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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [70r] (139/749)
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
PERSIA.
SECRET.
r E 864/110/34]
Si?’ R. Ballard to Mr. Eden.
(No. 33.)
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. 4 for the period of the 21st to the
26th January, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, January 27, 1943.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 4 for the Period
January 21-26, 1943.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THE Prime Minister has presented the following Cabinet to the Majlis :—
(i) Minister without Portfolio : Ebrahim Hakimi.
(ii) War : Sipahbod Amir Ahmedi.
(iii) Education : Ali Akbar Siassi.
(iv) Industry and Commerce : Abdul Hussein Hajhir.
(v) Agriculture : Ahmad Adi.
(vi) Food : Mehdi Farrukh.
(vii) Foreign Affairs : Muhammad Said. .
(viii) Justice : Jawad Ameri (F.O. 20; M.A. 15).
(ix) Finance: Allehyar Saleh (F.O. 184; M.A. 253).
(x) Interior: Farajullah Bahrami (Dabir A’zam) (F.O. 46; M.A. 58).
(xi) Posts and Telegraphs : Muhsin Rais (F.O. 172; M.A. 239).
(xii) Roads and Communications : Ali Motamedi (F.O. 137; M.A. 175).
(xiii) Health : Nasrullah Intezam (F.O. 92; M.A. 121).
Numbers (i) to (vii) held the same posts in the previous Cabinet.
Numbers (xi), (xii) and (xiii) are the Shah’s nominees. They are relatively young
men with a reputation for honesty and without previous Cabinet experience. It
is to be hoped that their inclusion will lead to better co-operation between the
Shah and the Prime Minister. Allehyar Saleh has recently been economic adviser
to the Persian Legation in Washington and his appointment to the Ministry of
Finance is believed to be due to suggestion by Dr. Millspaugh. The reappoint
ment of Mehdi Farrukh as Minister for Food is surprising, as he had violent
disagreement with Mr. Sheridan, the adviser to the Ministry for Food.
2. The Prime Minister has tabled a Bill for the establishment of a new
Ministry of Labour and National Economy. This Ministry is to co-ordinate all
national economic activities, to provide for the welfare of the working and peasant
classes, to find work for the unemployed, and to initiate measures to prevbnt the
rise in the cost of living. If is probable that this Bill will meet with criticism in
the Majlis on the grounds that its functions are really the functions of the Cabinet.
It is not improbable that its formation was suggested, if not urged, by the Shah,
who has lately been concerned with the miserable plight of the lower classes and
has been preaching reform from above as the only alternative to revolution from
below. He and others fear that the influence of Soviet ideals, which are command
ing increasing respect and attention, may. however little communism may appeal,
incite the lower classes to abandon their long-suffering patience. Conditions
arising from the war have greatly increased the contrast between the rich and the
poor. On the one hand, large fortunes are being made by contractors and land-
owners, on the other, scarcity and ever-rising prices increase the discontent of the
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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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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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