Ext 5317/41(S) 'Co-ordination of sabotage + subversive activities in the Middle East'
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This file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, many of which are annotated by hand, between the Foreign Office and the Ministers of States stationed in Cairo, Ankara, Baghdad, Moscow, Tehran, and the Government of India. The correspondence is regarding the Sub-committee of the Middl...
Ext 5393/41 'Persia - G. I's complaint that telegrams repeated to them have no "priority" marking'
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This file contains correspondence between the Government of India's External Affairs Department and the Secretary of State for India regarding delayed telegrams related to the Persian situation.
This file consists of correspondence between the War Office, Secretary of State of India, Government of India, HM Ambassador to Iran, and the Political Resident of the Persian Gulf regarding the distribution of military and civil supplies to Persia. Topics discussed include: Using foodstuff prov...
Ext 5587/41 'Repatriation of widow and child of Persian admiral Bayendor.'
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This file consists of correspondence between the India, Home, and Foreign Offices regarding the repatriation of a widow and her child. The correspondence concerns the nationality of the British-born widow who had married a Persian Admiral, citing the Persian Marriage and Nationality Law of 1929, ...
Ext 5626/41 'Internment of Axis (German and Italian) nationals in Iran. Question of their disposal.'
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This file relates to the internment and proposed transfer of civilian Axis nationals (mainly Germans and Italians but also Bulgarians, Hungarians and Romanians) who have been handed over to the British authorities in Persia [Iran]. The file features the following principal correspondents: His ...
Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.'
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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 perspecti...
Ext 5609/41 'Arrest of Iraqis etc. in Persia – question of disposal'
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This file concerns arrangements for the detention by the British military authorities of a number of Iraqi political refugees (plus a smaller number of Palestinian refugees) located in Persia, some of whom are reported to have taken refuge in the Japanese Legation in Tehran. The principal corre...