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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [245v] (490/749)
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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4
At Rezaieh— "
Major-General Smirnov : Commanding troops in Western Azarbaijan.
At Gurgan—
Major-General Trantin : Commanding troops.
At Sari—
Major-General Soboleff (?) : Commanding troops.
At Semnan—
Major-General Filiatov : Commanding troops.
At Tehran—
Major-General Kargin : Soviet Transport Directorate.
Major-General Zorin : Iransovtrans.
It is understood that the two last-named are independent of General
Sovietnikoff.
17. It is reported, but not yet confirmed, that, of the sixty Yak fighters that
the Russians had brought to Tehran (see Summary No. 48/44, paragraph 13),
thirty have returned to Russia.
Erench Affairs.
18. It is reported on fairly reliable authority that the French Government
has invited the Persian Government to send five officers to France to visit the front.
Egyptian Affairs.
19. The Persian press reports that Mahmud Sabet
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
has been appointed
Egyptian Ambassador to Persia.
Turkish Affairs.
20. Kamal Kuprulu, said now to be Turkish Ambassador in Afghanistan,
has been appointed Turkish Ambassador to Persia.
American Affairs.
21. Major-General Connolly, commanding the United States
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Command, has been recalled to America for another appointment. He has been
succeeded, temporarily at least, by his second-in-command, Brigadier-General
Booth.
Appendix 1.
Extracts from Russian-subsidised Persian Press.
Rahbar, 21s£ December, 1944.
Furthermore, if the Imperialist Powers needed a “ sphere of influence ”
to preserve their colonies, if Persia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Egypt were called
colonial annexations ” in their political lexicon, then Russia, whose regime was
anti-imperialistic, could not tolerate being surrounded by the imperialistic
Powers, their colonies or their sphere of “ influence,” which would when the time
came flood over her new world. For this reason Russia, after having niade
enormous sacrifices to save herself and the world, would not submit to being
encircled by the imperialist Powers.
She wanted to clear her boundaries of the nefarious influence of imperialism.
Otherwise her security and her existence would be in danger. For this reason
the territories of the neighbours of Russia could be called a belt of security,
i.e., places where no bee-hive against Russia could be built.
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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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