Coll 28/103 ‘Persia. Perso Russian Relations’ [92r] (183/190)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be kept
under Lock and Key.] -- ,
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GiSNLIlAI/ DISTRIBUTION,
From IRAN,
I 2/zb'j
j 1940. /
Decypher. Sir R, Bullard (Tehran).
30th March, 1940.
D„ 30th March, 1940„
R, ]0 fi 55 16th April, 1940.
No a 4 Saving,
Report, which I have been unable to confirm, has been
circulating here that at the recent audience with the Shall,
German representative handed personal message from Hitler
offering to guarantee frontiers of Iran, at the sane time
expressing the hope that the Shah would modify judgment of
the policy of neutrality, in favour of Germany. The Shah
is alleged to have replied that he did not feel threatened
by any of his neighbours and that he wished to remain on
friendly terms with all States,
My Turkish colleague mentioned the matter recently to
the Minister for Foreign Affairs who denied that the German
Minister had met His Majesty except on the occasion when he
presented his letters and at the reception of the Diplomatic
Corps during the celebration of the Persian New Year and
said there was no truth whatever in the report.
According to DRRB. message of March 26th from Berlin
signature of the Commercial Treaty between the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics and Iran is welcomed as proof
that reports of strained relations between the two
countries were unfounded; If German Minister has in fact
made any move it seems very likely that he spoke on similar
lines.
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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)
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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 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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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