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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [161r] (321/749)
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 HI£ BRITANNIC MAJESfTY’S GOVERNMENT
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$27* R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received §th February.)
(No. 46.)
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. 4 for the period of the 24th to
30th January, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 31s£ January, 1944.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 4 for the Period
24£A-30£A January, 1944.
(Secret.) —*
Persian Affairs.
Political.
IT has now been officially announced that the Shah will open the new Majlis
on the 22nd February. There appears to be a fairly common belief that the
Government will not survive many encounters with the Deputies. This
uncertainty does not conduce to the co-operation of Government officials with
their responsible Ministers.
2. The Military Governor of Tehran has issued a warning to the press and
publishers that the following offences are triable without jury :—
(i) Crimes attributable to any manifesto, declaration or any published
matter other than books.
(ii) Lese-majeste.
(iii) Insult to the head of a foreign State or its diplomatic representative.
(iv) Publications insulting to or defamatory of any representative of the
nation; Ministers or their deputies; officials of the Court, Govern
ment, Parliament or municipalities; judicial officers; members of
municipal councils, chambers of commerce or electoral colleges;
provided that the slander has no connexion with the office or function
of the person concerned.
(v) Libels or slanders against any individual.
A appointments — Civil.
3. —(i) Ibrahim Khajeh Nuri, Director of Press and Propaganda, to be
Under-Secretary of State to the Prime Minister.
(ii) Abdul Vahid to the Farmandar of Qasr-i-Shirin.
(iii) Abbas Quli Gulshayan to the Mayor of Tehran vice Bahrami, resigned.
Persian Forces.
Army.
4. The Soviet Ambassador has now informed the Shah that the tanks and
aircraft promised by Stalin are now ready for delivery (see Summary
dated the 5th December, 1943, paragraph 8). The numbers have been
Gy Y V increased to 35 tanks and 30 aircraft—^20 bombers and 10 fighters. The
Russians suggest that a tank regiment should be formed at Qasvin and an
^ air regiment at Meshed, each to have a strength of 600-700, of which one-third
> would be Russians, provided and paid for by the Soviet Government. This
^ w | P ro P osa l h as caused some alarm, since it might well be the foundation of a
^' 'C * | force partially officered/ by Russians and wholly under Russian influence to be
used, as was the old Russian-officered Persian Cossack Division, for the
\ furtherance of Russian policy in Persia. The Shah has, however, decided that,
/ since the tanks and aircraft are a gift, the Russian suggestions must be agreed
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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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