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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [128v] (256/749)
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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9. Ihe following departments of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce
have now been transferred to the Ministry of Finance
kvports and Imports, Import Licences, Internal Trade, Barter, Weights
and Measures.
A appointments — Civil.
^ al J! ian ^ ssa ^i (I.O. 32; M.A. 40) to be assistant to the Adminis^A-
rator-ueneral of finance in the matter of grain supplies while retaining his post^
of Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Finance.
(n) Ghulam Reza Nurzad (F.O. 149; M.A. 204) to be Director of Inter
national Relations in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Persian Forces.
Army.
?^ e . ^ ian h as ’ under much pressure from the Government, very
unwillingly signed a decree making the General Staff responsible to and
subordinate to the Ministry for War, while reaffirming his own status as
ommander-in-chief. It remains to be seen whether he will in future refrain
rom interfering m the affairs of the army and from issuing orders without the
approval of the Minister for War.
/ u 1 ! 2 '- ^ sch 1 ° o1 has been organised under the direction of General Ridley’s staff
(which is shortly to be increased by four more American officers) for the training
n * the dutles of («) the Quartermaster-General’s Department and
(b) the Pay Department. r
A ppointments — Military.
Sarhang Muqbili to command the Shiraz Brigade
(n) Sarhang Abdullah Saif to be Acting Chief of Police vice
ivhosrow Panah, resigned.
Sartip
Internal Security.
Fars.
m 14 j ^ a ? ir ? as ¥ ai ^ sti11 P reten dmg not to be satisfied with the assurances
obtained by his brother Ivhosrow from the Persian Government during his visit
to lehran, and he appears to be intending to find excuse after excuse for
remaining in tribal territory It is possible that he may have been joined by the
absconding Deputy, Nowbakht In spite of Khosrow’s assurances to British
officials, recent reports from fairly reliable sources say that there are still Germans
m Qashgai territory. The situation in Fars is still uneasy and brigandage has
by no means ceased. b ua*
Bakhtiari.
15. Abul Qasim is m Isfahan, but, according to His Majesty’s Consul in
by 0 Captain'Alavi’^the^Persian^army'clesfrter.^’" h6ld
Kuh-i-Galu.
16. Most of the Boir Ahmadi chiefs are now making overtures real or
feigned, to Government officials and intriguing against each other.
Khorassan.
, Tbe Persian troops who were sent to Shirvan to repress trouble among
Russian Affairs.
18. M. Smirnoff has resigned his appointment as Soviet Ambassador in
Persia and is being replaced by Constantine Alexandrovitch Mikhailov now
Soviet Ambassador m Kabul. ’
19. M Maisky, formerly Soviet Ambassador in London, passed through
Tehran on his way to London. g
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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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