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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [125v] (250/749)
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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Persian Forces.
Army:
5. It has been decided to abolish the Staff College. It has been for long a
useless and expensive incubus.
Police.
6 . The Majlis has passed a law authorising the engagement of Mr. Stephen
Timmerman as Director-General of Police for a period of two years. Among hjT,
duties will be—
{a) The reorganisation of the central administration of the Persian police.
(b) The organisation of a police training school.
(c) The reform of prison administration.
(d) Revision of the regulations for the police.
{e) Reform of traffic laws and regulations.
His proposals will be subject to the approval of the Minister of the Interior.
He will be consulted about appointments and promotions in the police force and
in all financial questions connected with the force.
A pyointments—Mili tary.
7. -—(i) Colonel Saghafi to be Director of the 1 st Bureau of the General Staff.
(ii) Colonel Samadi to be Director of Personnel of the General Staff.
(iii) Sarhang Ahad Talib Begi to command the 13th (Khorramabad) Brigade.
(iv) Sarhang Shahrukhshahi to command the 12 th Kermanshah Brigade.
(v) Sartip Attaullah Alai to be Deputy Chief of Army Finance.
(vi) Sartip Muhammad Mir Jalali to command the Central Administrative
Depot.
(vii) Mr. Stephen Timmerman to be Director-General of Police.
Internal Security.
Pars.
8 . A meeting has taken place between General Jahanbani, Nasir Qashgai,
Khosrqw his brother and Morteza Quli Khan, Governor of Bakhtiari, the outcome
of which was that Khosrow agreed to come to Tehran to discuss terms of
submission for himself and his brother with the Government. A British officer
was present at the meeting. It has been agreed that while these negotiations are
in progress there will be a truce between the Qashgai and the troops the latter
undertaking to make no movement. Nasir has promised that he will restrain the
Qashgai tribes from committing robbery during the period of the truce. It is
unlikely that it is the intention of Nasir to do more now than play for time until
the downward migration of the tribes, which is likely to begin a month before
the usual date, is complete. The arrival of Qavam-ul-Mulk in Shiraz, combined
with the news of recent German defeats, probably persuaded Nasir that it was
time to play for safety. The effectiveness of the Qavam’s appointment has already
been demonstrated by the strength of the attempts that are now being made by
Nasir’s friends and other anti-British parties to secure his withdrawal.
9. The Boir Ahmadi who attacked the Persian garrison at Ardekan (see
Summary No. 32, paragraph 13), disconcerted by the inconsistency of the garrison
in refusing to surrender, withdrew on the approach of a relieving battalion after
sacking part of the town. The Persian troops claim that the Boir Ahmadi
suffered some twenty casualties, killed and wounded.
Kurdistan.
10 . The bombastic threats of Mahmud Dizli and Mahmud Kanisanani have
come to little. Recent reports from Kurdistan are that the tribes who were
threatening the Persian forces west of Senneh have dispersed.
Tehran, \§th 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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- 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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