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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [164r] (327/749)
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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rSzV 7?. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received ‘ISrd February.)
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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. 6, for the period of the
7th February to the 13th February, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this
legation.
Tehran, \Mh February, 1944.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 6 for the period 7th February
to the \%th February, 1944.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1. As the opening of the Majlis approaches the Shah shows increasing
nervousness. He has been seeing a number of the Deputies, and it seems that
these interviews have not increased his confidence in his own wisdom but have
aroused anxieties as to the attitude the Majlis is likely to adopt towards his
recent unconstitutional attempts to influence the course of events. It is also
said that reflection and the views of others have raised fears of the possible
consequences of his acceptance of the Russian offer to form Persian Tank and
Aviation Units, with a strong framework of Russian personnel, from the tanks
and aircraft which Stalin is presenting—see Summary No. 4/44, paragraph 4.
He is likely to attempt to divert attention from himself by encouraging the
growing hostility to Soheily, who is not expected to survive for long the opening
of the Majlis. Saeed, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, seems to be his most
likely successor.
2. The Tehran elections are now over, and the names of eleven successful
candidates have been published in the press. The twelfth has not yet been
announced. It is perhaps noteworthy that the three who have easily topped
the poll, Dr. Musaddiq, Seyyid Muhammad Sadiq Tabatabai, and Hussein
Pirnia, have been genuinely elected on the merits of the esteem in which they
are held and not as a result of bribery or the usual electioneering methods of
candidates. No Tudeh candidate has been successful and only three of those
especially favoured by the Shah.
3. Investigation into the charges against the suspects interned at
Sultanabad is now finished as far as concerns those against whom the British
have evidence. Thirty-two against whom the Russians claimed to have evidence,
which they have not yet produced, have been handed over to the Persian
Government for custody pending investigation by the Russians.
Communications.
4. Attempts are now being made to exercise more effective control over
the motor transport at the disposal of the Road Transport Department of the
Persian Government. This amounts to 900 Lease-Lend trucks and 685 trucks
under contract. Owing to lack of supervision many of these have been employed
in carrying illicit loads at large profits. Eighteen British officers and nine
British n.c.o.s have now been lent to the American director of the department
to supervise the operation of the transport. The Persian Government has also
issued regulations setting up a Department of Transport. The functions 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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