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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [24r] (47/749)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF KIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT )
PERSIA.
SECRET.
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August 24, 1942.
Section 2.
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Copy No. 114
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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden—(Received August 24.)
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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. 32, the 5th-llth August, 1942,
compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, August 11, 1942.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 32 for the Period
August 5-11, 1942.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THE new Cabinet has been introduced to Parliament as follows
Prime Minister : Qavam-es-Sultaneh (295, 213).
Ministers without Portfolio: Sadip Sadnj (Mustashar-ed-Dowleh)
(248, 179). Ebrahim Hakimi (Hakim-ul-Mulk) (106, 81).
. Finance : Offered to Taqizadeh (294, 210), Minister in London, who
Mtka&touc | p as no t y e t replied. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister holds this
ctewr* h<' | portfolio. *
. ^Foreign Affairs : Muhammad Said (252, 182).
*Ways and Communications: Tadullah Azudi (—, 39).
Education: Dr. Ali Akbar Siassi.
^Industry, Mines and Commerce : Abdul Hussein Hajhir (104, 80).
Interior : Bagher Kazimi (142, 105).
Posts and Telegraphs : Hamid Sayyah (187, 258)^
Justice : Ali Reza Qaraguzlu (Baha-ul-Mulk) (225, 160).
Public Health : Ismail Marzuban (Amin-ul-Mulk).
War : Not yet appointed.
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The first number refers to Military Attache s, the second to foreign
Office, Personalities.
Those marked * held the same posts in the last Cabinet.
Dr. Siassi and Ismail Marzuban are newcomers to ministerial posts.
Personality notes are given in Appendix A.
2. The Prime Minister summed up his address to the Majlis outlining his
programme as follows :—
(tt) In foreign policy, to give full consideration to the interests of Peisia, to
execute treaties and agreements in force, and, in particular, to
co-operate closely with those countries whose interests were closely
linked with those of Persia.
(5) To improve and maintain security.
(c) To ensure supplies of food and drugs for the whole population.
Sr* Other points stressed by the Prime Minister during his address were :—
The Government would not fail to persist in demanding the delivery of
the full quota of food supplies the Allies had promised.
It was the intention to set up a Ministry of Food.
The rights and liberty of the individual would berespected.
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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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- 1 file (373 folios)
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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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