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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [121r] (241/749)
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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marauding hands are taking advantage of the prevailing disorder and are raiding
east of the Isfahan-Shiraz road. Nasir Qashgai is reported to have now with
him some 700 riflemen in the Qarzin area. An uneasy truce appears still to exist
between him and the Persian forces.
14. Meanwhile the Government, having announced the appointment of
Qavam ul Mulk as Governor-General of Pars, makes excuse after excuse for
delaying the fulfilment of the conditions which he regards as essential to his
success. 1 here is very strong opposition to the appointment on the part of the
powerful friends of Nasir Qashgai and all pro-Axis and anti-British elements.
Large sums are being spent in bribery. Qavam ul Mulk’s honesty and pro-British
sentiments are well known, and it is recognised that, if he were given the powers
he asks for to deal with the situation in Pars, he would act in the interests of
Persia whatever private interests were sacrificed.
15. Circumstantial stories seem to confirm the arrival of German para
chutists in Pars—see Summary No. 30, paragraph 7. One report says they are
now with Nasir’s brother. Khosrow, north of Ardakan.
Khuzestan.
16. In view of the'anticipated threat from the Boir Ahmadis to the
Behbehan-Gach Saran area and the possibility of their being joined by other
Kuhgalu tribes, an additional battalion of Persian infantry is being sent from
Tehran to Behbehan.
Kurdistan.
17. Reinforcements of a battalion of Persian infantry have been sent from
Tehran to Senneh.
Polish Affairs.
18. The number of civilian Poles in Persia on the 22nd July was :—
Men.
Women.
Children.
Total.
In Tehran
1,403
5.747
2,558
9,708
Isfahan
77
549
1,397
2,023
Ahwaz
237
981
704
1,922
1,717
7,277
4,659
13,653
Tehran, 2nd August 1943.
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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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