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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [134r] (267/749)
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 IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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SECRET.
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LE 5829/110/34]
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received 30£A September.)
(No. 398.)
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. 38 for the period the 14th to the
20th September, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 21s£ September, 1943.
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Enclosure.
Military A ttache's Intelligence Summary No. 38 for the period 14£A to
20th September, 1943.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
PERSIA’S entry into the war continues to have a good press, and public
opinion on the whole seems to be relieved that it has received a clear direction.
There appears already to be an improvement in the public attitude towards the
Allies, perhaps even a little pride at being—as Persians see ib—ranged alongside
them in the march to victory.
2. The Government has isued a communique proclaiming—
(i) That laws and penalties applicable to a state of war will now be in force
throughout the country. The army is responsible for publishing
details and particularly those concerned with the safety of roads,
railways and telegraphic communications.
(ii) That to have relations with or to give assistance to the enemy will be
considered as high treason and punished accordingly.
(iii) Any incitement or action that leads to an interruption of road or rail
communications or to the sabotage of national factories, workshops,
mines or other economic resources will be punished in accordance with
the laws in force in w&rtime.
(iv) The dissemination of false news, opposition to the foreign policy of
Persia, insults to the officials of the Persian Government or of Ailied
Powers and all actions that may disturb public order are absolutely
forbidden.
(v) It is the duty of all officials of the Government to co-operate with the
officials of the Ministries of War and of the Interior who are charged
with the responsibility for the execution of these regulations.
3. Soheily’s Cabinet is a little more stable. The Shah is said to be on better
terms with the Prime Minister and the latter has gained some confidence. But
the Government will soon again be m difficulties unless public anxiety about the
bread supply can be allayed. It is now acute, and an interpellation of the
Government on this matter has been tabled. Differences of opinion between
Dr. Millspaugh and the Government are known to the public and faith in
Dr. Millspaugh as a supplier of bread or a reducer of the cost of living is not high.
4. There has been a regrettable advertisement in the press of disagreement
between Dr. Millspaugh and the Minister of the Interior, Tadayyun. The latter
took exception to the issue of an order by Dr. Millspaugh for the formation of a
commission to take a new census in Tehran which he considered necessary in order
to check the number of bread coupons in issue. The Minister of the Interior
pointed out that the taking of a census was his business and not that of
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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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