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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [198v] (396/749)
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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5. A new paper, Darya, has appeared, the tone of whose articles is indis
tinguishable from pre-war Russian revolutionary propaganda. It is frankly
pro-Russian, communistic and revolutionary. It preaches class war; the bour
geoisie must first be made to fight the capitalists so that the proletariat can finally
triumph over both. Great Britain and America are mentioned as capitalist
nations. It refers to alleged British support of pan-Arabism, with specia^^
reference to Khuzestan, and stresses the danger this is to Persia. It prinf^*
extracts from Karl Marx’s British Rule in India.
6 . A reception was held at the Municipality on the 22 nd June to celebrate
the re-naming of three streets in Tehran, which are in the vicinity of the embassies
concerned, as Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt Avenues. This is to commemorate
the Tehran Conference.
Economic.
7. The budget for the current year—the 21 st March, 1944, to the
20 th March, 1945—was presented to the Majlis on the 18th June. General
revenue is estimated at 3,957,619,660 rials and general expenditure at
4.569.482,444 rials, showing a deficit of 611,862,284 rials. Commercial and
industrial revenue is estimated at 6,367,182.450 rials and expenditure at
5,754,849.275 rials, giving a surplus of 613,333,175 rials. The amounts demanded
by the Ministries concerned for the security forces are :—
Million rials.
Army 1,532
Gendarmerie ... ... ... ... ... 680
Police 265
But in the budget as presented these have been cut down by Millspaugh to :—<
Million rials.
Army 1,000
Gendarmerie ... ... ... ... ... 298
Police ... ... ... ... 187
8 . The National Aero Club, a civil flying club, is operating with Polish
S.P.N.B.Y. machines a weekly postal service between Tehran and Bushire. The
machines can carry three passengers in addition to mail.
A yrpointments- — Civil.
9. —(i) Muhsin Nassr, to be Governor-General of Mazamderan.
(ii) Jahanshah Samsam (son of Morteza Quli Khan), to be Deputy
Governor of Bakhtiari.
Khuzestan. Internal Security.
10 . The Bahmai tribe of Kuhgalu have been guilty of a few minor raids
in the vicinity of Masjid-i-Suleiman. An abortive attempt to disarm this tribe
was made in April 1944—see Summary No. 14/44, paragraph 10—as it was
expected that sooner or later they would be unable to refrain from lawlessness.
Russian Affairs.
11 The Russians have succeeded in frightening away all candidates for the
Ardebil elections except their own choice, Sheikh Hussein Lenkorani—see
Summary No. 23/44, paragraph 14-—so that there appears to be no doubt of his
election in spite of the fact that he has no connexion whatever with Ardebil. The
Russians presumably intend to use him for their campaign against Seyyid Zia.
The Soviet Consul-General in Tabriz recently asked for the expulsion from
Tabriz of a minor Persian official who had dared to send a telegram of congratula
tion to Seyyid Zia and, the Governor-General having refused to comply with this
request, the offending official is now being subjected to the abuse and threats of
Soviet hirelings.
12 . At the request of the Soviet Consul-General in Tabriz the Governor-
General of Azerbaijan has published a notice to the effect that the Soviet
authorities had complained that Persians were purchasing arms from Russian
troops and warning the people that anyone found in possession of Russian arms
would be severely punished.
Tehran, 2bth June, 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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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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