Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [173v] (346/749)
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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2
Ismail Shafai, lately Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Rahullah Kaikausi—Military Governor of Tehran.
Muhammad Hussein Firuz-
Ali Riazi—Chief of Staff.
-Commanding Persian Air Force.
Hassan Arfa—Commanding 1st Division.
Haji Ali Razmara—Commanding Officers’ Cadet School and Chief of
Shah s Military Secretariat.
Sarhangs to be Sartips—
Reza Javadi-—Commanding 3rd (Azerbaijan) Division.
Assadullah Gulshayan—Commanding 5th (Luristan) Division.
Hushmand Afshar—Commanding 4th (Kurdistan) Division.
Mansour Muzayini—Commanding 2nd (Tehran) Division.
Fazlullah Humayuni—Commanding 10th (Khuzistan) Division.
Nasrullah Motazedi—Commanding Independent Cavalry Brigade.
Abbas Wahdati—Commanding 19th Brigade. Khwash, 7th (Kerman and
Mekran) Division.
Ali Akbar She’ri—Inspector of Infantry.
Muhammad Baqir Amir Nizami—Head of the 2nd Bureau, General
Staff.
Abdullah Qalabegi—Military Prosecutor-General.
Seyid Wahullah Ray—Medical Services.
Ali Firuzi—Veterinary Services.
Gendarmerie.
Sarhangs to be Sartips—
Farzaneh Chief of Staff of the Gendarmerie.
Feraidun Commanding Gendarmerie of 2nd (Azerbaijan) District.
Muqaddam—Chief of Gendarmerie Medical Services.
Internal Security.
Fars.
6 Four of the five Germans who were being harboured by the Qashgai have
been handed over to the British Security authorities. This should greatlv reduce
the possibility of attacks deliberately aimed against British war interests The
usual disturbances are however to be expected during the migration, which is
veh to begin earlier than usual this year for tribes in southern and south-east
rars, owing to lack of rain and grazing.
Khorassan.
7. Dissensions between Kurdish chiefs of the Buinurd-Quchan arpa
fhri Of that d1:trict ran Th an p ^ ^ Bishara “ lu > ha - long disturbed
uie peace ot that district l he Persian Government have been able to do little to
maintain order owing to the Russian prohibition on the entry of Persian troops to
of a small detachm agreed t0 the Rationing there
A merican A ffairs.
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Army
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Transport; Cereals and Bread; R ° a 1
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Russian Affairs.
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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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