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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [9r] (17/749)
The record is made up of 1 file (373 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1942-8 Feb 1946. It was written in English and French. 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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[E 4081/19/34] Copy No. 112
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—[Received July 8.)
(No. 200. Secret.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 25, the 17th-23rd June, compiled
by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, June 23, 1942.
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Enclosure.
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Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 25 for the Period *
June 17-23, 1942.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Economic,
THE price of wheat in the Tehran district has been fixed by the Government
at 1,800 rials per ton in the close neighbourhood of Tehran and at lesser prices
as the distance from Tehran increases. But these prices will hold good until
October only. Subsequently to that the price is reduced by 100 rials per ton
per month until March 1943, when it is stabilised at Tehran at 1,200 rials per ton.
The price of barley has been fixed at three-quarters of the price of wheat.
2. There have been excellent crops in the Russian Zone, in Northern
Khorassan, Gilan, Mazanderan and Azerbaijan. Normally these areas have a
considerble surplus available for export to less-favoured parts of Persia, but
hitherto the Soviet authorities have shown no indication of any intention to allow
the removal of any considerable quantities of grain or fodder. It is generally
Soviet policy to keep the poor in their zone contented and fed, and their retention
of food-stuffs may be as much for this purpose as for their own needs. They do,
lin fact, import from Russia all their fodder requirements.
Political.
3. The publication of the Anglo-Soviet Treaty has been received well, but
without great enthusiasm, in Persia. It may have done something to allay the
fears that, if the Allies win the war, Persian Azerbaijan will be incorporated
in the Soviet Union.
4. A list and brief description of political parties in Tehran is attached
as an Appendix to this Summary.
5. The Shah professes to be much concerned by the situation of the Persian
troops recently sent to Rezaieh. The Governor-General and military commander
have reported that the troops are practically interned in the town and that they
are allowed to train only in areas indicated by the Soviet Military Commander.
Their arrival had, it is claimed, restored some of the lost prestige of the Persian
Government and had raised hopes in the non-Kurdish population that security
would be established. But the invidious position in which they were placed by
the Russian authorities had, in the opinion of the Shah, reduced the prestige of
the Government to less than it was before.
A 'pf ointments — Civil.
6.—(i) Abdul Majid Ahi (M.A. 7) (F.O. 5), now Minister for Justice, to
Persian Ambassador in Moscow.
(F.O. 182). lately Persian Ambassador
Affairs.
(ii) Mohamed Sa’id (M.A. 252)
Moscow, to be Minister for Foreign
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Copies of intelligence summaries prepared on a weekly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran, and received by the 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. via the Foreign Office. The file’s contents follow on chronologically from Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3503). The summaries cover a broad range of information relating to wartime conditions in Iran: the activities of the Iranian government, including political instabilities, the resignation and appointment of governments and government ministers; the financial situation in Iran, including the reappointment in 1942 and subsequent economic policies of Arthur Chester Millspaugh, who was recruited to organise the government’s finances; internal security in Iran, including increasing political unrest in the north of the country (specifically in Azerbaijan) brought about by a growing Soviet presence, wartime propaganda, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; concerns over wheat production and supply, including reports of food shortages and famine conditions in 1942/43; the Iran military, including its movements, activities and appointments; foreign interests (primarily USA, British, and Soviet); reports of the numbers of Polish refugees in camps in Tehran, Isfahan and Ahwaz [Ahvāz].
The file contains a single item in French, being a copy of the declaration of the Congrès National d’Azerbaidjan (Nation Congress of Azerbaijan, f 359).
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 375; 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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- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 54r:104v, 106r:110v, 112r:192r, 193r:241v, 242v:261v, 262v:273r, 275r:339v, 341r:358v, 360r:360v, 362r:363r, 365r:369v, 370v:371r, 372v:374v, back
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