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Coll 30/160(3) 'Measures to influence Persia in time of war. Question of supply of railway material to Persia.' [21r] (41/46)
The record is made up of 1 file (21 folios). It was created in 1 Aug 1939-10 May 1940. 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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P.Z.4726/39
Draft Paper.
political Department.
DR^FT
v ^ O.K.Caroe, dlsq., C.I.K.,
Secretary to the
Government of India,
External Affairs Dept.
/
Dated 1st August
1939.
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LETTER.
15
Dear Caroe,
In connection with correspondence
l~0 [n. heUCn^
^on the subject of special measures^in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in the event of war^
I forward for your consideration a copy
of a letter I have received from
3 a pr/rpiifly pt the Foreign Office. In
the foreign Office despatch to ^pyannr-^
No.81 (E.1731/G), dated 17th March 193^
a copy of v^hich was enclosed in the
v/eekly letter from this department to
the Government of India^No.13^dated
30th March 1939^ the Foreign Office
observed that although the supply o r
railway material to the Iranian
Government might be desirable in the
latter stages of a war "it is evident
that in war time H.M.G. would h^ve
considerable difficulty in sparing
material of this nature".
It appears that Seymour has now
suggested that it might be easier for
the Government of India to supply Iran
with this material than for H.M.G. in
the United Kingdom. I should be glad
‘/L <j C-*~< —v-,’
rjci 1- i.i rn v,rhnt ¥gm thAnit this
suggestion^ Y^n might—porh^ps take
1 U 1 1 'tit i~i~ n [ th the Railway Board
Wt.25956/235 10,000 9/38 A.& E.W.Ltd. Gp.685
(8661) Wt.40880/22 10,000 1/39
course.
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The file concerns the supply by the Government of India of railway material to the Government of Iran. The supply of such material was seen by the British Government as a means of influencing certain minor powers in the Middle East in favour of the British on the outbreak of war [the Second World War, 1939-45]. Supplying the material was viewed as being easier for the Government of India than HM Government in the United Kingdom.
The file contains correspondence from the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the Government of India Department of Supply.
The papers show that the Government of India were prepared to supply Iran with 102,000 tons of rails with accessories.
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 (21 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; 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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- Coll 30/160(3) 'Measures to influence Persia in time of war. Question of supply of railway material to Persia.'
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- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 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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