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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [253v] (506/749)
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
Appendix.
As many false statements have been published regarding an incident at the
internment camp in the 500-bed hospital, the British Embassy considers it
necessary to state the facts.
The incident occurred when a British officer, in the normal execution of his
duty, went to the camp to call the roll. When, as a mark of confidence, it was
arranged that the internees at Sultanabad whose interrogation had been completed
should be transferred to Tehran, no provision was made for a roll-call because it
was expected that the Persian authorities concerned would observe the agreement
strictly. It was soon found, however, that the internees were allowed to go out
into the town and even to stay away from the camp for days at a time, without
e\en the knowledge of the security authorities, and it therefore became necessary
to institute a roll-call. But for this the Persian officer in question would not have
had to appear for a roll-call and would not have made certain excited remarks
which led to the incident.
It is not true that a British officer has made an apology in connexion with this
incident. There was no ground for an apology and none will be given.
It should be added that the visit of the British officer to effect the roll-call
revealed yet another serious breach of the regulations under which the internees
7 e u e -ij anS { err t d t0 Tehr{ P- Although it was a Thursday, when the internees are
tqrbidden by the regulations to receive visitors, there were, in fact a number of
visitors in the camp.
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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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- 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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