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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [220r] (442/751)
The record is made up of 1 file (371 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1941-6 Mar 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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must by this time be a little the worse for wear. He
h*B since been unwell and keeping to his house, lio
new vice-consul he a yet appeared to take the place of
OserSv#
31* About toe 30th M. ^ankratov, vice-consul, with a
•ju n.jr member oi the soviet Consulate Bfcall, ’nade a trip
to Howansir in tne Conwilete jeep and was entertained
to lunch by the Ba 'hohdar, ohulam Hussein Ardalan.
3Si, The Russian oiiicers and other ranks reported aome
months ago as being stationed in 3AKKI2i for the ostensible
purpose of purchasing horses and fodder (April Diary,
paragraph 35) art now understood to have left for the
North* As they are said not to have settled their
accounts they may be intending to return.
BRITISH PROPAGANDA :
35. The F,A. , during a trip into tribal territory
north-west of Kemanshah, took Persian newspapers and
P.&.B. literature with him, as well as small supplies
of suger, rice and cloth. He also took a borrowed
battery radio set with which he gave news in Persian
from London and Tehran and also in Arabic from Bagdad.
In the Oawanrudi area the villagers had never heard a
rsnio before and were very mystified at first. In the
j Jewanrudi country he fastened the aerial to a tree. Next
! morning a gang ot men came to cut the tree down. F.nquiry
I elicited the following reason: this tree was the one
| under which the Jawanrudie met in conference and they
felt that, as the P.A. could now ask the tree for any
information it had gathered on a specific date, it was
more prudent to cut the tree down before it could give
' any of their secrets away.
34. A new cinema, the HOMAY, opened in Kerman shah on
the &?th. At the gala opening a Russian newsreel was
shown as also were an excellent coloured film of the
British weaving industry and the film "Down Argentine
MISCELXiAHEOTTS /
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Monthly political diaries submitted by the British Consul at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. The diaries cover much of the Second World War and the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran. The reports cover Kermanshah Province, and include summaries of: local Persian administration; the activities of local tribes; affairs in [Persian] Kurdistan; political affairs, including the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and the local workers’ union; agricultural production, food supply and food shortages; economic and commercial activities; British interests; Soviet interests; British, Soviet, and to a lesser extent German propaganda activities. A small number of items of correspondence are also included in the file. Some of the reports are preceded by note sheets which contain summaries of the reports written by India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. staff.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (371 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Paragraphs within the reports are numbered, beginning with 1 for the first paragraph of each report.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 374; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:119v, 120ar:120av, 120r:373v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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