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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [307r] (613/749)
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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(iii) Abdul Hussein Samdi to t- attached to the Persian
Legation, London:
(iv) Dr Ali Amini (F.0.15 - M.A. 19)to be Director of the
Economic Organization nov; placed directly under the
Ministry of Finance*
PERSIAN FORC ES.
Gendarmerie*
6* With reference to para 9 of last Intelligence Summary
Colonel Schwarzkopf has further stated that he has arranged for the
supply from America of a further 500 vehicles, W/T equipment
sufficient for a network of ten stations, two additional officers -
one for W/T, one for administrative duties - and two officer re
placements.
AMERICAN M ILITARY ICT SSION .
7* See Appendix to Intelligence Summary No.24 dated
24th June. The ^revised list is given in Appendix 'f to this Summary*
British Military Interc sts.
8* At the suggestion of the Chief Signal Officer, South
Iraq and Persia, parties of Persian linesmen/arc being trained in line
maintainenance, care of instruments and carrier equipment. This was
a necessary step if the whole organization was not to breakdown after
purchase by the Persian Ministry of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones.
9. Since the cessation of Aid to Russia i.e. from 4th May
to 19th July, the British Military authorities have discharged the
following labour:-
AREA
SKILLED
UNSKILLED
TOT/xL
TEHRAN
1 S M3
. BURUJIRD
65
610
675
SULTANAS AD
10
377
387
QUM
7
335
342
BISITUN
1,659
2,070
3,729
HAMADAN
—
526
526
KHURRAMABAD
69
387
456
TOTAL. 1,610
SjTTS
7 ... 52 S
From August 1 to July 1945 ^be
following discharges by
British Military,
been reported:-
American Military, U.K.C.C. , and others had previously
British Naval
U.S.Army
U.K.C.C.
& Military
2,240
27,30^
318
Miscellaneous
(Skodas &c)
TOTAL,
20
29 , 88 ^
/and technicians
/INTERNAL SECURDY
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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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