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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [206r] (411/749)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
SECRET.
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(No. 313.)
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. 30 for the period of the 24th July
to 6 th August, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, 1th August, 1944.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 30 for the Period
24^A Jidy-Qth August, 1944.
(Secret.) —*
Persian Affairs.
Political.
ALTHOUGH Deputies express much discontent with the ineffectiveness of
the Cabinet and there is much talk of the necessity for a reconstruction with some
| new Ministers, there appears still to be a majority in favour of the retention of
j Sa’ed as Prime Minister for the time being. Seyyid Zia is gaining increasing
respect, but it seems to be generally considered that it is not yet time for him to
make a bid for power. The Tudeh members, supported, it is commonly said, by
the Shah, are trying to get a revision of the rejection of the credentials of
Pishavari (see Summary No. 28/44. paragraph 17) and to prevent the rejection
of the credentials of Ipekchian and Shukh Hussein Lenkcrani when they are
considered by the Majlis. Meanwhile, very little'legislative work gets done. Of
twenty-eight Bills laid before the Majlis during the life of the present Govern
ment, only seven have been passed. One—the Bill to mobilise Government
employees and
factory
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workers, which was mentioned in Summary No. 18/44,
paragraph 1 —has been rejected. None of the others has passed the first reading.
2. The ex-Shah, Reza Pahlevi, died at Johannesburg on the 26th July.
Conventional mourning customs have been ordered and observed in Tehran. The
Tudeh Deputies refused to be associated with the Majlis’ conventional message
of sympathy to the Shah. The Tudeh press and some other papers have objected
to any demonstration of mourning.
3. Hassan Taqizadeh, Majid Ahi and Anoshirvan Sipahbodi, Persian
Ambassadors in London, Moscow and Angora respectively, have been summoned
to Tehran for consultation. Mahmud Jam, Persian Ambassador in Egypt, has
already arrived in Tehran.
Economic.
4. A Bill has been laid before the Majlis that would have nullified that part
of Dr. Millspaugh’s regulations governing the collection of the coming harvest
that related to the right of the Government to take the surplus grain of the
peasant as well as of the landlord. Dr. Millspaugh has. however, anticipated the
decision of the Majlis by agreeing to cancel the regulation as far as it relates to
the peasant’s surplus. It was estimated that 50,000 tons of grain would have been
obtained from that source.
5. The weekly postal service between Tehran and Bushire, to which
reference was made in Summary No. 25/44, paragraph 8 . has been suspended.
A appointments — Civil.
6 . Hassan Suraj Hijazi to be Farmandar of Arak (Sultanabad).
[56—77]
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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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