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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [141r] (281/749)
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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paragraph 1 ). He has applied for leave to visit Russia and has informed the
. inistr y ^ or War that the Russians have said that they will welcome him if he
is given leave.
15. An Irano-Soviet Aid Society has been formed in Tehran under the
patronage of Queen Fowzieh for the collection of funds for the relief of distress
■fc, Russia, not as reported in Summary No. 37/43, paragraph 8 , especially for
Russian wounded. The committee includes the Minister for War, General
Yazdan Panah, some officials and several prominent merchants. It receives much
publicity in the press and quite substantial amounts have been subscribed by
Persian notables.
16. It has for some time been known that tyres obtained as lease-lend
supplies have been sold on the black market in Tehran by official Soviet organisa
tions. Reports have recently been received that spare parts for motor vehicles,
joi* which there is a very active demand, are also being sold. The purpose is
presumably to obtain rials. The black market price for tyres has been up to
more than £400 each and has now dropped to £ 200 , due, it is alleged, to Russian
sales.
17. An interesting contract between Russian practice and propaganda is
reported from Tabriz. There the Russians have a contract with a spinning mill
which the owner was practically forced to accept on terms which allowed the
barest margin of profit. There has recently been much justifiable discontent
among
factory
An East India Company trading post.
workers in Tabriz arising from their low wages and general bad
conditions. An official was deputed by the Persian Government to investigate
and make recommendations. He recommended certain minimum wages, the
reduction of hours of work, the provision of free bread, clothing and medical
treatment. The owner of the spinning mill mentioned above stated to His
Majesty’s Consul-General that with his contract with the Russians he would
lose over 6 million rials a year if he were to implement these recommendations.
Shortly afterwards his employees with all
factory
An East India Company trading post.
workers in Tabriz struck for
better conditions. The owner explained the position to them and, on his
suggestion, they went to the Soviet Consulate-General to appeal for a relaxation
of the terms of the contract, as the owner had himself done without success. The
employees were not more successful than the owner.
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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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- Title
- 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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