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Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’ [158v] (316/442)
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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I cannot, however, accept the proposed addition to
.article 7, see paragraph 10 of -.vaur- telec:rain No. 1125^ ,/e
shall not be able to afford assistance to the degree which
the Persians will expect, and..cannot corhdt ourselves in a
Treaty to undertakings v/hich we know we shall be unable to
carry out in practice, I would, however, agree to
addition to article 7 of second sentence as follows,
n 0n the entry into force of the present Treaty
discussions shall be opened between the Government of
Persia and the Governments of the Allied Powers*as to the
best possible methods of carrying out the above under-
taking' 1 ,
(c) article 6. Addition to paragraph 1 proposed in
your telegram N o, 1108 i s not acceptable, and indeed it
must be evident r ’to Persian Government that it is, out of
the .question that they should be given an assurance that
they will be represented at any conference or at any
international assemblies which may be held, irrespective
of the questions' which-are to be discussed,, I suggest,
therefore, that former text of paragraph 1, should be
accepted, with the addition of the word."sovereignty",
and that the question of Persia's representation at the
peace conference should be settled by a separate published
exchange of notes on the lines of my to 1 egrai n No. 995 [of
7th November], Alternatively, if the Persian Government
prefer, ; I would agree that this exchange, of notes should
be redrafted as follows.
t
"With reference to Article 6 paragraph 1 of the
Treaty of .alliance signed to-day ; I have the honour, on
behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom,
to assure Your Excellency that my Government interpret the
provisions of ’this clause as being applicable to any peace
conference or conferences held at the conclusion of the
present war, or other general international conferences.
Consequently they consider themselves bound not to approve
anything at any such conference which is prejudicial to
the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and political
independence of Persia, and not to discuss at any such
conference anything affecting the direct interests of
Persia without consultation with the Government of Persia.
His Majesty's Government will further do their best
to secure that Persian will be. r^:.^sented on a footing of
equality in any peace negotiations directly affecting her
interests".
(d) Article 9. I should be- most reluctant to agree
that the Treaty must be ratified by all the parties
concerned. The wording suggested means formidable
political difficulties if the Majlis eventually refuses
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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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- Coll 28/109 ‘Persia. Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, 1942.’
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- 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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