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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [264r] (527/807)
The record is made up of 1 file (401 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1937-29 Jul 1942. It was written in English. 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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(8) Bread Situation.
The bread situation has recently been serious in Tabriz. Flour was rationed
and there was a shortage of bread, which was of poor quality. Bread queues
were the general rule and the people were in an angry mood; in fact, so much so
that the Chief of Police is said to have informed the Ustandar (Governor) that
~Te could no longer be responsible for law and order unless sufficient Hour was
released.
At the beginning of the month the Ustandar and the head of the
municipality were summoned to Tehran. The day after their departure the bread
supplies were sufficient (though flour was still rationed) and the quality good.
The Ustandar, Mustawfi, has been dismissed and his successor, M. Ardalan,
reached Tabriz on the 8th October. Whereas the bread shortage in Tabriz in the
spring of the year was caused by Azerbaijan being denuded of flour for the benefit
of Tehran and elsewhere, it seems that the recent shortage was due to local
Iranian officials’ cornering of supplies.
(9) Trade.
Iranian cotton in considerable quantities is being transported from the
interior of Iran to Bazargan (degree sheet 1.A.C.3) for transport via Trebizond
to Germany or Italy. Large quantities have been held up in Bazargan for some
months, and it is now hoped to move these. There is, however, a shortage of
transport on the Turkish side, and a reluctance on the part of the Germans to
send the cotton by the alternative route via Russia, who demand the fumigation
of the cotton before transportation.
German dye-stufls, paper-ware and medicines have reached Iran via Julfa.
Russian woollen piece-goods in small quantities have come into Iran via
Julfa.
H. J. UNDERWOOD, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military Attache.
Tehran, October 19, 1940.
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Copies of intelligence summaries compiled on a fortnightly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran (Gilbert Douglas Pybus, Herbert John Underwood, William A K Fraser), 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. Many of the summaries are preceded by cover sheets and 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. notes sheets, the latter frequently containing handwritten notes giving a précis of the summary’s contents. The summaries cover a broad range of information, including: the activities of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Crown Prince, and other members of the royal family; activities of the Iranian Government and its officials; activities, organisation and strength of the Iranian army and Iranian air force; communications and transport, including wireless radio, and civil aviation routes into and out of Iran; British interests in Iran, including oil companies, specifically the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; foreign interests in Iran; the Iranian press, focussing specifically on its criticism of foreign press and actions; commercial activities in Iran, including mining and factory An East India Company trading post. production; tribal matters, including those in the Bahmai and Baluchistan provinces, and the Qashqai; place name changes in Iran. Proceedings prior to and during the Second World War are also covered in the summaries. These include: German activity in Iran (commercial, political, propaganda, Nazi organisation); movements of peoples; public opinion in Iran in response to events in Europe in 1940; the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941; the abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi; public opinion in Iran in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation; social unrest and anti-British feeling.
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- 1 file (401 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 403; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:123v, 125r:139r, 140r:143v, 145r:148v, 150r:197r, 198v:243r, 244r:309v, 311r:348r, 349r:403v, back
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