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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [363r] (728/751)
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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AGRICULTURE & SUPPLIES:
19. Good rains fell all over the province at the
very end of October, to the satisfaction of the agricultural
community.
20 . oome anxiety is still felt over the disposal
r-N of the 1945 crop surplus for which at present there is no
visible market. The Persian oovernment is not buying and
private buying has practically stopped, most persons
having already covered their requirements until next harvest.
Even the 1944 crop has not yet been completely disposed of.
Unless the grain is to be exported, of which there are no
signs at present, there appears to be no prospect of liquid
ating the excess. There is, at the moment, no demand from
other centres in Persia.
21. The director of the Economic Department complains
bitterly of the disorganisation and lack of co-operation
displayed by his Department in Tehran. Failing to get any
sort of reply to his most urgent telegrams, he finally went
to Tehran himself to try and get some action. He finally
succeeded in getting an order allocating to him 900 tons
of sugar at SULTANABAD and 1,000 bales of cloth at
Khorramshahr and a firm promise that these would be transported
to Kermanshah immediately and delivered to him. With these
assurances he returned more or less satisfied to Kermanshah
but.day succeeded day, neither sugar nor cloth arrived, and
again his most urgent telegrams evoked no reply whatsoever.
At the end of the month he had received neither sugar nor
cloth.
ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL:
22 . The month started with slightly, more activity
in the bazaars. Money, however, remained plentiful with the
Bazaar rate of Interest quoted at 12/o to about 15/. a fair
demand was in evidence for piece-goods and roughan, but
all business tapered off again.
BnlTIBH INTEREbTS:
23. Colonel Pybus, Military attache to H.m, Embassy
Tehran, visited Kermanshah on October 3rd to October 5 th and
called on the Governor-General and ©fficers Commanding
Troops and Gendarmerie with whom he discussed a number of
problems.
24. Mr Bidwell, Acting British Council Representative
in Persia, visited Kermanshah on October 4th to 5 th and
investigated the possibilities of selling the Council’s
bokks and opening an ^nglo-Persian Institute here. Though
the possibilities were judged to be very' promising, the
Council's shortage of British staff precluded the immediate
opening of an institute in Kermanshah but arrangements were
made for the supply of English books for sale here. Mr
Bidwell again passed through Kermanshah on the night of 26th
to ,27th October on his way to Bagdad, en route for the U.K. 25 26
25. _ Mr Wall, Acting British Consul-General at Tabriz,
arrived from Cairo on October 7th and left for his post on
October 8 th travelling via Sanandaj and MIaNDUaB.
• v
26. General LOCHNER, Officer Commanding Persia Area,
arrives at Kermanshah on October 6 th accompanied by Mrs Lochner
/and left
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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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