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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [213r] (425/749)
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.
Septfimbjer..I5, 1944.
Section 1.
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Copy No.
1126
5zV /?. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received Voth S^ptembejr^j/i j
(No. 345.) -
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. 34 for the period of the 28th August
to the 3rd September, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, Mh September, 1944.
AATY
Enclosure.
Military Attache’s Intelligence Summary No. 34 for the Period 28^ August to
3rd September, 1944.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1 . THE following Cabinet was presented to the Shah on the 31st August:—
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs : Muhammad Sa’ed
Maragheh.
War : General Muhammad Hussein Eiruz (F.O. 72; M.A. 94).
Education : Baqir Kazemi (F.O. 110; M. A. 142).
Justice: Allahyar Saleh (F.O. 198; M.A. 253).
Finance : Ali Asghar Zarinkafsh (F.O. 236; M.A. 309).
Commerce and Industry : Hr. Muhammad Nakhai (F.O. 157).
Interior : Muhammad Sururi (F.O. 219).
Posts and Telegraphs : Yusuf Mushar.
Communications : Muhammad Nariman.
Health : Dr. Manuchihr Iqbal (Acting) (F.O. 94).
Agriculture : Vacant.
Without Portfolio : Khalil Fahimi (F.O. 59; M.A. 82).
Only the Prime Minister and the Minister without Portfolio were in the
previous Cabinet. Of the others Baqir Kazemi, Allahyar Saleh and Muhammad
Nariman have previously held Cabinet rank, the two last-named for very brief
periods. Zarinkafsh, Nakhai, Sururi and Iqbal have recently been relatively
satisfactory Under-Secretaries.
2. The ministers were selected from the list of twenty-five presented to the
Prime Minister by the three groups, referred to in Summary No. 33/44, para
graph 1, who had combined for the purpose of Cabinet-making. The Tudeh party
and the independent members were strongly opposed to the intervention of the
Majlis in the selection of ministers, and the former were opposed to the return of
Sa’ed as Prime Minister. When the Cabinet came to be presented to the Majlis
the Tudeh and independent members absented themselves, with the result that
there was not the necessary quorum to make the presentation legal. No one
prophesies more than a short life, measured by most prophets in days, for this
Cabinet. General Firuz has not yet accepted his nomination.
A ppointments—C ivil.
3. Ismail Mehdi to be Persian Consul-General in Baku.
Kuh-i-Galu.
Internal Security.
4 . The Persian Government has enjoined caution on its military author
ities in Khuzestan in their encouragement of the coalition opposed to Abdullah
Zarghampur, since they are not yet in a position to take advantage of hostilities
[57—54]
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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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