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ANNEX III
SOVIET AGENCIES EMPLOYED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOVIET POLICY
1. POLITICAL.
The continued efforts of the USSR to dominate political relations with Iran are
well documented (OIR 4304, Soviet Interference in the Internal Affairs of Iran from
January 29, 1942 to December 13, 1946. Not released as of 1 Jan. '48).
The USSR consistently fails to treat Iran as a diplomatic equal. It has violated
existing treaties, forced unequal treaties and agreements upon Iran, interfered in
internal Iranian affairs, ignored Iranian diplomatic representations and protests, and
has pressed certain demands with threats that failure to comply will result in Soviet
enmity toward individual Iranian officials and toward the Iranian Government.
In October 1944 the cabinet of Prime Minister Saed refused to grant oil concessions
to the USSR. Saed was attacked vigorously by Soviet officials and press, and finally
resigned. In late 1945 Prime Minister Hakimi offered to go to Moscow to discuss out-
standing differences, but his offer was never even acknowledged.
On 23 November and 11 December 1946 the Soviet Ambassador in Tehran warned
Prime Minister Qavam and the Shah against sending Iranian forces into Azerbaijan.
In August and September 1947 the Soviet Ambassador in Tehran warned of the bitter
enmity which the USSR would feel toward Iran if the proposal for the establishment
of a joint Iranian-Soviet oil company were not approved.
a. Embassy and Consular Establishments.
The total diplomatic and consular representation of the USSR in Iran is known
to be larger than that of any other foreign power. The accredited diplomatic personnel
of the Embassy alone numbers twenty-four officials, and there is probably at least twice
this number of subordinate staff members. Soviet officials in Iran engage in activity
outside the scope of their diplomatic duties.
The Soviet Union maintains consulates general in Tehran, Tabriz, Meshed, and
Resht. In Tabriz, the staff consists of the consul, a vice consul, and three clerks; in
Meshed, a consul, two vice consuls, one "secretary and publicity assistant," one passport
officer, and a "trade agent"; in Resht, a consul, two vice consuls, and two clerks.
Consulates are maintained at Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Shiraz. The Isfahan
staff consists of a consul, a "vice consul and VOKS representative," a consular secretary,
and one interpreter; in Kermanshah, a consul and two vice consuls; in Shiraz, a consul,
a "consular secretary," a vice consul, and a secretary.
The USSR is also represented at Ardebil, Rizaiyeh, Maku, Ahwaz, Gurgan, and
Shahpur. At Ardebil the establishment consists of a vice consul and a "political offi-
cer and trade agent"; at Rizaiyeh, a vice consul and a "secretary and political officer";
at Gurgan, a consular representative; at Shahpur, the representative is called a "trade
agent" (Teh. desp. 588, 31 Dec. '47).
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