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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [55r] (109/749)
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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3
Russian A ffairs.
13. The Russian garrison in Meshed is now reported to be about 4,000 and
to consist of the following units :—
One battalion each of the 5th and 6th Infantry Regiments.
27th Infantry Regiment from Turkestan.
One regiment of artillery.
A few light tanks.
56th Air Squadron (twenty to twenty-two aircraft).
A detachment is reported to have been sent recently to Turbat-i-Sheikh Jam.
Tehran, November 24, 1942.
Appendix.
Translation of the Text of the Currency Law passed by the Majlis on
November 19, 1942.
Article 1.
From the date of the passing of this law, authority for the issue of notes
is vested in the Note Reserve Control Committee.
Article 2.
The Director-General of Finances, Dr. Millspaugh, will become a member
of the Note Control Reserve Committee after his arrival.
A rticle 3.
The conditions for the issue of notes, authority for which is vested by this
law in the Note Reserve Control Committee, will be fixed by a decree of the
Council of Ministers, acting on proposals put forward by the Note Reserve
Control Committee.
Article 4.
Notes which are issued by virtue of this law must possess the following
backing : —
(a) As to 60 per cent. : gold at the official rate ruling in the international
market at the present and / or pounds and dollars convertible into gold.
(b) As to 40 per cent. : pounds and dollars guaranteed against depreciation
in terms of gold at to-day’s rate.
Article 5.
• The backing for the notes to the value of 3,500 million rials, authority for
the issue of which has been given up till this date, will be on a basis of 60 per cent,
gold and silver, valued at the international market rate, and the jewels which
were handed over to the National Bank in accordance with the law of the
25th Aban, 1316.
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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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