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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [366r] (731/807)
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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJES TY’S |rOYlE;^K^ENT l Q
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(No. 66. Secret.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 9 for the period the 25th February
to the 3rd March, 1942, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, March 3, 1942. *(^0 oSl«* £
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Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 9 for the Period
February 25 to March 3, 1942.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
1. The Cabinet.
IN a secret session of the Majlis the Prime Minister was given a personal
vote of confidence which did not extend to his Cabinet. The other Ministers
resigned on the 26th February. The new Cabinet was announced on the
2nd March and was as follows :—
Prime Minister and Minister for War: Muhammad Ali Faroughi
(7!) (88). - . .. . ^
Agriculture, Food Supplies and Economics : Abdul Majid Ahi (5) (7).
Health: Ali Ashgar Hikmat (85) (111).
Posts and Telegraphs : Hasan Ali Hidayet.
Foreign Affairs : Ali Soheili (203) (283).
Interior : Baqir Kazemi (105) (142).
Finance : Yadullah Azudi (39) (49).
Communications : General Amanullah Jehanbani (100) (132).
Industry : Abdul Hussein Hajir (80) (104).
Justice : Gulshayan.
Education : Mustafa Adi (1) (1).
(The first figures refer to Foreign Office Personalities and the second to
military attache’s.)
They resigned en bloc some hours later.
It is to be hoped that a new Government can speedily be appointed which
will have some stability, and that Ministers will remain in office long enough to
carry through some of the talked-of and much-needed reforms. The most
prominent causes of unrest, which, unless remedied, may lead to serious trouble,
are hunger and the demand for restoration of expropriated lands. The most
critical °and urgent problems before the Government are to ensure a fairer
distribution of food-stuffs and to give concrete evidence that the matter of
restoration of lands is really under way.
It has been decided to hold one secret session of the Majlis each week at
which Under-Secretaries of Ministries will attend.
2. Legislation.
The law of the 25th Dalve, 1303, has been annulled. The law in question
read as follows :—
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Sardar
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Sipah supreme command of the nation’s defence and security
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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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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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