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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [71r] (141/749)
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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British Affairs.
14. An aircraft carrying four Persian officers, who were going on a visit
to Iraq and Kgypt as the guests of the Air Officer Commanding in Iraq and
Persia; the air attache to His Majesty’s Legation, Group Captain Greenlaw, and
the Director of the Public Relations Bureau, Mr. Childs, was lost soon after
leaving Tehran on the 18th January. For several days following bad weather
^ind severe snow-storms hampered search and it was not until the evening of the
I 1th January that a reliable report was received that the aircraft had been found
about 100 miles west of Tehran, crashed in the mountains, and that all the
occupants had been killed. The Persian officers were General Ibrahim Arfa,
Colonel Qahrimani, Majors Afkhami and Shaibani : the last three of the Persian
Air Force.
Russian A ffairs.
15. The Persian Government recently sent notes to His Majesty's Legation
and the Soviet Embassy regarding the provision of shelters for people who might
have to be evacuated from the air-raid target area of the railway station and its
workshops. The counsellor of the Soviet Embassy visited the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs and said that the Soviet authorities considered that discussion of
» air-raid precautions at this stage was a reflection on the Red Army.
Polish Affairs.
16. The following is a statement of Poles in Persia on the 17th January
Civilian Poles^—
In Tehran—
Men.
Women.
Children. T otal.
■Camps ...
1,412
7.041
5,005
13,458
Sick in camps ...
50
169
319
538
Sick in hospital
139
362
370
871
Hospital staff ...
107
278
385
In Isfahan ...
33
381
2,043
2,457
In Ahwaz ...
440
1,795
1,543
3,778
In Meshed ...
4
20
180
204
2,185
10.046
9,460
21.691
tary Poles in Tehran-
Officers
89
These
figures do
Other ranks
1,070
include about 200 off
A.T.S.
395
on the
non-active
domiciled
in Tehran.
1,554
Enemy Nationals.
not
list
17. The following enemy nationals are being interned or repatriated
Interned. Repatriated.
Italians
87
11
Hungarians
25
15
Bulgarians
126
20
The following will for various reasons remain in Persia for the present
Italians ... ••• ••• 48 men. women and children.
Bulgarians ... ••• 42 men. women and children.
Hungarians ... ••• 180 men, women and children.
German and Austrian Jews 149 men. women and children.
Roumanians A small number.
Tehran, January 26, 1943.
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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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