Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎137r] (273/749)

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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. 40 for the period^ of the
28th September to 4th October, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this
legation.
Tehran, Uh October, 1943.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 40 for the period
28th September to Mh October, 1943.
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Persian Affairs.
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1 Spvved Zia ed Din Tabatabai (F.O. 206; M.A. 286) arrived in Tehran on
the 1 st October after an absence of over twenty years. He was received by the
Shah on the following day. Fie is standing for Parliament and will probably be
elected. His supporters, who do not as yet include many men of importance, are
making much of his arrival, but on the whole it does not appear to ha^ made much
public stir. . „ ^ ,
2. The Shah left Tehran on the 3rd October by tram for Shahrud en route
for Meshed.
A ppointments — Civil.
3 —(i) Ahmad Khiradpishem, to be Farmandar of Shahsavar,
(ii) Abbas Tabatabai, to be Farmandar of Shahabad.
(iii) Fazlullah Bahrami (F.O. 47), to be Chief of the Tehran Municipality.
(iv) Hussein Ali Gurgani, to be Farmandar of Bandar Abbas.
(v) Ghulam Hussein Miftah. to be Farmandar of Gurgan.
Economic.
4. In his report for the months of June-August Dr. Millspaugh specifies
eight conditions essential to the successful work of the American Financial
Mission : —
(1) Adequate powers;
(2) Support from the Government;
(3) Support from the Majlis; .
( 4 ) The land-holders and the merchants must refrain from becoming the
encouragers and instigators of opposition and unrest;
( 5 ) The newspapers must be honest with the American mission;
( 6 ) Order and security;
(7) Co-operation and support from the Allied Governments;
( 8 ) The American Mission must be adequately manned.
In Dr. Millspaugh’s opinion only the first of these approaches fulfilment. He
complains of lack of support from the Government, of obstruction from the
Majlis, land-holders, merchants and press, and of a lack of order and security.
In the matter of co-operation and support from the Allied Governments he
indicates three aspects where he thinks that co-operation might be better
(i) In prompt payment of their legal debts to the Persian Government;
(ii) In facilitating the collection and transportation of grain;
(iii) In the maintenance of a strong and effective administration, which
' implies that the organisations and agents of the Persian Government
must be free to function in all parts of the country in the collection
jzi revenue, the purchase of grain, the supplying of food, and the
execution generally of Persian laws.
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