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File 18/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persia: Payment for maintenance of the Cossack Division’ [29r] (54/367)
The record is made up of 1 item (179 folios). It was created in 20 Dec 1917-12 Aug 1920. 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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| more » but 1 said that there was no chance of their
aoing so even for the one month for which His Majesty
hao. asked me to arrange (see my telegram No.418).
5. -e said tnat the Shah wanted to send a Per^
mission to ^oscow to fry to get Bolsheviks removed
from Persia and their propaganda stopped, and he asked
wheoner Mis Majesty's Government would approve of this
I said i thought not. His Majesty's Government were
indeed, i believed, tnemselves negotiating with Soviet
Government, hut only on commercial matters. A Persian
mission would in any case accomplish nothing, because,
as soviet Government had already declared that Bol-
sneviks m Persia were acting without authority, they
ti.ey coiua not control those people. Moreovei
xf t.ny promised to cease propaganda, they would
b re ale the 1 r w ord«
o. I asked nie Highness whether he had heard
° X x a Cleir,and for Production of changes in agreement
DUt he appeared t0 have no information about this.
inally His Highness asked me whether he
Ud ° t0 POStpoDe hls dsc ision until I had received your
instructions regarding attitude which I am to adopt
on poin us dealt with ptiSot* / \
sj-rn under, (l), ( 2 ) and (3) above, or
whether he was to „ .
'" e d^j-ce at once. In latter case
should ix. do xx your replies were unfavourable?
eplied that I considered delay so dangerouc
-ohat I advised him to form his Government at once
ni
• &.)
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This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams, orders and minutes. It mainly covers discussion between British officials regarding the Cossack Division [Persian Cossack Brigade] and the continuation of payments made by the British Government for the maintenance of the division in Persia [Iran].
The item covers the following: recommendations by Staroselsky [Vsevolod Dmitryevich Staroselsky], Commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, regarding the payments; the relationship between the War Cabinet and the Division; financial commitments in Persia made by the British Government; mentions of military reports regarding the troops in Persia; correspondence regarding different aspects of the payments; observations of the North Persia Rifles; comments on conversations with Mushir-ed-Dowleh [Ḥasan Pīrniyā, Mushir al-Dawlah].
In addition, the item discusses the Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs of 22 February 1919 and reports on payments and financial accounts from the Imperial Bank of Persia. The principal correspondents are the following: Secretary of the Government of India; Foreign Office; HM Treasury; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Sir Percy Cox; the War Office.
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