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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [74r] (147/749)
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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9
Khuze stan.
lb - 1 he number of rifles surrendered by the Arabs (see Summary No. 5/43,
paragraph 15) now amounts to 479. Of these approximately two-fifths are being
returned on licence for their own protection. So far only the smaller section of
the Arabs are aileeted. The disarmament of the Beni Turuf is a more serious
.matter.
Kermanshah.
19. 4 he operations for the disarmament of the Khalkhanis, referred to in
nummary ISo. 1/43, paragraph 7, make slow progress. The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
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Janu!Try S ^ ah eStimateS that about 160 rifles had ' been collected up to the end of
Western A zerbaijan.
r n ?°T^ et Consul-General in Tabriz recently informed His Majestv ? s
t,onsul-General that two Kurds whose names he gave as Muhammadi Ali Oglu
and Ah Mustafa Oglu of Shahr Bazarlu, claiming to be representatives of a
Kurdish Committee at Sulumaniyeh, had approached Russian officials with an
ofler to furnish some thousands of Kurdish fighting men to assist the Russians.
1 he Kurds, they said, were discontented with British policy. According to the
Soviet Consul-General the Soviet representatives replied that Russia did not
require the services of the Kurds.
T 3 21 -. Th e Soviet authorities have reported to the Persian Government that
a Russian officei has been killed by Kurds at Maku, where for some time th<
Jalah Kurds have been threatening trouble. Discussions are now proceeding
between Soviet and Persian representatives as to the steps that should be taken
to maintain order.
Russian A ffairs.
22. The Soviet authorities are now objecting to issuing any passes to British
military personnel to visit the Russian zone unless they are satisfied that the
purpose of the journey is directly concerned with the furtherance of supplies to
Russia. Russian suspicions of British military activities in this country have
already been mentioned in previous Summaries.
Tehran, February 9, 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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