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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [264v] (528/749)
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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5. The Deputy Masudi asked for information in the Majlis on the
4th March regarding the rumoured arming of the Southern tribes. The Prime
Minister, previously supplied with ample material by His Majesty’s Embassy
for a convincing answer, gave a much watered-down version in reply. He stated
that such false rumours only served to weaken confidence in Government and
were without foundation. He admitted that the tribes were plentifully supplied
with arms which they had acquired on the disintegration of the Persian army
at the time of the entry of British and Russian .troops. Furthermore, a trickle oi
smuggled arms had always reached the tribes and would doubtless always continue
to do so despite the vigilance of the. preventive service. He assured the Majlis
that the Government was pursuing a gradual policy of disarmament. He
reassured the Majlis that the recent pact between certain tribal leaders made
for added security and was not in any way directed against the Government.
Financial.
at' budget. Ihe Finance Minister tabled a single article budget bill in
the Majlis on the 4th March. Income was shown as 4,412,200,000 rials and expendi
ture as 4,412,170,000 rials. As the last year’s budget was never passed, and
this year s budget may meet a similar fate, it is reproduced for purposes of
re erence as an Appendix to this summary. Army expenditure consisting of the
? ioS ^ 0 « 000 and Conscription Department at
nals, and Ministry of War requirements from United States” at
96,000 000 rials, total 1,097,400,000 rials and represent 25 per cent of the total
I^onn non 6 ' • Ur f® 8 ’ 24 , 6 ’ 100 rlal f. added for the gendarmerie vote a^d
2S 7 000 OGO rials for the police vote there is some justification for the criticisms
siurtty fo°e e s PUtleS ^ erS ‘ a iS S P endin g more than sh e can afford on her
Economic.
marJwJT'fknv the me ^ her ? °. f the economic council (see paragraph 8 of Sum-
“fVL ? 5 ) ha ''?. resl g ned ' giving as their reason the unwarranted interference
of the Ministry of Finance in the economic sphere.
A appointments — Civil.
8 '~ (i) hohT (F O f 105; ? I A - 142 ) t0 be Persian Minister at Stock
holm. This appointment was announced in February 1944 (see
paragraph 10, Summary No. 5 of 1944), but Kazemi did' not proceed
.... , on bls mission and the appointment was thought to have lansed
.1 Mustafa Muqaddam to be Director of the Sipah (Army) Bank
T Moscow * Ademyat t0 be Ihlrd Secre tary at the Persian Embassy in
Military.
me nt (i) C<>l0nel Mahmud Imami t0 be Director of the Army Ordnance Depart-
MiliSr'Sg ° fa ' C—Brigade 1.
mJZ'S.Z' ,r ° m Ch “ t S, “ ” r * 1 '* D "““ '» *» appoint-
Bayelldor 0l0 “ l S "“ i ^ 0,S “ r Col “*" d 'ne Saqqir Brigade via Colonel
ColeS ^ ° fa ' Cemmanding K,„,„, h , h Brigade
Persian Army.
whieU it,t, testa., s te, Ste N »- 8/45 »
Chief of Personnel Bureau, General Staff. ' U ‘ U ' lal:)riz
College—Military GoTCrifor 1 ©/^ Tehran7^ n ^ m COmmand 0 ffic ers' Training
MissfoftrWddi^Um^ >*1^
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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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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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