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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [33v] (66/749)
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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Russian Affairs.
Russian Trooys.
21. A fairly steady withdrawal of troops from Meshed is reported. Over
2,000 infantry and 600 cavalry have recently left for Kuchan and presumably
further north. The Russian garrison at Meshed is now reported not to
exceed 1,000.
Caucasus.
22. General Anders, of the Polish army, has information from Polish
sources that N.K.V.D. units have been moved via the Transcapsian Railway to
Krasnovodsk, and thence to Baku. In his opinion, these troops are for the
purpose of suppressing fifth-column movements among the people of the Caucasus
and locally enlisted troops. General Anders, like most Poles who have spent some
time in Russia, usually takes a gloomy view of the military situation in Russia.
23. His Majesty's Consul-General at Tabriz states "that reports are locally
current that an assembly of Georgians, Armenians and Azerbaijanis in the
Caucasus voted to resist the Germans to the last man.
24. Lieutenant-Colonel A. E. Flodstrom, Swedish Military Attache in
Kuibyshev, who left that place on the 28th August, states that, in the opinion
of eeitam foreign military attaches, there were not more than ten Russian
divisions in the Caucasus. He also reports that the atmosphere in Baku, where
he spent one night, was calm, that the Soviet plane in which he flew had a'fighter
escort when approaching and leaving Baku, and that German aircraft had%een
over Baku reconnoitring and dropping leaflets.
Supplies to Russia.
25. During the week ending the 22nd August 195 tons of jute and 26 tons
of gunny were handed over to the Russians at Kuchan. Owing to the Indus
floods, supplies are not now arriving at Zahidan, where stocks have now been
cleared.
Polish Affairs.
26. General Anders has returned to Tehran after a visit to Cairo. He
intends to locate his headquarters in Tehran for the time being.
27. Up to the 30th August 39,074 military and 20.416 & civilian Poles had
arrived at Pahlevi. ,
Tehran, September 1, 1942.
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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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- Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’
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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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