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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [174r] (347/749)
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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10. ^ Over 3,000 tons of stores were delivered to the Soviet authorities by the
U.K.C.C. by the Zahidan-Meshed route during the month, the 6th February to
the 4th March. In addition, the U.K.C.C. carried 2,121 tons of stores for the
Soviet authorities from Shahrud to the Russian frontier at Baigiran during the
same period.
British Affairs.
11. I he total amount of grain lifted by British military transport for the
Persian Government is 18,240 tons—see Summary No. 9/44, paragraph 16.
French Affairs.
12. M. Pierre Lafond, delegate to Persia of the French National Committee,
has now arrived in Tehran.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
13. The Prime Minister presented the following Cabinet to the Shah on the
evening of the 26th March :—
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs : Muhammad Sa’ed.
Ministers without Portfolio: Mustafa Adi, Morteza Quli Bayat
(F.O. 50; M.A. 65).
Industry and Mines : Amanullah Ardalan.
Roads and Communications : Hamid Sayyah.
Interior : Abdul Hussein Hajhir.
War : Ibrahim Zand.
Public Health : Dr. Ghani.
Minister of Posts and Telegraphs: Abul Qasim Ferouhar (F.O. 74;
M.A. 89).
education : General Ali Riazi.
Justice : Assadullah Mamaghani.
Agriculture : Mahmud Fateh.
Finance : Mahmud Nariman.
The last five are new appointments. They can hardly be said to represent
progressive youth. Ferouhar has been a Minister in Reza Shah’s Cabinet and
was Deputy for Tehran in the last Majlis. General Ali Riazi w^as Chief of Staff.
He is not ill-suited to his present post, but his appointment to the Cabinet is
probably due mainly to the Shah’s desire to get rid of him politely from the
General Staff with a view to the appointment of General Yazdan Panah.
Assadullah Mamaghani was a Judge of the High Court of Appeal, with a none
too good reputation as regards his sentiments towards the Allies. Mahmud Fateh
was Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture. Nariman is a former
Director-General of the Department of Indirect Taxation. Bayat, who has been
included in the Cabinet mainly for the purpose of relieving the Prime Minister
of parliamentary work and to deal with Deputies, for which he is better qualified
than the honest and not too eloquent Prime Minister, was Minister of Finance in
Soheily's second Cabinet in the spring of 1943. The reactions of the Majlis are
not yet known, but it will be surprising if this Cabinet has a long life.
Tehran. 26^/? March. 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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