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1. 'BRITISH RELATIONS WITH KHAZAL, SHEIKH OF MOHAMMERAH.'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a memorandum of British relations with Khazal Khan, Shaikh of Mohammerah. The memorandum describes the inter-acting strategies over time of Khazal, the British Government and the Government of Persia, and reproduces the texts of British assurances of support given to Khazal. The memorandum goes on to describe Khazal's arrest and detention by Reza Shah in Tehran, and his death there eleven years later.The memorandum was written by Hugh K Grey, Foreign Office, in response to a claim made by Khazal's eldest son that British assurances given to his late father should pass over to him.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'PERSIA.'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a memorandum written in the India Office Political Department, in which the author provides a summary of British and Indian interests in Persia, of the functions handed over to Persian authorities since the accession of Reza Shah, and of the principal British desiderata in on-going negotiations between the British and Persian Governments.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences and terminates at the first folio with 1; this numbers is written in pencil, is circled, and is located in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio.
3. Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
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- Abstract: This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia (later referred to more frequently as Iran). Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office.Other prominent correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran (Daniel William Lascelles; Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny); His Majesty's Consul, Isfahan; His Majesty's Consul General, Tabriz (Thomas Cecil Rapp); His Majesty's Ambassador in Washington (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, referred to in the correspondence as Viscount Halifax, and later, as Earl of Halifax); His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Archibald Clark Kerr); officials of the Foreign Office and the India Office.The correspondence includes discussion of the following:Political affairs in Persia, including elections, resignations, and the reconstruction of the Cabinet.Reports of the theft of telephone cables used by the British military in Persia.The Shah's [Muhammad Reza Khan] personal finances.Reports of Russian interference in Persian elections.The procedural and administrative arrangements of the Persian National Consultative Assembly (mainly referred to in the correspondence as the Majlis; the file also includes a list of the deputies of the 14th Majlis, with biographical notes).The tenability of the position of Dr Arthur Chester Millspaugh, United States financial adviser to the Persian Government and head of the Millspaugh mission.Anti-British opinion in the Iranian press.Details of the main political parties in Persia (particular coverage is given to the Tudeh party).Radio broadcasts in Persia, and the proposal from His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran that the British should begin producing regular radio reports in Persian, which should be broadcast by the BBC in London.The question of whether the British should agree to the release of Persian internees described as 'fifth columnists'.The case for abandoning political censorship (as a response to Soviet censorship in press telegrams).The French language material consists of extracts and cuttings from two French language Iranian publications, Journal de Tehranand Messager de Téhéran; the Farsi language material consists of a copy of an aide-memoire by His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran, which is dated 25 January 1945 and appears in English and Farsi.The file includes five dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 573; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. Ext 5001/41 'PERSIA – INTERNAL (Miscellaneous despatches).'
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- Abstract: This file consists of miscellaneous dispatches relating to internal affairs in Persia [Iran] during the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. The file begins with references to an Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, signed in January 1942, which followed the Anglo-Soviet invasion of the country in August-September 1941.Most of the dispatches are addressed by His Majesty's Minister (later Ambassador) at Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden). The dispatches discuss political, financial and economic affairs in Persia, as well as issues regarding road and rail transport (for the transportation of foodstuffs), food supplies and press censorship,Related matters of discussion include the following:British concerns regarding the extent and effect of Axis propaganda in Persia and the Persian Government's response to it.Relations between the Shah [Muhammad Reza Khan] and successive Persian prime ministers, and the power and influence of the Majlis deputies.Anglo-Persian relations, and British concerns regarding Soviet policy in Persia.The Persian press's response to the Allied occupation.The Tehran conference in late November 1943, attended by Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D Roosevelt, who were also present at a dinner at the British Legation, held in celebration of Churchill's 69th birthday (also discussed is the naming of three streets in Tehran, after Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt respectively).The tribal situation in Persia.The raising of the status of the British Legation in Tehran to that of British Embassy in February 1943.The United States' interests in Persia.The status of Polish evacuees in Persia.The work of the British Council in Persia.The question of the withdrawal of Allied troops from Persia.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 (folio 1).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 124; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.'
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- Abstract: This file relates to British propaganda (in the form of food packages, radio broadcasts and literature) in Persia [Iran] during the first few months of the British and Russian occupation of the country. It contains correspondence discussing the internal affairs of Persia from a British perspective, as relayed to the Foreign Office by His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard). Other prominent correspondents include the Secretary of State for India (Leo Amery) and officials of the Foreign Office and the Government of India's External Affairs Department.Matters discussed include the following:Political affairs in Persia, including appointments, resignations, and Cabinet reshuffles.Food shortages in Persia and a proposed 'propaganda scheme', whereby the Government of India would supply Persia with around one ton of sugar, from which small boxes of sugar would be distributed to the poor.The administration of the ex-Shah's [Reza Shah Pahlavi] estates.Proposed subjects for British and Government of India propaganda directed towards Persia, such as the position of the new Shah and the benefits of abolishing conscription.Bullard's proposal that food packages sent to Persia by the British should include the statement '[s]upplied by the British Empire'.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 (folio 1).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
6. Ext 367/44 'Visit of Dr Benes to Tehran'
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- Abstract: The file contains a despatch from Sir Reader William Bullard of the British Legation, Tehran, detailing the visit of Dr Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia in exile, on the 28-30 December 1944, and particularly his interactions with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
7. Ext 5000/46(1) ‘Persian Situation: Miscellaneous Reports’
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- Abstract: The file contains reports, predominantly in the form of telegrams, by British diplomatic and consular staff on political and social developments in Persia; the content of the reports reflect British Government interests during the Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis of 1946. The reports cover developments within the Central Government, developments in the provinces, and the activities of the Democratic Party and the Tudeh Party. This includes accounts of meetings held by the British and United States Ambassadors – John Le Rougetel and George V Allen – with Ahmad Qavam (Prime Minister and Leader of the Democratic Party) and the Shah – Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The file also covers strikes and labour disputes, with those affecting the operations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company being particularly predominant.The strikes of oil workers in Agha Jari and Abadan in July 1946 are covered in the reports, as is a threatened revolt by the Bakhtiari and Kashgai tribes. Reports from the British Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Sir Maurice Drummond Peterson) cover Soviet press reporting of developments in Persia. A small amount of content is in French.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 597; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
8. PZ 2143/31 'Persia: British Military Attaché, Tehran'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding a request from the Imperial Court of Persia for the recall of Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Dodd as British Military Attaché, due to a perceived slight by Dodd towards Reza Shah Pahlavi. The filealso covers an order from the Shah for Persian army officers to no longer socialise with Europeans. As well as Dodd, the primary correspondents are the Foreign Office and the British Legation, Tehran. Folios 105 and 113-116 are written in French.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 88, and terminates at f 152, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
9. PZ 25/1935 'Persia: British Legation Tehran: appointment of Ministers'
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- Abstract: The file contains papers relating to changes of Ministers heading the British Legation at Tehran, Persia [Iran]. It mainly consists of covering papers from the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State, India, enclosing copies of telegrams and letters from His Majesty’s Representative in Tehran to the Foreign Office. The telegrams mostly announce the arrival of the Ministers in Tehran and their assumption of charge of His Majesty’s Legation, and the letters mainly report on interviews with the Shah in which the new Ministers presented their credentials.It includes telegrams and letters from the following Ministers: Sir Percy Lorraine, Sir Robert Clive, Sir Reginald Hoare, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, and Sir Horace Seymour.Also included is a translated copy of a letter from Ali Quli Khan, Ansari, Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, 29 July 1926 (folio 32), expressing the ‘deep regrets’ of the Persian Government at the departure of Sir Percy Lorraine, and requesting that ‘the gratitude of the high officials of the Persian Government’ be conveyed to Lorraine for his ‘sincere feeling toward this country’ and his policy of ‘consolidating the amity’ between Britain and Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 32; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
10. PZ 2865/40 'Note on the India Office and the Persian Gulf areas'
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- Abstract: The file details the Government of India’s financial and administrative responsibilities towards the Persian Gulf. The text is divided into sections: ‘Iran’ (folio 2), ‘Persian Gulf’ (folios 2 to 3), ‘The Air Route’ (folio 3), ‘Oil’ (folios 3 to 4) and ‘Defence Measures’ (folios 3 to 5).The papers provide information on the Government of India’s past and current responsibilities and relations with Iran. Also discussed are concerns over a potential Russian advance through Afghanistan and Persian-German relations which in part are attributed to the reign of Reza Shah [Shah of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty].The significance of the Persian Gulf as a strategic and commercial air route to India, and as a source of oil, now and in the future is discussed. Further highlighted is the responsibility of the Foreign Office and other departments to conduct relations with the Arab states of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, the Trucial Coast and Muscat, and the implementation of wartime defence methods in the region.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
11. PZ 508/41 'Propaganda in Iran. (Consignment of Indian Wheat).'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iran, the Secretary of State for India, and the Government of India, External Affairs Department, discussing the detestation felt by many in Iran for the Shah and for the British, who are perceived to have helped the Shah to seize power. It is suggested that British radio broadcasts in Persian should stress British support for the independence of smaller countries, avoid any suggestion of personal adulation of the Shah, and word carefully any mention of a possible consignment of Indian wheat to Iran.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. Coll 28/15 ‘Persia. Internal Affairs. Political and Administrative Changes.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence relating to changes within the Persian Government: the appointment and dismissal of ministers by the Shah of Persia (Reza Shah Pahlavi); the resignation or death during duty of ministers; the reorganisation of governmental departments (both central and provincial) at the instigation of the Shah.Items of note in the file include:A text containing a number of articles concerning changes to addresses and titles in the Persian royal and government hierarchy. The text is undated and with no indication of author, but is presumably a translation from the French or Persian and dates to around 1935, being part of the Shah’s programme of modernisation of Persian society (ff 102-103).A translation of regulations relating to the reorganisation of the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ff 80-89).The correspondence is chiefly sent by various officials at the British Legation in Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, Victor Alexander Louis Mallet, Nevile Montagu Butler, Horace James Seymour). A small number of items in the file are in French.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 142; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-141; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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