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IOR/L/PS/12/561
- Record Id:
- 040-000555560
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000116
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048187651.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/561
- Title:
- Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
- Scope & Content:
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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 Tehran and 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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555560 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/561 : Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0563]/040-000555560
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (571 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000517.0x000116
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Farsi
French - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 26 Sep 1943-4 Dec 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 513; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Ext 5000/41/11
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)