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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [178r] (355/749)
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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(No. 160.)
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received ZMh April.)
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. 14 for the period of the 3rd April
to the 9th April, 1944 ; compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, \Qth April, 1944.
Enclosure.
Military Attache s Intelligence Summary No. 14 for the Period
Srd-Mh April, 1944.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
AFTER some days’ discussion, the different Majlis groups and the indepen
dent members decided against giving to the Prime Minister a list of persons
whom they considered suitable to be Ministers. On the 6th April the Prime
Minister presented to the Shah his reconstituted Cabinet. Three of the five new
Ministers he had presented the previous week—Mahmud Fateh, General Riazi
and Mahmud Nariman—were dropped and in their places he introduced Nasir
Etamadi as Minister of Agriculture and Dr. Sa’ed Malik as Minister of Hygiene;
Dr. Ghani moved from the Ministry of Hygiene to the Ministry of Education in
place of General Riazi and Ferouhar from the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs
to the Ministry of Finance in place of Nariman. The former Ministry remains
vacant. Etamadi was Under-Secretary of State in the Prime Minister’s office of
Soheily’s Cabinet in 1943. Dr. Malik has not previously been in the Government.
The Cabinet does not appear to be any stronger than its predecessor, and it
cannot be said to contain anyone truly representative of the young and pro
gressive, except possibly Hajhir, probably for the good reason that any such
appointment would raise a storm of jealousy and hostility from all the
disappointed young and self-styled progressives. It will not be greeted with any
enthusiasm in the country nor raise hopes of better days; nor is it likely to be
able to deal effectively with a Majlis which shows signs of being critical, trouble
some and too disunited to be constructive. It may last longer than its merits
would seem to warrant, since, of possible successors to Sa’ed, the only two who
appear to have any real Majlis support are Qavam-es-Sultaneh and Seyyid Zia>
who, besides being opposed to each other, have both powerful enemies.
2. The Cabinet is now composed as follows :—
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs : Muhammad Sa’ed.
Ministers without portfolio : Mustafa Adi, Morteza Quli Bayat.
Industry and Mines : Amanullah Ardelan.
Roads and Communications : Hamid Sayyah.
Interior : Abdul Hussein Hajhir.
War : Ibrahim Zand.
Public Health : Dr. Sa’ed Malik.
Education : Dr. Ghani.
Justice : Assadullah Mamaghani.
JU* Agriculture: Nasir Etamadi.
Finance : Abul Qasim Ferouhar.
Posts and Telegraphs : Vacant.
a*r.
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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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