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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [166r] (331/749)
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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Military A ttache’s Intelligence Summary No. 7 for the Period
\^th to 20th February, 1944.
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28 MAR 1944
March 7, 1944.
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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received 1th March).
(No. 79.)
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. 7 for the period of the
14th to 20th February, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 2\st February, 1944.
122
1. The Shah continues to discuss the political situation with all and sundry
and to perplex himself with the conflicting advice that results. Aspirants to the
premiership are endeavouring to create for themselves supporting groups in
the Majlis. Seyyed Zia is building up a party, so far without name or programme,
outside the Majlis. The Shah gave an audience to some members of the Majlis on
the 16th February—representatives of parties, including the Tudeh, and inde
pendent members. They assured him of their disinterested devotion to the welfare
of the country and of their insistence that the law should be upheld. Ihe Shah
urged that plans for the betterment of the country should be made on a programme
of two or three years and insisted on the special importance of security, public
health and education.
2. The Shah is reported to be giving people to understand that the Russians
have guaranteed his throne. On the other hand it is said that his most trusted
adviser, General Yazdan Panah, frequently reminds him that the British have
already brought about the abdication of three Shahs Muhammad All, Ahmad
Shah and Reza Shah. ,
3 Dr. Millspaugh, who greatly objects to the contract made with the
Russians for the manufacture of arms and ammunition in Persian factories since
it entails expenditure from Persian finances without any repayment by the
Russians has refused credits to the factories and consequently the workmen
cannot be paid. The Minister of Commerce has offered his resignation and the
workmen are threatening to strike and to take refugein theSpyiet_Embassy.
4. Hajhir, the recently-appointed Minister of the Interior, who has been
on a visit to London, has returned to Tehran.
Economic
5 The Treasury Bonds, whose issue was approved by the Majlis—see
Summary No 38/43, paragraph 7—are shortly to be on sale They are to be of
fhe value of 1000, 10 000, 100,000 and 1,000,000 rials and of two series-one
maturing in three months the other in six. The rate of interest has not yet been
announced.
Appointments — Civil.
g ([) Muhammad Hussein Mirza Jahanbani to be Chief of Police, Tehran.
He is a civilian, lately a director-general in the Ministry of the
Interior and formerly in the army; at i ^
(ii) Police Lieutenant-Colonel Tura] Amm to be Chief of Police, Meshed.
(iii) Ghulam Reza Nurzad to be Comptroller of the Court.
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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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