Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎271r] (541/749)

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S
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PERSIA.
April 17, 1945.
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SECRET.
iECTION 2.
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Military Attache's Intelligence Summary- Nv. 14. "SevmT'for the period
0---7 ,7 ^ o.7 . n -^ 1945 —{Communicated in Tehran despatch-
: Received in Foreign Office \7th April.)
Political.
Persian Affairs.
1. Owing to the continued absence on holiday of many Deputies there
was no public session of the Majlis until the 3rd April, when it proceeded to
elect a new president. The running was close between Seyyid Muhammad Sadiq
Tabatabai (the out-going president) and Mehdi Farrukh (F.O. 61; M.A. 85).
No less than three separate ballots were taken at that session as there was some
doubt as to whether some of the papers marked “ Tabatabai " referred to the
outgoing president or to Seyyid Muhammad Tabatabai, also a candidate for the
presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. . Objections were also raised on the score that some of Seyyid
Muhammad badiq’s papers had been brought into the Majlis from outside. It
was finally announced that Seyyid Muhammad Sadiq Tabatabai had been elected
by 49 votes to 48 cast for Mehdi Farrukh. On the 5 th April Dr. Malek
Madani( 1 ) was elected as first vice-president, receiving 74 votes out of 94.
Dr. Moazemi( 1 ) was then elected second vice-president with 71 votes out of 101.
Some minor members of the Majlis presidential body, such as recorders, tellers,
&c., were elected at the next session.
2 . It is reported, but not confirmed, that at the next public session Bayat
intends to ask for a vote of confidence after describing what his Government
has achieved since it came into office. This recital should not take long.
3. Taqizadeh, Ahi, Ala and Mustashar-ud-Dowleh are all reported to have
refused to head the Persian delegation to the San Francisco conference. The first
two have pleaded ill health. M. Ala makes no secret of his dread of the perils
of a sea or air voyage, and Mustashar-ul-Dowleh is said to have alleged advancing
age as his excuse.
The Court.
4. The Agence Pars has, “on good authority,’’ contradicted the news
broadcast by the B.B.C. in their Arabic transmission from London at 2115 hours
on the 3rd April to the effect that His Imperial Majesty The Shah and Queen
Fauzieh were to visit Egypt towards the end of April in order to be present at
the wedding of Queen Fauzieh’s sister Princess Faiza, to Prince Muhammed
Ali Raouf.
A ppointments — civil.
5. Amir Khosru Afshar to be second secretary at the Persian Legation
in Paris.
A ppointments — military.
6 .—(i) Sartip Atapur, C.B.E., Inspector at the Ministry of War, to be head
of the Persian Army Transport vice Sarhahg Mir Jalali relieved;
(li) Sartip Zarrabi( 2 ) to be Chief of Police, Tehran, vice Sartip Saif;
. (pi) Sartip Darrakhshani, General Officer Commanding 3 rd Azerbaijan
Division, to be officiating Governor-General of Ustan 3 (Eastern-Azerbaiian’l
vice Mehdi Dadvar (Vossuq-es-Saltaneh) recalled. ' 3 }
O sll ort personality notes on these two are given in an Appendix to this Summarv
( 2 ) A short personality note on the former will be found in the Appendix to this summary.
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