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Most of the letters cover a time period from 1972-1976 and are concerned with the possible publication of "Old Tehran" in Iran. There is a further postcard from 2003 in which Cloake is asked for a copy of the Manuscript.
The letters are:

• Letter from Grenville Pullen, Office of the Mayor, Tehran to John Cloake suggesting the Iranian National Tourist Board might be the right organisation to publish the book. Dated 7 September, 1972
• Letter from Desmond Harney, Iranian Diplomat, to John Cloake concerning his visit to Faraneh at the Iranian National Tourist Organisation to leave a copy of the manuscript of the book. Dated 22 September 1972
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake saying that the Queen was pleased with the book and is happy for Cloake to publish it in England or via the Iranian Government subject to revision by Mr Foroughi. Dated 2 February 1973
• Draft letter from John Cloake to "Your Excellency" concerning more details with regard to revisions that might occur, undated.
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake concerning whether to publish in England or Iran. dated 15 April 1973.
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake concerning retrieval of the Manuscript from the Iranian Palace and photocopying of the maps that Cloake needs. dated 17 May 1973.
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake concerning the progress towards an agreement re publishing the book. Dated 21 May 1973.
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake concerning a conversation he had with Karim Pasha Bahadori, Private Secretary, Imperial Court, regarding the publication, dated 16 September 1973 and a typed copy of the letter sent to Bahadori in response to the telephone conversation. dated 15 September,1973.
• Letter from Desmond and Judy Harney to John and Mollie Cloake bringing news of possible further developments in publication. Dated 27 December, 1974.
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake to share that the master Manuscript is now with Homayoun Bahadori and that he has also had the manuscript assessed by an English journalist who had suggested making it as a pocket guide. Dated 11 January 1976.
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake to accompany a copy of the manuscript. dated 18 February 1976. He encloses a copy of a letter to Muhammad Moghadam, Imperial Organisation for Social Services, Tehran, in which he sets out terms for publication. Dated 16th February 1976.
• Copy of a letter from Desmond Harney to Muhammad Moghadam concerning the Ministry's support for the project and the use of a freelance journalist for editing and preparing the manuscript. Dated 9 March 1976.
• Copy of a letter from Muhammad Moghadam to Desmond Harney responding to the letter he sent. Dated 3 March 1976.
• Letter from Desmond Harney to John Cloake to congratulate him on his appointment to Sofia, Bulgaria. He writes that he has had confirmation that Old Tehran will be published. Dated 3 October 1976.
• Postcard from Faihad Diba to John Cloake asking for a copy of the Manuscript to be added to his library of books and other material on Persia. With accompanying envelope. Dated 10th February 2003.

This draft is not fully complete but consists of 14 chapters/ partial chapters plus appendices and bibliographical material. The manuscript is a detailed historical narrative of the events associated with the Azerbaijan crisis.The draft consists of handwritten notes with some additional hand-drawn maps. The chapters are:
Book I The Pre-History,
Chapter 1 The Great Game: Russian Encroachment and British Reaction.
Chapter 2 Constitutional Revolution; Fabric and the Nationalists; Russian occupation and war
Chapter 3 Intervention and Communist Experiment: The Persian Socialist Soviet Republic and other rebellions
Chapter 4 Between the wars: Growing Independence

Book II Wartime,
Chapter 5 Occupation 1941
Chapter 6, From Tripartite Alliance to Tripartitie Declaration: 1942-3
Chapter 7 1944: The Oil Concession Crisis
Chapter 8 The Scene is Set: 1945

Book 3 The Crisis,
Chapter 9 Crisis Events, November - December 1945
Chapter 10 Crisis Events, January - March 1946
Chapter 11 Crisis Events, April - June 1946
Chapter 12 Crisis Events, July - October 1946
Chapter 13 Crisis Events, October 1946 - March 1947
Chapter 14 The Aftermath, 1947-1950

Supplementary material for Book 4,
The Preview and Bibliography

This is a typed Manuscript of John and Margaret Cloake's proposed book on Old Tehran, dated 1972. The book is intended as a guide to visitors of Tehran and identifies in some detail the historic buildings of the city. There are also some handwritten research notes and copied maps of Tehran

These are handwritten notes taken from Foreign Office Records. These are referenced according to the record. There is also a photocopy of a Report from Sir Reader William Bullard to Anthony Eden, dated 21 May 1943 entitled "Persia: Secret". The title for this material comes from the original file in which it was housed.

These are handwritten, referenced notes taken from Foreign Office records concerning the Azerbaijan Crisis. There are also photocopies of several Foreign Office Records:

• Copies of letters from F.T. Gousev to Anthony Eden and from Anthony Eden to Sobolev, 20 January 1945
• Memorandum and Summary of Memorandum on Persian, 4 August 1945
• Letter from Foreign office to Tehran, 21 August 1945
• Resume of the Note Forwarded by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy in Teheran, 17 November 1945
• Note Despatched by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy, Teheran, 22 November 1945
• Note Forwarded by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy, Teheran, 23 November 1945
• Note Forwarded by the Iranian Government to the Soviet Embassy, Teheran, 23 November 1945
• Note from the Soviet Embassy in Teheran to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 26 November 1945
• Letter from Archibald Clark Kerr, British Embassy, Moscow to V.N. Molotov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Moscow, 26 November 1945
• Telegram from Archibald Clark Kerr to V.N. Molotov, 26 November 1945

The title for this material comes from the original file in which it was housed.

There are seven folders of material covering the draft manuscript and research notes for a book that Cloake intended to publish on the events leading up to Azerbaijan Crisis of 1945-47, the crisis itself, and its aftermath. According to the donor, his book was researched during Cloake's time at the London School of Economics, 1972-1973.