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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [63r] (125/749)
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
) ambitious man, is unlikely to resist the temptation of trying to establish his
personal authority over the army. His appointment as Minister for War has
been not only approved but encouraged by the Shah, with what object is not yet
clear. ' *
A pvoint merits—Military.
12.—(i) Sartip Hassan Arfa (M.A. 37; F.O. 30) to be Deputy Chief of the
v^ieral Staff vice Sartip Abdullah Hidayet.
(ii) Sartip Muhammad Nakchevan to be Commander of the Isfahan Division.
(Not to be confused with Sarlashkar Muhammad Nakchevan.)
(iii) Sartip Pourzand, Commander of the Azerbaijan Division, has been
recalled at the request of the Russians.
(iv) Sipahbod Amir Ahmadi (M.A. 23; F.O. 16) has been awarded the Order
of Humayun, 1st Class.
(v) Sartip Tajbaksh has been relieved of his command of the 5th (South-
Eastern) Division.
Fars.
Internal Security.
13. Nasir Qashgai’s brother, Khosrow (see Summary No. 48/42, para
graph 13), has returned to Shiraz with a message from Nasir to the effect that he
(Nasir) is now ready to come to Tehran if he is given a guarantee of life and
property by both the British and Persian Governments, and that he is, moreover,
ready to live in any place indicated by the British, provided he is allowed to take
his family and is guaranteed one-tenth of the revenue he claims. His brother
(Khosrow), he said, was prepared to go to Tehran to discuss a settlement. The
Prime Minister replied that Nasir must come to Tehran himself under a
guarantee of life, when the question of his properties would be sympathetically
discussed. His Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz was also authorised to assure Nasir
that no action would be taken against his life by any British authority for
anything that was past. The arrest of General Zahidi and the departure of the
Deputy Nowbakht from Shiraz, both supporters on whom Nasir relied, combined
with the new lease of life given to Qavam-es-Sultaneh’s Government, have
possibly persuaded Nasir that he must now make the best terms he can.
Meanwhile, the Qashgai tribes and Fars generally are quiet.
A zerbaijan.
14. His Majesty’s Consul-General reports fighting between groups of Kurds
in South-Western Azerbaijan, and in Tabriz an excited atmosphere due to the
exhaustion of official stocks of sugar, the high cost of living and fear that
Azerbaijan may be denuded of wheat to feed Tehran.
British Affairs.
15. A battalion of British troops arrived in Tehran the day after the riots
broke out. It came primarily to protect British military interests, but its prompt
arrival was interpreted as an indication of British intention to support the Prime
Minister and his Government and it did much to restore confidence in the public.
Since it was clearly not in the capital for purposes of coercing the Government,
its presence has been little resented and has been welcomed by many. It has
created a very good impression.
Tehran, December 22, 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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