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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [222r] (443/749)
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 §th November.)
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HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to Hi
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
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Enclosure.
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Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 40 for the Period
\§th-22nd October, 1944.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THE Russians are trying in a variety of ways to frighten the Prime
Minister, the Deputies and the people into reversing the decision of the Govern
ment that no concessions for the exploitation of oil should be given until after
the war. The greater part of the Tehran press has been mobilised, not only those
papers previously dependent on Russian support. The Tudeh press had some
difficulty in wriggling out of the position it had adopted, before Kavtaradzeh
appeared on the scene, towards the granting of concessions. It explained,
however, that its opposition was only to concessions that might allow foreigners
to exercise influence injurious to the integrity and economy of Persia. The war
of nerves has been prosecuted by parading through the streets of Tehran lorry
loads of menacingly armed Russian soldiers and by plain threats to prominent
Persians and, delivered by the Soviet Ambassador himself, to the few editors who
had ventured to support the Government. Rumours are being circulated to the
effect that Russia is on the point of breaking off relations; Persians are urged
to remember the fate of Finland; the Russian press has claimed that the whole
Persian press and public opinion are in favour of accepting Russia’s generous
offer (in fact, the Russians have as yet given no indication of the terms they are
j prepared to offer); and a broadcast from the Tehran Broadcasting Station,
sponsored nominally by the Irano-Soviet Cultural Society, was used mainly to
give extracts from the Russian-inspired Persian press hostile to the Government’s
decision.
2 . Public opinion generally does, in fact, support the Government’s
decision, but few Persians have the courage to give their support openly. Great
Britain, it is hoped, will intervene and save Persia from having to choose
between the unpleasant alternatives of surrendering her northern provinces to
Russia or incurring Russian hostility. The Shah is reported to be determined
to stand firm, and the Prime Minister will probably do so; but a very violent
and venomous campaign is being waged against him in the Persian press that
is under Russian influence. He is accused of following a one-sided policy in
foreign affairs, of being hostile to Russia and of trying to wreck Russo-Persian
relations. In a speech in the Majlis he claimed that the decision to postpone
consideration of the granting of oil concessions until after the war had been taken
by the Council of Ministers before the arrival of Kavtaradzeh. as was recorded
in the minutes of a Cabinet meeting.
[59—67]
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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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