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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [237r] (473/749)
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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Kurdistan.
13. No result has yet been published of the discussions between the Persian
and Iraqi Governments for the handing over to the former of Hama Rashid. It
is probable that the Iraqi Government may decline to do so on the grounds that
they have no extradition treaty with Persia, and that his enforced residence in
^^Iraq at a safe distance from the frontier is, in fact, a better solution both in the
interests of the Persian Government and Hama Rashid.
Russian Interests.
14. The Tudeh have now opened a branch in the sugar
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Mervdasht
near Persepolis.
15. There is some evidence to show that Russian propaganda in the
Persian army is not without its effect. The chief targets are the warrant officers
and the junior officers. With the former the line taken is that, as the backbone
of the Persian army and as long-service men, they are shamefully underpaid and
badly treated. To the young officers the approach is by an appeal to their
professional ambition and by urging them to better their own chances of prefer
ment and promotion by making a clean sweep of their old, corrupt and useless
seniors.
16. On the 28th November a gold and marble plaque was unveiled in the
Soviet Embassy to commemorate the Tehran Conference. A long speech was
made by the Soviet Ambassador and a short speech in Persian by the Persian
Prime Minister. It was worth noting that Sururi, the only Cabinet Minister
who was also a member of Sa’ed’s last Cabinet (apart from Fahimi, who is still
absent in Kurdistan), was not invited.
Tehran, ^th December, 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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- 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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