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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [125r] (249/749)
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^ PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S^GOYERWMENT
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PERSIA.
August ,26, .1943.
SECRET. With th- r - '.-n-nts
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Under r r.c try of. State
E 5066/110/34] for FOi Affairs
Section 1.
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Copy No
■Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden—(Received 26M August)
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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. 33 for the period of the 10 th to
16th August, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 11 th August, 1943.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 33 for the Period
\0th-MSth August, 1943.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THE position of the Government is so weak that they dare not at present
answer the interpellation of the Deputy Nowbakht, fearing defeat. There is an
active party inside and outside the Majlis working for the overthrow ot the Prime
Minister and his replacement by Muhammad Said, the Minister for loreign
Affairs, an honest but weak man, favoured by the Shah, who favours only wea
men This party is likely to vote against the Government, irrespective ot the
merits of the case. The Prime Minister admits that he only maintains his position
because he does nothing and commits himself to no definite policy. Ihe
opposition to the American advisers from merchants and those Deputies who
would suffer from reforms continues to be very strong, but it has produced a minor
reaction in their favour.
Economic.
2. By his Regulation No. 16 the Director-General of Finance modifies the
restriction imposed on the transport of grain by his Regulation No. 14 by
allowing the movement of grain between villages. Regulation No. 14 made the
sale of grain a Government monopoly and prohibited the movement of gram
except under Government control. Householders are also authorised to purchase
flour or grain from Government stores on presentation of their bread coupons up
to a maximum of 75 kilog. per annum for a child 150 for an adult and 250 for
a working man. The amount that can be purchased at any one time will depend
on the reserves available in Government stores. Landowners living m towns will
be permitted to import from their estates to the towns in which they reside
sufficient wheat for the consumption of their families.
3 These concessions have done something to allay the public anxiety cieated
hv Resrulation No 14 In a communique to the press. Dr. Millspaugh gives some
explanltion of his plans for feeding the population He attributes public
anxiety to lack of confidence in the Government and to doubts as to the Allies
intentions regarding the purchase and export of grain He expresses hope that
if the Government and the Majlis su PP°’ 4 his measures he will be able to establmh
confidence in the Government, and says that he is satisfied that two of the Allies
have no intention of buying grain in Persia. Russia, on the other hand, was
asking for wheat and barlev for her own needs, but Russia could not expect grain
to be delivered to her until'the needs of the Persian people had been assured.
Appointments — Civil. , ,
4 (i) Hussein Mohiman to be Under-Secretary of State m the Ministry o
Finance. * ou u h
(ii) Kowsar to be Governor ot bhahrud.
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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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