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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [49r] (97/749)
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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^ OI THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
■SECRET.
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H.C.U. November 20, 1942.
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Copy No.
^ R- Bullard to Mr. Eden.—{Received November 20.)
(No. 371.)
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. 44, for the period of the
2Hth October to the 3rd ^November, 1942, compiled by the military attache to this
legation. J
Tehran, November 3, 1942.
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(Secret.)
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 44 for the Period October 28 to
November 3.
Political.
Persian A ffairs.
xr political situation remains much as it was described in Summary
MNo. 43/42, paragraph 1, with the Majlis still in critical mood and certain parties
working for the overthrow of the Government. The Prime Minister is not,
l owever without support. There are many who consider that in present circum
stances there is no better candidate, and others who are opposed to change because
they believe that nothing can be achieved towards remedying the economic
situation without some stability in the Government and some consistency in policy,
hrequent changes of Government have increased the administrative chaos and
strengthened the potential forces of disorder. The belief that no Cabinet, and
consequently no policy, will last for long leads to delay and evasion by officials
in the execution of its orders.
XT- 2 ; T r e Minister has agreed to continue to hold the portfolio of the
Ministry for War His relations with the Chief of the General Staff have
slightly improved (seejMiminary No. 42/42, paragraph 2).
3. A College of Theology has been opened in the University of Tehran.
Economic.
.r f rhe increas e in the official buying price of wheat has done little or
t thing to improve the situation. Practically no wheat is being offered for sale
at that price. Tehran still lives precariously from day to day, uncertain of
o-morrow s bread. ^ wheat has yet been allowed to leave the Soviet-occupied
zone, but promises of limited amounts are still being made by the Soviet
Government. Pr ° V1S10n ° f f ° od is now the main preoccupation of the
t? °A The official P rice °f bread has been doubled and it is now 2 rials per kilo*?
Even this price is a temptation to villagers to flock into the towns to purchase
bread and to hoard their own supplies of wheat or sell them at the hioh prices
obtaining on the black market. In many towns in Persia the price of bread fs
however, mudh higher than the official price. F ’
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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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- 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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