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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [102r] (203/749)
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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PERSIA.
SECRET.
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June 11, 1943.
Section 1.
[E 3377/110/34]
Copy No. 1 J *)
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received Yyfh June.)
(No. 202 .) _ _ ^ L . ‘
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. 21 for the period of the 18th to
24th May, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, ''Toth May, 1943.
Enclosure
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 21 for the period \^>ih to 24^A May,
1943.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THE obvious weakness and indecision of the Prime Minister, who also
holds the portfolio of the Ministry of the Interior, are arousing grave fears
whether he will be able materially to influence the elections and prevent the return
of a number of Tudeh candidates to the Majlis. There is some agitation for the
appointment of a Minister of the Interior with more firmness. There is growing
discontent among the Deputies with Soheily s inconsistencies and falsehoods..
Ali Mansur (F.O. 120; M.A. 164) seems to be a likely successor.
2. Sipahbod Ahmadi, the Minister for War, has refused to act any longer
as Military Governor of Tehran. His strict and vigorous application of the
military law brought him into constant conflict with those of his colleagues in
the Cabinet who are anxious to curry favour with press and Deputies and
all parties.
3. The strike of the engineers and professors continues. The half-hearted
attempts of the Government to settle it have resulted only in the strikers making
increased demands. The unrest is spreading among other educated and
underpaid servants of the Government. Anxiety has been caused by
Dr. Millspaugh's statements in his second monthly report to the Government to
the effect that the number of employees in Government departments must be
reduced, and that increases of pay. necessary though he admitted them to be. could
not be expected until the financial situation had improved.
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T ransport.
4. The Prime Minister has issued orders that, since great difficulty is being
experienced in providing tyres for cars required for essential Government service,
all Government cars are to be withdrawn from the private charge of individuals
and to be pooled for use as required. Restrictions on the extravagant use of
Government cars for private purposes are long overdue.
A ppointments — Civil.
5 . —(i) Mustafa Quli Kemal Hidayet. to be Governor-General of the.
5th (Kermanshah) Ustan.
(ii) Kazim Mudabbir Nuri (Mudabbir es Sultaneh), to be Governor of Isfahan
and Deputy Governor-General of the 10 th (Isfahan and Yazd) Ustan.
[42—46]*
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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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