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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [115r] (229/749)
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
PERSIA.
July 22 , 1943.
SECRET.
/\
[E 4259/110/34]
Section 1.
Copy No.
114
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received '22nd Jidy)
(No. 287.)
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. 28 for the period the 6 th to the
12th July, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, \3th July, 1943.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 28 for the Period the §th to
the \2th July, 1943.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1 . The Prime Minister has improved his position vis-a-vis the Deputies,
among whom he has for the time being a majority of supporters but still many
enemies. The differences of opinion regarding the choice of a Minister of the
Interior have been solved by the appointment of the present Minister without
Portfolio, Samii, to the Interior, and of Khalil Fahimi, lately Governor-General
of Azerbaijan, as Minister without Portfolio.
2. The disaster to the Persian troops at Semirum—see paragraph 8 below—
has shocked public opinion and, since the tribes acted with great brutality, less
is likely to be heard in the future about the iniquity of fratricidal warfare against
the tribes. If at the same time it brings home to the Shah and the General Staff
a realisation of the state of demoralisation and inefficiency into which the army
has fallen some good may come of it.
Economic.
3. By his Regulation No. 12, the Director-General of Finance has
transferred all Government cars and drivers to the charge of the Supplies Depart
ment of the Ministry of Finance, which will allot transport to Government officials
as required, giving first priority to those officials concerned with the collection of
cereals and of revenue. If insufficient Government cars are available the
Supplies Department may requisition or purchase private cars. The above
regulation does not apply to cars belonging to the army, the gendarmerie or the
police.
4 . The report in Summary No. 27/43, paragraph 4, that the Majlis had
sanctioned the grant of a credit of 500 million rials to the Ministry of Food was
premature. The credit was not actffally approved until the 11 th July.
A ointments — Civil.
5 —,(i) Hussein Samii, Minister without Portfolio, to be Minister of the
Interior.
(ii) Khalil Fahimi (F.O. 65, M.A. 82), to be Minister without Portfolio.
(iii) Morteza Sarmad, to be Director-General of the Ministry of Food.
Persian Army.
6 . In the current year’s budget allowance has been made for the grant of
one free ration, on the same scale as to the soldiers, to each Persian officer.
Married officers will be allowed to purchase three rations at a special rate of
140 rials each. Persian officers were not previously entitled to rations, even during
operations, though doubtless they took them.
[44—4]
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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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