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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [251r] (501/749)
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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aidarab a d to Khaneh. Abdullah Ilkhanizadeh has been appointed Bakshdar
o Bukan and will draw pay for fifty riflemen in return for keeping order in that
area. With the setting in of winter conditions Kurdistan is quiet. Twenty
unfortunate Jaf tribesmen who were taken as hostages by the Persian military
authorities at the time of the incident in August, reported in Summary No. 32/44,
paragraph 10, have not yet been released in spite of lengthy negotiations between
the Iraqi and Persian Governments.
Khuzistan.
12. It is reported that with the collection of some 700 rifles from the Bani
amim and Bavi tribes the second stage of the disarmament of the Arabs is said
to be complete. I he Persian Government has, however, some doubts whether the
disarmament is being carried out as effectively and impartially as the local
commander reports and a special officer is being sent to investigate.
Fars.
■ Nasi , r Q^shgai recently paid a visit to Mamassani and to Gach Saran
in the hope that he might be recognised as a sort of tribal overlord and be
accepted as the arbitrator between Abdullah Zarghampur and his enemies in
un-i-ijalu. He is reported to be now returning to Shiraz with deflated pride
and to be talking again of divesting himself of the responsibilities as regards the
good order of the Qashgai which he accepted, and even of going abroad.
Russian Affairs.
14. The headquarters of the Irano-Soviet Cultural Association in Tehran
has now been turned into cc The House of Culture.” The speeches at the opening
ceremony made it clear that the purpose of the House of Culture, which would be
managed by V.O.K.S., was to publicise the cultural achievements of the Russian
people and to teach the Russian language. It was promised that similar centres
would be opened in other towns in Persia.
15. M. Hashimov has replaced M. Kommissaroff as Soviet Vice-Consul at
Rezaieh. The latter returns to Tehran.
16. It is reported from a fairly reliable source that the Russians have now
completed the widening, bridging and asphalting of the road Kazvin-Resht-
Astara. The road is two-way throughout, and it is said that it will take all
classes of traffic. It was built to higher specifications than British or American
roads in Persia and, according to one source, it is much the best road in the
country.
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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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