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Coll 28/103 ‘Persia. Perso Russian Relations’ [79r] (157/190)
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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E.1984/G * With the compliments of the Under-Secretary of 3tate(*jjP>
SECRET. for Foreign Affairs.
v 0 The Under-Secretary of State for India
SPECIAL DISTRIEUTION AMD
From: IRAN
Decypher:
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E^LjOSURE IN AIR MAIL LETYEft
N^120 21 MAY 1940
FROM SECRETARY, POLITICAL DEPT,
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eiTTOl 1 .' -tdiile article 6 af
Treaty of 1921 was still in force the Iranian Government considered
it entirely unsuitable to present conditions and not in conformity
with Iran's policy of neutrality. But the Treaty of 1921 was
never mentioned during negotiations for trade agreement and he
could give me most solemn assurance that the stories about placing
Iranian aerodromes at the disposal of the Soviet Government were
without foundation. Even under Article 6 it could not be left to
the Soviet Government to decide when they were entitled to send
troops into Iran and the Iranian Government would resist by force
any attempt to do so.
2. I cannot believe that the Iranian Government would be
quite so gallant though I do believe they would try by means other
than military to preserve their neutrality.
3. I told him that any discrimination against His Majesty's
Government as compared with other belligerents must affect our
relations unfavourably, and received more assurances. He had heard
nothing about the discharge of British aircraft personnel, but
will ask the Shah. You will remember that communication to my
United States colleague was made by the Prime Minister who said
moreover that he wanted to keep American affairs in his own hands.
4. I ain trying to obtain information to check the assurances
given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs about aerodromes, for >
while the Minister for Foreign Affairs spoke in strongest terms I
should reluctantly accept his unsupported statement. But I
praised the Iranian Government's policy of neutrality as inter
preted by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and did my best to
strengthen him in his resolve.
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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.
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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’
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- 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