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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
SECRET.
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August 21, 1945.
Section 1.
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Military Attache s Intellly^Ge,hudniriMryJi-0. 30, Secret, for the 'period July
to 5th August, 1945. —{Communicated in Tehran despatch No. 275 of
(Sth August; Received in Foreign Office, ‘list August.)
Political.
Persian Affairs.
THE situation in the Majlis has remained virtually unchanged. The
minority continue their tactics of obstruction and the majority refuse to withdraw
their support of Sadr. The minority issued a manifesto, signed by Dr. Musaddiq,
Hikmat, Farivar, Tehranchi, Iskandiari, Raji and Afkhami, which explained
their reasons for opposing Sadr. Some press representatives were invited to
attend a special meeting at the Majlis, where Ali Dashti replied for the majority
to the manifesto. An attempt by some of the more moderate Deputies of both sides
to come to an understanding was foiled by Dr. Musaddiq, who refused to have
anything to do with the written agreement produced by them. The minority are
now reported to be seeking another interview with His Imperial Majesty the Shah
at which they intend to reiterate their objections to Sadr and to inform the
Shah that, as'long as he remains, they will neither participate in Majlis business
nor accept responsibility for the government of the country.
2. The newspapers Nida-yi-Millat, Nida-yi-Adalat, Kishvar and Arzu have
been suppressed at the request of the Russians.
3. ' The newspaper Rahhar, the leading Russian-controlled paper, has
published a statement to the effect that the Russian Embassy have officially
announced that they have no objection to the release of the remaining internees
and that their further retention must be considered as being at the insistence of
the British authorities.
4. A large Tudeh meeting was held on the 5th August. Over 5,000 people
are said to have attended. They moved in procession through the town to the
Majlis square. Their behaviour throughout was orderly.
5. On the 2nd August, after a delay of several days in order that the
Russian and American Embassies might receive their instructions (they have not
as yet been received), the Persian Government was informed by His Majesty’s
Embassy of the recent decision of the Potsdam Conference to evacuate Allied
troops from Tehran at once. Gratitude on the part of the Persian Government
for British efforts at achieving this decision was hardly to be expected, but, even
so, the Persian reaction was disappointing. They were suspicious of Russian
intentions because the Russian Embassy had as yet made no communication on
this subject; they had hoped that the whole of Persia would be evacuated within
three months and, though they would never admit it, they were probably
apprehensive of a sharp decline in security now that the evacuation, for which
they had clamoured so loudly, was actually about to begin.
A ppointments — Resignations.
Hussein Ala, Minister of Court (F.O. 7; M.A. 11), to be ambassador
in Washington. x „
(ii) Nasrullah Intizam (F.O. 92; M.A. 121), who has recently returned from
San Francisco, where he headed the Persian delegation to the conference, has left
London as the Persian Government representative on the Executive Committee
of the Reparatory Commission. He will have the special rank of ambassador.
(iii) Abul Hassan Behnam to be Persian Consul-General in Palestine.
(iv) Dr. Murteza Azmudeh has resigned from his post of Under-Secretary
of State in the Ministry of Agriculture. i ^ u rp „ + +
(v) Abbas Quli Ardelan to be head of the Transport Department of the
Ministry of Finance. _
(vi) Mahmud Salahi to be Director-General
Affairs. „ ,
(vii) Hassanpur to be Director-General m
Communications.
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