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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [205r] (409/749)
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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12. The report in Summary No. 28/44, paragraph 16, that the Russians
are now surveying south of the Kal i Shur River in Khorassan has been proved
to be untrue. Their survey parties have not yet crossed that river.
13. The matter of further oil concessions in Persia continues to receive
attention in newspapers under obligations to the Russians. These are now
claiming that the Soviet Government have still certain rights as regards the
Citation of oil in the Northern Provinces and that these provinces are closed
to any other foreign Power. Every attempt is being made to arouse fear in
the Persians of the possible political consequences of granting concessions to
Americans, who, for the time being, are evidently regarded as being more
dangerous than the British. Dr. Millspaugh is represented as having been forced
on the Persian Government to further the interests of American oil hunters.
14. A new Soviet Consul-General, Abranov, and Vice-Consul, Uzhurov,
have arrived in Meshed. The former was at Naples with the Soviet Mission to
the Badoglio Government. Uzhurov was previously at Kermanshah.
British Affairs.
15. The Shah and the Queen attended a hockey match between two Indian
military teams, and the Queen gave away the prizes.
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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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- Title
- 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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