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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [59r] (117/749)
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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HktnrhpH Th nffi area *° f th t between Dorud and Mazu continues to be
sent totbp fr ° m th , e f end ai-merie and the Persian General Staff are being
nm] ^ affected area to define the respective responsibilities of the gendarmerie
no rmpraHrm k + lnc e the separation of the gendarmerie from military control
#vtw of between the two forces has been very weak and each takes a limited
T^view ot its responsibility for internal security.
Khuzestan.
14. His Majesty’s Consul-General has succeeded in arranging truces
ween certain Arab tribes to last for a period of four months and in extracting
°f Yif. f at ? x ^ stl ^ tri ^ aJ differences will be settled by negotiation before the end
f r{? at T? er - ' pC he ocal I)ersian military commander has agreed to recommend
to me Persian Government that a commission should be appointed to settle the
rights of the Beni Turuf to certain lands.
Russian Affairs.
15. The Soviet authorities are pressing the Persian Government to sign the
contract for the manufacture of arms which was reported in Summary No. 45/42,
paragraph 11 . The Persian Government is hesitating, firstly, because it fears
that it would lead to Russian control not only of their factories but of the sources
of raw mateiials required. The contract stipulates that the Persian Government
will supply to the factories the necessary raw material available in Persia, which
includes wood, coal, copper, sulphur, lead. Secondly, because the Russians insist
on paying in rials. Thirdly, because it doubts its own ability to fulfil the contract;
penalties for default are heavy, and failure on the part of the Persian Govern
ment would probably lead to the Russians taking control themselves.
Chinese Affairs.
16. Mr. Othman K. H. Koo, representing the Muhammadans of China, has
arrived in Tehran.
Tehran, December 8, 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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