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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [116r] (231/749)
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
T O U J
PERSIA.
| 40G
^ ‘ ‘August 5. 1943
SECRET.
Section 1.
[E 4557/110/34] Copy No.
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—{Received oth A ugust.)
(No. 296.)
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. 29 for the period of the 13th to
19th July, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 21s£ July, 1943.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 29 for the period
Ydth to \§th July, 1943.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1 . Whatever the activities of the Cabinet may be government of the
country is not one of them. Disorder in all administrations and insecurity
throughout to the country appear to be of little or no concern to the Prime
Minister. It is said in some quarters that it is the policy of the Russians to
produce disintegration and that for this purpose they find Soheily an admirable
Prime Minister. If that is their policy they have good cause for satisfaction.
There is considerable anxiety about the situation, but no co-operation to find
a remedy. Those who see the remedy in close co-operation with Great Britain
fear to come forward lest, after the war, Great Britain should again lose interest
in Persia and they should be left to suffer from the venomous spite of so-called
Nationalists or Communists. The weakness of the Government, the growing
strength of the tribes, the demoralisation and inefficiency of the forces, and the
bankruptcy of the finances are all producing a situation where a complete
breakdown of the Government and of administration is possible. Chaos has
gone so far that it is unlikely that it can be checked except by a firpi nand,
untroubled by constitutional or democratic principles. In these conditions, the
coming elections are more likely to produce disorder than a better Parliament.
2 The press publishes a statement by the Minister of the Court denying
the rumours that the Court is endeavouring to influence the elections The
denial is not likely to carry conviction, as it is generally believed, with some
justification, that the agents of the Court are being active m those devious ways
in which Persian elections can be influenced. There are likely to be lively
scenes before the elections. For the Tehran seats alone there are said to be
3,000 candidates. , . p -rr i
3 . The Government has decided to abolish the Ministry of Food, the
functions of that Ministry will be transferred to the Department of the Director-
General of Finance, Dr. Millspaugh. I he Minister for Food, Tadayyun, is to
remain in the Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio.
> ersian Forces.
4 The Shah has decided to appoint Sartip Kajmaiy, an energetic^
elatively capable but rather intriguing officer, to be Chief of the General Staff
i place of Sipahbod Yazdan Panah. He has also said that the Chief of the
ieneral Staff will in future be responsible to the Minister for War In practice
owever, it is improbable that there will be much difference. Ihe Shah will
0 , lt mue to issue orders to the Chief of the General Staff, unknown to the
Minister for War when it suits him; and Sipahbod Yazdan Panah, whatever
is appointment may be. he will probably continue to be the Shah s chief adviser,
lut it is to be hoped that the personal relations of the Minister for \\ ar and
he new Chief of the General Staff will be better than they were with his
tFedecessor.
■ .' 44r :jn'
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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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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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