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Memoir of the Career of Sir Reginald Michael Hadow [4r] (7/26)
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journey there which took 7 days to Tehran and 2 by car from there. All my
heavy luggage had been sunk on its way to Russia so I had 2 suitcases.
Meshed In the Russian zone of occupation of North Khorasan. I loved
Persia after the Soviet Union. My Consul General was Claremont Skrine. My
main duties were to deal with the Russians (Consulate General & Divisional HQ).
I had fairly good colloquial Russian which improved daily through use in Meshed.
Established good relations a) because I had come from the Soviet Union, b) the
language and c) because I had learnt in Russia that they respected you for
driving hard bargains and did not resent it.
The main problem was our own travel which was restricted by the Russians despite
the fact we had built the road from Zahidan to Ashkabad and ran a huge fleet
of lorries carrying goods from Indian to Russia, on which the Consulate General
had to keep an eye. My fellow Vice-Consul Capt Tandy was engaged gsn S.O.E.
duties (declared to the Russians). I did a certain amount of travel in the
^VV(/V
mountains with him, using shooting stalking as an excuse
Relations with the Persians were conducted by Mr Skrine except during his
frequent trips to India when they fell on me.
We also kept an eye on a Polish evacuation centre in Meshed bringing Poles out
of Siberia. Able bodied men and women went to Te^an to join Paiforce.
and mothers we sent to Bombay. Shortly before leaving Meshed I married
Polish lady.
Children
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Meshed was a beautiful old Consulate General. The country—-side around magnificent.
The climate excellent. The best post I had in my time in the F & P. I suppose
I saw the last dayjof The Great Game", for which Meshed had always been an
important centre and our library was full of accounts in this respect
stretching back a hundred years.
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This file consists of a memoir of the career of Sir Reginald Michael Hadow, which records the following: Hadow's motivation; his education and entry into the Indian Civil Service (ICS), and later the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. ( IPS The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. ); his experiences in Russia in 1942, as well as Meshed [Mashhad], Bahrain, Bushire [Būshehr], Bandar Abbas, and Delhi; his response to Jawaharlal Nehru (Prime Minister of India following independence) declining his application to join the new Indian Foreign Service.
There are two copies of the memoir, the first one has corrections in blue pen, and the second has changes made to the first draft.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 13; 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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- Hadow, Sir Reginald Michael
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