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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [187r] (373/749)
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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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received 25th May.)
(No. 210.)
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. 19 for the period of the 7th to
14th May, 1944, compiled by the military attach^ to this legation.
Tehran, 15th May, 1944.
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Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the Period
Ith-lAth May, 1944.
(Secret.) ——•—-
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THE Bill To apply military law to Government employees and
factory
An East India Company trading post.
workers referred to in Summary No. 18/44. paragraph 1, has provoked attacks
on the Prime Minister by the Tudeh press, where he is labelled as weak and
reactionary and the tool of vested interests and of the enemies of Persian
independence. Notice has been given by one of the Tudeh Deputies of intention
to interpellate the Government on the recent appointment of Reza Afshar as
Governor-General of Isfahan, it being alleged that he is ineligible for a Govern
ment appointment owing to his having been convicted in a civil court. It is
expected that the Government will survive the interpellation.
2. The Shah is reported to have had a good reception in Shiraz and has
decided to prolong his stay. He is now due to leave on the 15th May. He was
entertained by Nasir Qashgai’s brothers, Muhammad Hussein and Khosrow, but
Nasir himself did not come in.
3. The mill-workers’ dispute in Isfahan has been settled for the time being.
It has been agreed that membership of the Workers’ Union shall be unrestricted;
that strikers shall return to work and the workers recently expelled (at the
instance of the Tudeh party) shall be re-employed; that there shall be no propa
ganda inside the factories; and that the disputes between employers and workers
shall be dealt with by a special committee comprising the Governor of Isfahan
and representatives of the Ministries of Justice and of Commerce and Industry.
Economic.
4. In reply to questions in the Majlis, the Minister of Finance stated that
the Government had under consideration certain applications for the grant of
new concessions to foreigners for the development of new oil-fields in Persia. The
discussions were still in the preliminary stage (see also Summary No. 11/44,
paragraph 5).
5. Dr. Millspaugh has*issued new regulations to govern the collection of
the coming harvest. The intention is to enable the Government to get hold of the
whole of the surplus crop, whether belonging to landowners or peasants. The
sale of wheat, barley and flour has been made a Government monopoly and any
quantities offered for sale or purchased on the free market are liable to confisca
tion. The price to be paid for wheat by the Government will be fixed separately
in each area. Rules have been made for the methods to be employed in estimating
the crop and for the assessment of the amounts that may legitimately be retained
by the landlord and peasant. The whole of the difference must be sold to the
(government. Government undertakes to distribute tea, sugar and cloth to
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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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