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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [132v] (264/749)
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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4 )
6 . The capitulation of Italy, although not unexpected by Persians, was
accepted by most as impressive proof of the certainty of Germany’s complete
defeat and reduction to impotence. The main concerns of Persians, however,
are their own economic situation—high prices, the supply of bread, insecurity—
and Russian post-war policy towards Persia.
7. In most parts of the country the elections, which should have been
completed before the end of this month, have been temporarily postponed on one
pretext or another. '
8 . The Minister for War has been ordered by the Shah to form a committ^
under the patronage of Queen Fowzieh for the collection of funds for Russian
wounded. It is believed that the suggestion that the formation of such a
committee would be appropriate came from the Russians.
Economic.
9. The Cereals Department of the Ministry of Finance has published the
following figures of undertakings for the delivery of grain signed by landlords
and of the amounts actually collected up to the date shown :—
District.
Qazvin
Zinjan
Gurgan
Azarbaijan
Khorassan
Samnan-Dam
Shahrud
Yezd ...
Kashan
Qum ...
Khurramaba(
Gulpayigan
Bushire
Arak ...
Hamadan
Kurdistan
Kermanshah
Malay ir
Khuzistan
Burujird
Fars ...
Kerman
Zabul ...
Isfahan
Tehran
Mazanderan ...
han
U ndertakings
Collections
Up to
in tons.
in tons.
1,831
672
2.9.43
4,021
218
2.9.43
29.475
3,000
2.9.43
17,316
6,476
7.9.43
937
222
26.8.43
729
57
2.9.43
283
47
2.9.43
481
265
7.943
473
113
24.8.43
1,022
754 *
2.9.43
6,606
643
7 9.43
7,050
584
2.9.43
6,650
481
2.9.43
11,851
167
4.9.43
525
113
24.8.43
1,403
1.149
24.8.43
283
312
24.8.43
3,320
5,270
24.8.43
5,930
1,157
2.8.43
8,451
1,803
2.9.43
1,794
415-
2.9.43
22,861
8,759
11.9.43
1,540
7.8.43
134.832
32,677
Totals
The amount which it is necessary to collect is 300,000 tons.
10 . The Price Stabilisation Section of the Ministry of Finance has fixed
the price in Tehran of coal at 1,260 rials per ton and of charcoal at 1,200 rials.
A jpf ointments — -Civil.
1!—(i) Ibrahim Khajeh Nouri to be Director of Press and Propaganda-
(ii) Zain-ul-Abidin Qiami to be Farmandar of Senneh (Kurdistan).
The appointments of Lissan Sepehr as Farmandar of Kurdistan and of
Burzu Kalhur as Farmandar of Shahabad have been cancelled—see Summarv
No. 36, paragraph 7.
Persian Forces.
A rmy.
.Pd The ,. p03t f of Minister for War (General Ahmadi), Under-Secretary of
State (Brigadier Ansan) and Chief of the General Staff (Brigadier RiaziV are
now held by men who ha\e consistently advocated close co-operation with Grea*
Britain and support of the American advisers. Generals Riazi and Ansari are
honest and educated men, but it remains to be seen whether they are strong
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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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