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Coll 28/103 ‘Persia. Perso Russian Relations’ [63r] (125/190)
The record is made up of 1 file (92 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1940-16 Aug 1946. 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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British Consulate-General, MESHED.
3rd February, 1043 .
I_Ha ve the honour to refer to your telegram No.20,
dated February 1st-, and to enclose a pamphlet, which is
being widely circulated by the Russians in MESHED. It
has probably appeared in Tehran, but I am forwarding
this copy in case it should not have been brought to
your notice.
2. The pamphlet has a general interest as an
example of the growing Russian propaganda here, which
deals rather with the virtue of the Soviet system than
with the actual war against Germany. But apart from
this, it is noteworthy that not only are Finnish Karelia,
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia already included as Soviet
Socialist Republics on page 16, but that on pages 23 and
24 the provinces of the Ukraine include the Rumanian
provinces of Ismail and Czernowitz and the Polish provinces
of Volhynia, Lwow, Rovno, Stanislaw and Tarnopol. On page
26 White Russia includes the Polish provinces of
Baranowichi, Birolistok, Brest, Pinsk and Polesia.
3. There is a Persian society in Meshed called the
Hizb-i-Tudeh, which is reputed to be backed by the Russians.
This society gives theatrical evenings to the public at
the Didaban Cinema, which normally shows Russian films.
It is mostly composed of Turkish speaking '’mohajirs'’ from
Russia, whoty ^strange to say, seem to show no antipathy
for the country they fled, but rather seem to work in
conjunction with the Soviet military now in occupation of
the town. The only concrete evidence we have, however, of
Russian backing of the society is that at the end of one of
their shows in December a Russian officer appeared on the
stage and made a short speech in Russian, Turki and
To; H.M. Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of Iran, TEHRAN.
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Correspondence and papers, some marked Most Secret, concerning relations between the Soviet Union and Persia [Iran]. Much of the file concerns the British Government’s concerns about Soviet interference and influence in Persia, particularly at the end and in the aftermath of the Second World War. The file covers: relations between Persia, the Soviet Union and Germany, 1940; the Persian Government’s desire to replace British personnel working in its aviation operations with personnel from the USA, and the proposed use of Persian aerodromes by the Soviet Government, 1940; reports of German infiltration in Persia, 1941; British concerns about an increase in Soviet propaganda in Iran, 1943; the activities of the Anglo-Soviet-Persian Censorship office, 1944; reports that the Soviet Consulate in Ahwaz [Ahvāz] wished to open a ‘propaganda shop’ at Abadan, 1945; notes about the Soviet Union and North Persia, written by the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard (ff 18-22, ff 3-4).
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 (92 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 94; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3514
- Title
- Coll 28/103 ‘Persia. Perso Russian Relations’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 3v:21v, 23r:76v, 78r:94v, 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