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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [89r] (177/749)
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
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April 22, 1943.
Section 2.
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/?. Ballard to Mr. Eden.—{Received April 24.)
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Copy No. 1 j
(No. 149.)
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. 15 for the period of the 7th to
13th April, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, A pril 13, 1943.
(Secret.) Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 15 for the Period April 7-13, 1943.
Political.
Persian Affairs.
THE Government remains timorous and indecisive, showing no inclination
to take the drastic steps which are necessary to solve the problems with which it
is beset, irresolute before the criticism and opposition that any drastic measure
must inevitably arouse, anxious not to incur the opposition of vested interests in
the Majlis, confused by many advisers. It hesitates to authorise the Military
Governor of Tehran to take action against the press; it has aroused doubts of its
intention to re-establish its effective authority in Fars in particular and in the
[tribal areas in general; it fears to press on the Majlis its Bill for the grant of
[special powers to Dr. Millspaugh (see Summary No. 11/43, paragraph 8).
2. The opposition to forcible action being taken against Nasir Qashgai
grows and gains adherents. The impression is being created that the Persian
^ Government is being pushed into this action against its judgment by the British
Legation, and some members of the Government are not above the suspicion of
encouraging this impression. Those who publicly uphold the necessity fot* action
are accused of being paid puppets of the British. They are not all unaffected by
the accusation.
3. Criticism and abuse of British policy has abated. The press has
generally adopted a more moderate tone, probably as a result of warnings from
the Prime Minister that he would be unable to resist much longer the demands
of the British Legation for the suppression of offending papers.
Economic.
4. The latest reliable estimates of the amounts of imported cereals required
to make up deficiencies in certain provincial areas up to the next harvest are as
follows 7 W
Bushire and Bandar
Shiraz ...
Yazd
Kerman
Khorramabad ...
Abbas
150
1,500
500
500
1,000
Estimates for Sultanabad, Hamadan and Kermanshah cannot be made until
it is known how much can still be produced from adjacent areas. In Kermanshah
stocks are low and 1,000 tons must be produced from somewhere in the near
future. In Tehran the situation is easier for the time being, 3,100 tons having-
been imported by rail during the fortnight subsequent to the 21st March, in
addition to small supplies from Gurgan, whence 1,200 tons have been received in
the past six weeks. An unexpected promise from the Russians to import
25,000 tons of wheat via the Caspian ports for the use of Tehran has greatly
relieved anxiety.
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INDIA O FFICE !
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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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- 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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