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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [165v] (330/749)
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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20. A formal meeting of the Irano-Soviet Cultural Society (see Summary^
No. 2/44, paragraph 17) was held on the 6th February. The Soviet Ambassador,
who is honorary president of the society, said that its purpose was to bring
together the savants and intellectuals of the two countries with a view to
increasing friendship and understanding between Persia and Russia. The
Executive Committee of the society includes Saeed, the Minister for Foreign
x\ffairs; Hamid Sayyah, Minister of Posts and Telegraphs; Zand, Minister fo*^
War; General Yazdan Panah.
21. Ihe Soviet Embassy recently introduced to the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs a colonel of the Red Army as liaison officer with the Persian gendarmerie.
1 his officer asked the commandant of the gendarmerie to provide him with office
accommodation in gendarmerie headquarters to ensure that liaison was constant
and intimate. The real purpose presumably was to offset the influence of the
American Chief of Gendarmerie. The request was politely refused.
22. For some months past a Russian officer with a staff has been stationed
at Turbat i Sheikh Jam (75 miles south-east of Meshed) where he has been buying
horses. A reliable source estimates the number of horses bought and sent to
Russia as 1,600—1,700. Another source says that 800 of these were smuggled into
Persia from Afghanistan
23. Queen Fowzieh attended the final meeting of the committee organised
to raise funds for the relief of distress in Russia (see Summary No. 4 para
graph 14). The President, Sipahbod Ahmadi, announced that 6 million rials had
been collected and the Queen authorised the remittance of that amount to the
Soviet Embassy.
American Affairs.
24. On the 11th February the Shah was flown via Isfahan and Abadeh to
Abadan in General Connolly s aircraft. At Abadan he visited the American
Aircraft Assembly Plant and lunched with the staff before returning to Tehran.
He was accompanied by General Connolly, the Prime Minister, the Minister of
Communications, Generals Yazdan Panah and Razmara and some American
officers. This is only the Shah's second flight. His first was also in an American
machine, with Mr. Wendell Wilkie.
Tehran, Y3th February, 1944.
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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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- 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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