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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [138r] (275/749)
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
^PERSIA.
October 20, 1943.
SECRET.
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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received 20th October.)
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(No. 424.)
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. 41 for the period of the 5th-
11th October, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 12th October, 1943.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 41, for the period bth-
11th October, 1943.
, Me
On Oct >3^
(Secret.) Persian Affairs.
Political.
1 . A vigorous campaign against Seyyid Zia is being organised by
Soviet supporters and by vested interests—strange partners. The Russians make
no secret of their opposition, and their sentiments are reflected in the Tudeh party
press and in the agitation engineered by Qawam-es-Sultaneh, who is now
everywhere recognised as being their man. The vested interests are opposed to
Seyyid Zia from fear of his alleged reforming zeal. It is too early to estimate
the strength of the support rallying to Seyyid Zia. It includes some of the
younger intelligentsia and, in spite of ludeh agitation, a number of the lower
classes. The Prime Minister sees in the conflict between the two parties a hope
of maintaining his position, and in order to embitter the struggle he has ordered
the release of three Soviet-supported papers which can be relied upon to attack
Seyyid Zia. . • . .
2. The reason for the Russian opposition against Seyyid Zia is not clear,
since he has never been associated with an anti-Soviet policy. Indeed, since it
was during his short premiership that the Anglo-Persian 1919 Agreement was
finally rejected by the Persian Government, he would seem to have some claim to
Soviet appreciation. It can only be surmised that the Russians fear that he is j
likely to follow a too strongly pro-British policy.
3. The Shah arrived4n Meshed on the 6 th October. According to reports
^ n from His Majesty’s Consul he has been well received.
Economic. ^
4. There has been some improvement in the wheat situation in the capitaL
Supplies are now coming in in excess of daily requirements. It has been omcialiy
announced that there are now 9,000 tons of grain in reserve m Tehran and a
further 6 000 tons in subsidiary warehouses in the vicinity ol lehran. the total
collections of wheat for all'Persia are stated to be 72,101 tons and the
undertakings 238,807 tons. It is the smallness of the collections m relation to the
requirements of 300,000 tons until the next harvest that continues to cause public
anxiety Owing to corruption in the Road Transport Department lorries under
contract to them which should be collecting wheat are being used tor the transfJbrt
of merchants' goods. Dr. Millspaugh. who three months ago assumed
responsibility for the nation’s bread supply, was recently severely heckled in a
secret session of the Majlis. Few Persians are to be found to-day with faith in
Sr MiUspaugh’s powerlither to ensure the collection of the necessary quanti ics
of grain or to bring down prices. The upward tendency of food and essential
commodity prices continues. The rost-of-l.vmg index for August was 705
compared* with HiO-tu W#* r 'PT. i
[46—68] j
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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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