April 1901
British Diplomatic Support for Concession
Receives active diplomatic support from British minister Sir Arthur Hardinge during negotiations in Tehran.
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Receives active diplomatic support from British minister Sir Arthur Hardinge during negotiations in Tehran.
Receives a sixty-year concession granting extensive rights to explore, produce, transport and market Persian petroleum.
Accepts exclusion of five northern Persian provinces from the concession to reduce conflict with Russian interests.
Agrees cash, share and sixteen-percent profit terms with the Persian government under the oil concession.
Faces Persian government refusal to recognize the syndicate's separate agreement with Bakhtiari chiefs.
Anglo-Persian offers one million pounds to settle disputed Persian royalty claims through the Armitage-Smith negotiations.
Waives claims over wartime pipeline damage while seeking a broader settlement of royalty disputes with Persia.
Signs a new concession replacing the 1901 D'Arcy agreement after negotiations with the Persian government.
Russian & British troops occupy Tehran
Russian & British troops occupy Tehran
Agreed to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the south of France in May 1944
Agrees to mount Overlord & send a diversionary force to the south of France in May 1944
Presents Stalin with a commemorative sword in honour of those who defended Stalingrad
Presents Stalin with a commemorative sword in honour of those who defended Stalingrad
Churchill arrives in Tehran with the British delegation for the first wartime meeting of the three principal Allied leaders.
Clark Kerr joins Harriman and Molotov in preparatory talks about conference security and arrangements.
Brooke attends the Tehran discussions as Chief of the Imperial General Staff and principal British military adviser.
Churchill argues that Mediterranean opportunities should not be discarded while the Allies prepare Overlord.
Churchill joins Roosevelt and Stalin for their first formal three-power plenary meeting.
Eden takes part in British diplomatic discussions during the opening day of the summit.
Eden joins Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and senior diplomats for evening discussions after the opening plenary.
Churchill completes the first day of discussions with the central issue of future operations in Europe still under debate.
Churchill joins Roosevelt and Stalin at the first plenary meeting of the Tehran Conference.
Churchill tells Stalin he has no attachment to a precise Polish-Soviet frontier but regards Soviet security and a strong independent Poland as essential.
Brooke represents British strategic views during the formal military discussions among the three powers.
Brooke examines how Mediterranean commitments would affect forces and landing craft required for Overlord.
Churchill accepts a southern France operation provided available landing craft and wider strategy permit it.
Eden participates in late discussions covering political questions alongside military strategy.
Churchill continues the strategic debate over Overlord, Mediterranean operations and supporting offensives.
Churchill presents Stalin with the Sword of Stalingrad on behalf of King George VI and the British people.
Brooke attends the dinner where military and political discussions continue among senior Allied leaders.
Churchill takes part in the third plenary as the leaders narrow their remaining strategic differences.
Churchill receives Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi while the Allied leaders are gathered in Tehran.
Churchill celebrates his sixty-ninth birthday at a dinner attended by Roosevelt, Stalin and senior Allied leaders.
Brooke's delegation joins the agreement to coordinate deception plans intended to mislead Germany about forthcoming operations.
Churchill commits Britain to respect Iran's political independence and territorial integrity after wartime cooperation.
Churchill joins prolonged final discussions covering military conclusions and political declarations.
Churchill accepts the agreed plan for Overlord in 1944 together with a supporting operation against southern France.
Eden challenges Molotov's claim that the 1939 Soviet frontier and the Curzon Line are identical, noting meaningful differences between them.
Churchill asks Stalin for a workable frontier formula that Britain could take back to the Polish Government in London.
Churchill accepts a supporting operation against southern France, subject to the availability of landing craft.
Churchill leaves the summit with agreement on coordinated 1944 operations and continued three-power cooperation.
Churchill signs the declaration stating that the Allies have concerted their plans for the destruction of German forces.
Churchill joins the conclusion that Allied strategy would benefit if Turkey entered the war before the end of 1943.
Churchill proposes shifting Poland westward, compensating eastern territorial losses with German lands including parts of East Prussia and territory toward the Oder.
Student demonstrators attempt to storm the British Embassy
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