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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [252r] (503/749)
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 Ol* HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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Februarv 6, 1945.
Section 1.
[E 871/70/34]
Copy No. 1 2 8
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received §th February)
(No. 27.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of the Intelligence Summary No. 4 for the period the
22nd January to the 28th January, 1945. Compiled by the military attache to
this legation.
Tehran, 29^ January, 1945.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 4, Secret, for the period
22nd January to 2%th January, 1945.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1. No decision has yet been reached on the resignation of Dr. Millspaugh
who has been granted 15 days local leave.
2. The Persian Prime Minister’s stock is said to be declining. Having
achieved the abrogation of Dr. Millspaugh’s economic powers (and possibly his
resignation also) he has done as much as his supporters could have hoped for.
Having been in office for over two months and having used his power of patronage
for the benefit of his relatives he is regarded as having had a good run for his
money. Among the names of his possible successors that of Ali Scheili (F.O. 217;
M.A. 283) has also been mentioned of late.
3. Dr. Black the American Chief of the Cereals and Bread Section tendered
his resignation on the 18th January. It has not yet been accepted.
4. After the recent publication of His Imperial Majesty The Shah’s
invitation to the three leaders to hold their next meeting in Tehran and his offer
of his palaces to accommodate the party, many of the Persian newspapers have
deduced that the next conference will take place in Tehran, and have urged the
Persian Government to make certain requests to the three leaders for the relief of
Persia’s present ills.
5. The Economic Commission, appointed to advise on the redistribution of
the economic powers recently taken from Dr. Millspaugh, has submitted a
preliminary report. Among its recommendations are :—
(i) That the economic section of the Ministry of Finance should be separated
from that Ministry and administered as a separate department until
such time as a Ministry of Economics is created.
(ii) That this department should be run on commercial lines.
(iii) That Government control of certain commodities, such as key
commodities, commodities in short supply or commodities imported
after consultation with foreign Governments in control of trade in
their own countries, should continue.
(iv) That the Rent Stabilisation Department should be transferred to the
Ministry of Justice, and that the Inspection Department of Foreign
Trade and the Anti-Hoarding Department should be transferred to
the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
6. As the result of further misstatements in the Persian press about the
internees and the alleged insult to Colonel Bahrami (see Intelligence Summary
No. 3, paragraph 6) His Majesty’s Embassy have sent to the press a communique
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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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