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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [333r] (665/749)
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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a.nd Luristan. I he arrested men are to be brought to Tehran and tried by a
military court.
The Court.
13. 1 he prolonged absence of Queen Fawzieh in Egypt had given rise to
rumours of an impending Royal divorce. On the 12th September most of the
Persian papers published a communique from the Persian Embassy in Cairo
announcing that rumours of a divorce between the Shah and Queen Fawzieh are
completely without foundation and that the Queen is merely passing the summer
months in Egypt.
Economic.
14. In order to make good economic losses caused by the war the Finance
Ministry is to draw up an economic programme covering trade relations with
Great Britain, United States, U.S.S.R., Turkey and India. Dr. Ali Amini has
been appointed to go to India to examine the possibilities of Persian exports
to India and imports thence. Dr. Ali Amini (F.O. 15-M.A. 19) is a brother-in-law
of Dr. Imami who has been in India for more than a year on a purchasing
commission.
Education.
15. The Persian Government has accepted the invitation issued by His
Majesty’s Government and the French Government to send a delegation to the
forthcoming International Educational Conference in London. The Persian
delegation will consist of Ali Asghar Hikmat (who headed last year’s Persian
cultural mission to India), Dr. Raadi, Director-General in the Ministry of Educa
tion, Dr. Ghulam Hussein Sadiqi, Director-General of the Secretariat of Tehran
University, and Dr. Isa Sipah. a professor at Tehran University.
American Interests.
16. Two parties of American Congressmen arrived in Tehran on the
10th September. One party came from Moscow and the other from Syria. They
left by air for Saudi Arabia on the 13th September.
Yugoslav Interests.
17. Asim Ali Hadzic, the newly-appointed Yugoslav Minister, has arrived
and has presented his letters of credence to His Imperial Majesty the Shah.
Russian Interests.
18. The Russian Ambassador is still absent. The Russian military attache
is also absent on leave.
19. Lorries containing stores and troops have been seen leaving Tehran
for the west and a new camp on the western outskirts of Kazvin has been noticed.
The information so far received has not been sufficient to enable a calculation
to be made as to the numbers of Russian troops which have left and which still
remain in the capital.
20. During the past three weeks the Soviet consular authorities have been
making difficulties over the granting of passes for British civil and military
officials to visit places on the Caspian littoral.
Polish Interests.
21. The number of Poles in Persia as at the 14th September, 1945, is as
follows :—
Location.
Men.
Women. Children.
Total.
Tehran
352
1,103
295
1,750
Isfahan ...
69
410
394
873
Ahwaz ...
151
689
279
1,119
In addition there are 812 Poles living in Tehran in employment or privately
who are not the responsibility of the Polish Refugee organisation.
The Poles in Isfahan are being transferred in batches to the Lebanon and a
certain number of the Poles in Tehran are being transferred to Ahwaz. No other
moves inside or outside Persia are at present contemplated.
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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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