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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [91r] (181/749)
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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.j . HIS Majesty s representative presents his compliments to His Maiesty’s
rincipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
“ h .f copy of Intelligence Summary No. 16 for the period the 14th to
mn April, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 20th April, 4943.
Enclosure.
Military A ttachEs Intelligence Summary No. 16 for the period
\±th to 10th April, 1943.
(Secret.)
Political.
Persian Affairs.
1. Little progress has been made with any Government business. The Bill
for the insurance of workmen (see Summa ry No. 1/4 3. paragraph 3) passed the
first reading in commission. The Bill for the grant of extensive executive powers
2m to the American Financial Adviser (see Summary No. 11/ 43, paragraph 8) has
been debated by Parliamentary Commissions, but has not yet returned to the
Majlis. Soheily is running true to form; prophecies of the early fall of his
Government are common, even by Ministers, and various parties are already
selecting, and working up support for, the next Prime Minister. Seyyid Zia ed
Pin labatabai, Muhammad Said, the present Minister for Foreign Affairs, and
Ali Mansur (F.O. 120; M.A. 164), the present Governor-General of Khorassan,
all have their supporters.
2. The Minister without Portfolio. Hussein Sami’i, has been given the task
of investigating all complaints against Government employees. He will not lack
occupation.
The Press.
3. The Prime Minister's attempts to control the press by reasonable
persuasion have not been successful, even though he went so far as to tell the
press that he was satisfied that there was no foundation for the reports that the
British had burned wheat and sheep. The moderation reported last week did
not last long. Remarks made to journalists by the Minister of State regarding
the aid given by Britain to Persia and the necessity for Persians to do more to
help themselves called forth impertinent counter-attacks from some papers.
Criticism of the behaviour of British and Indian (and American) soldiers and
comparison with the model Russian continue, and some papers found occasion
for violent outbursts in the killing by Indian troops in the vicinity of Tehran of
five Persians caught stealing British telephone wire and attempting to escape
This incident has considerably excited public feeling. On the other hand, the
adulation of Russia and Russian troops continues, and the offer bv the Soviet
Ambassador of 25,000 tons of wheat for Tehran reported in last week’s Summarv *
(No. 15/43) provoked an outburst of mawkish sycophancy.
Economic.
4. Although there are now reserves of wheat for a few days in Tehran
issues of bread have been insufficient to go round, and queues for bread (and
oil) are still a daily feature. In Shiraz and Kermanshah the situation is still
[41—45]
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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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