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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [22r] (43/442)
The record is made up of 1 file (219 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1941-13 Jul 1943. 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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(E5630/69/54)
[EN GLAIR]
FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO TEHRAN,
N o> 22 SAVING- , D.
5th October, 1942*
Repeated to Minister of State Cairo. r < - :v ' • ^
Bagdad for Commander-in-Chief Persia-Iraq, > 9
Government of India (all saving)
£ £ £ £
Your telegram No. 588 [of 4th May! and my telegram No.
1286 [of 18th September: negotiation or financial agreements
with Persian Government under Article 4 (2) of Treaty].
The most urgent questions were settled by Financial
Agreement t»f 26th May. As regards the remainder we have felt
hitherto that in principle it may be best to postpone any
attempt to negotiate formal agreements in cases where
present arrangements are already working smoothly and
efficiently. It may prove difficult to induce Persian
Government to agree in wilting to terms as favourable as
those in which they now acquiesce in practice. Once we embark
on negotiations, all kinds of unforeseen difficulties may be
raised which might never have arisen had we been content to
leave well alone. Our view therefore is that we should only
formulate proposals for inter-Governmental agreements in
oases where we stand to gain some definite advantage by
concluding an agreement, or where the absence of an agreement
may cause us serious trouble later. If Soviet Government
or Persian Government wish to press for agreements in cases
where we are less interested, we can leave it to them to
formulate definite proposals.
2. Position has now been further complicated by the
proposal that the Americans should take over operation and
maintenance of railways and possibly also ports and roads.
This will clearly affect the negotiation of agreements oetween
the Persian Government the Soviet Government and ourselves
on these questions. The draft agreement regarding railways
enclosed in your despatch No. 282 [of 24th August] is being
considered here, but will probably need modification in the
light of future developments. Meanwhile please report in
detail what financial arrangements are at present m force in
respect of railways, roads, ports and aerodromes. Report
should show:
(a) Charges now being paid by British authorities for
use of railways, roads, ports and aerodromes.
(b) Any arrangements whereby cost of capital improvements
and material supplied by us is refunded to British authorities.
3. Agreement regarding aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
has been dealt
with separately, see my telegram No. 955 of 18th June.
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Correspondence relating to the drafting and ratification of a treaty of alliance between Britain and the Soviet Union, introduced in the wake of the two nations’ invasion and occupation of Persia [Iran] in August 1941. The treaty set out to establish friendly relations between the three nations involved, and to ‘respect the territorial integrity, the sovereignty and the political independence of Iran.’ The file contains multiple drafts of the treaty articles, along with a final printed copy of the treaty, dated 29 January 1942 (ff 67-69). The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Legation in Tehran; the Foreign Office.
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 (219 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 221; 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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- Title
- Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:55v, 58r, 59r:66v, 70r:146v, 150r:160v, 166r:181v, 185r:196v, 199r:205v, 209r:215v, 219r:220v, 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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