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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [81r] (161/749)
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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ir* . LicenceR have now been issued to over 40 papers to
iblish in Tehran. It seems that the conditions of the recent
I x ess Act (see ‘ j ummary TTo. 52/42 parapirapii 2) art beinr vei y
laxly applied. ^
Appointments - Civil.
12. Farajullah Bahrami (Daber A*azam) (F.O.:46; M.A.:58)
to be Governor-General of the Rermanshah Province.
Petr<an Forces.
13 * G At the invitation of GHQ Middle
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
, the following
lerrlan officers will shortly be leaving Tehran for a visit to the
Egyptian battlefields:-
Sartip Muhammad Hussein Firouz, lately conunanding the
Fans Division.
T.arhang Reza Javadi, General Staff, AHQ.
Sarhang Habibullah Deihini, General Staff, AHQ.
Sarhang Ahmad Vofisuq., Instructor at the Staff College.
Sarhang Ali Ashraf Mazheri, Instructor at the Staff
College.
Sarhang Yadullah A f azam Zanganeh, Air Force.
14. Two Persian Officers have recently attended a P.A.D.
course of instruction held at Cairo, and are reported to have
acquitted themselves very creditably.
Appointments - 1/il.it ary.
15* Til Sartip Satvati, to be Assistant ’ ilitary Governor of
Tehran.
(ii) Sartip Ghaffari, to be president of the Military Court
of Appeal.
(iii) Sartip “'uhammad Iravani, to be Commander of Military
I'olice, Tehran.
(ivj Sarhang Ghulam Ali Basti, to coramand tiie 16th Brigade
(Fare Division).
(v) Sarlashkiar Arnanullah Jahanbani, to be Army Inspector
of the F.a b tern Div isions .
(vi) Sarlashkar Ahmed Nakchevan (r.O. : 146; M.A.:1S3) to
be Army Inspector of the r estern Divisions.
T M TFTNA T R KC 1 VR TTY.
Par s.
16. The Deputy Noubakht, who has for* long been encouraging
Nasir Qashgai to hid out against the Government, recently made a
vehement and objectionable speech in the Majlis in favour of
Nasir and in opposition to the execution of any military
measures in Fars that might affect Nasir 1 s position. He took the
opportunity to make a violent attack on the Army. Members of
the Majlis gene -ally showed strong disapproval of his speech, but at
the same time seemed to incline towards further negotiation with
a view to avoiding bloodshed. The irime Minister stated that the
Government must re-establish their authority in Fars and implement
/their
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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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