatemi expected to
obtain a copy of this Decree on July 6 th, in which event he
would fly to Abadan by Iranian Airways on July 7^. The
Governor General also informed Mr. Northcroft that he had
obtained the Prime Minister’s agreement to the Chief Justice
and two Interrogators at Ahwaz being changed. The necessary
instructions in regard to this matter had been sent by the
Prime Minister* s Office to the Ministry of justice and Aghai
Mesbah Fatemi is engaged in following this matter up.
2. The Governor General infonned Mr. Northcroft that
both he and Aghai Aramesh (Under-Secretary to the Minister of
Commerce and Industry) had given the Prime Minister a full
account of the serious state of affairs in Khuzistan and had
informed the Prime Minister that the reasons for this state of
affairs were entirely political. As a result, the Prime
Minister had instructed Aghai Mesbah Fatemi to take strong
measures at his discretion to prevent disturbances. The
Prime Minister also told the Governor General that the following
action should be taken
(a) the agitators, Ali Gmid (Ahwaz) and Najafi (Abadan)
must be expelled from Khuzistan:
(b) a Governor should be appointed to Agha Jari:
(c) the Gendarmerie forces at Agha Jari should be increased:
(d) a Police force should be put into Agha Jari.
3 , Aghai Mesbah Fatemi stated that he was very glad to
have had the opportunity of visiting Tehran since, in the course
of his talks with the Prime Minister, he fully realised that
the Government*s policy was not (as circumstances had led
Government officials in Khuzistan to believe) one of propitiating
the Tudeh Party at any cost.
A. The
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The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments within the Central Government, developments in the provinces, and the activities of the Democratic Party and the Tudeh Party. This includes accounts of meetings held by the British and United States Ambassadors – John Le Rougetel and George V Allen – with Ahmad Qavam (Prime Minister and Leader of the Democratic Party) and the Shah – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The file also covers strikes and labour disputes, with those affecting the operations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company being particularly predominant.
The strikes of oil workers in Agha Jari and Abadan in July 1946 are covered in the reports, as is a threatened revolt by the Bakhtiari and Kashgai tribes. Reports from the British Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson) cover Soviet press reporting of developments in Persia. A small amount of content is in French.
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 (596 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 597; 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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- Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
- Pages
- 368r:370v
- Author
- Northcroft, Ernest George Drennan
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