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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [30r] (59/749)
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 PROPER OP HIS BRITANIjlC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT ^
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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received September 7.)
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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. 34, 19th to 25th August, compiled
by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, August 25, 1942.
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Section 1.
Copy No. j j 4
(Secret.)
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 34 for the period August 19 to 25,
1942.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
CONSEQUENT on Taqizadeh’s having refused the invitation to become
Minister of Finance, Bagher Kazimi has been transferred from the Ministry of
the Interior to Finance, and Javad Amiri (F.O. 20, M.A. 15) has been appointed
Minister of the Interior. The post of Minister for War remains unfilled. The
Prime Minister wishes to take it himself, but hesitates to do so while doubtful
of the Shah’s approval. The Shah is reported to suspect that his father’s treat
ment of the Prime Minister may not have disposed the latter to devoted loyalty
to the Royal House. Consequently he views with some apprehension a situation
where Qavam es Sultaneh would control the army.
2. Some ten days ago, on the demand of His Majesty’s Minister, a number
of Persian subjects suspected of pro-Axis activities were arrested by order of
the Prime Minister. Owing to the unwillingness of the Persian Government to
agree to the procedure for their interrogation considered essential by the British
security authorities, they are still in detention in Tehran. During the past week
there has been an almost unanimous outcry by the Tehran press against the
illegality of detaining in custody persons against whom no charge has been made.
The Allies, of whom iVmerica is always mentioned first, are upbraided for their
abandonment of the principles of democracy, of liberty, and of the sanctity of
the lawo The Dictator, it is said, has gone, but his methods have been adopted
by the Allies. It is clear that the press has been inspired, and it is probable
that the inspiration comes from the Government, and perhaps, also, from the
enemies of the Government. So much publicity has been given to the matter and
so much public feeling aroused that it will be difficult for the Government to
yield to British demands and at the same time save its face before the public
and Parliament. It may result in the resignation of some Ministers, if not in
another Cabinet crisis.
Economic.
3. The Government has not yet demonstrated any greater determination
in the collection of wheat than its predecessor. But it is early yet to despair.
The new Department of Supply has been too recently formed to allow of an
appreciation of its strength and zeal. It will need a good measure of both to clean
up the corruption prevailing among officials connected with food supplies.
4. The Government has issued a list of supplies classed as essential to the
life of the country which it is an offence under the Anti-Hoarding Law to corner
or hoard. The list includes cereals, peas and beans, potatoes and onions tinned
provisions, oils and fats and their products, sugar, fuel, matches dried fruits
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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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