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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [51r] (101/749)
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 HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT ' ' (fjT)
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PERSIA. t h« Compliment* November 24, 1942.
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SECRET. Under Secretary of Stat* Section 2.
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S'lr R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received November 24.)
(No. 379.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and has fhe honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 45, for the period the 4th to
10th November, 1942, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, November 10, 1942.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Military A ttache’s Intelligence Summainj No. 45 for
Political.
Persian Affairs.
Coined:- LO'O,
the Period November 4-10. R-n,
tJR.W.
THE Government is still being heavily attacked, and anti-Ally, particularly
anti-British, feeling grows worse. Press criticism of the Government has now
affected its prestige in the provinces, where officials grow increasingly lax in
their duties. Tehran seethes with political intrigue, and public opinion is excited
over questions of food and currency.
2. There has not yet been time for events in North Africa to have made
their full impression on the Persian public, which is at present more concerned
with the internal situation than with the war. When, however, the full
significance of these events is realised thet^e should be a noticeable improvement
in the attitude of the governing classes. The masses will, however, still be mainly
affected by fears of famine.
Economic.
3. The bread situation in Tehran is still critical. In the absence of any
effective action by the Government against hoarders, and they show no inclination
to take forcible action, future bread supplies are dependent on wheat being
allowed to leave the Russian occupied zone. It is understood that the Soviet
authorities have agreed to allow the removal of 7,500 tons over the next month.
4. The increase in the official price of wheat has had only the effect of
increasing the price on the black market. It has made no material difference to
the amount of wheat being produced for sale. The press is now saying that
theie is no hoarding, and that consequently the only way to avoid famine is to
import wheat from abroad.
5. An announcement in the press states that 2,000 tons of seed wheat
purchased in India will be distributed as follows :—
Bushire, Shabankareh, Nayat Daud. Dashtistan
Larestan ...
Khuzestan
Bandar Abbas
Kerman
T ons.
350
30
1,420
50
150
yo he P ress ^Ports that during the month the 23rd August to the
22nd September, 46,596 goat- and sheep-skins were exported via Khuzestan-
480 cow-skms from Rezaieh; 4.000 kilog. of wool via Khuzestan; 3,073 kiloo-
ot leathers via Resht.
4 he pi ice of tobacco has been raised by 20 per cent.
Currency.
7. A further issue of rials will be required in the very near future and the
Government will again have to go to the unoo-operative Majlis for sanction
[37—661 j
I India ormbi
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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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