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Coll 28/111(2) ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political Diaries.’ [12r] (23/150)
The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1946-21 Nov 1947. 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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ETTWOMIC (k CCMviSHClAL:
14. Business during; February wa
scale owing to the roads beine ^' 1 ^ ^7 .sndv/>
the Bazaar were from 13 to 24;.
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7 rc.tes in
BRITISH li'TTERESTS:
15. H.M. Consul proceeded to SOTANDAJ on February 1 st
and returned to Kermanshah on February 3rd^
16. Captain Pritchard, Area Hirings Officer (c-f* Jan
Diary para 27) returned from Hamadan to Kermanshah on February
1st and left for Bagdad on February 23rd. After that date no
British Army personnel remained in Kermanshah area.
17. On the nigh-t of February 5th, 4,200 ft. of copper
telephone wire belonging to the Kermanshah Petroleum Co. v/ere
stolen on the outskirts of the town, the third such theic wirh
dm 40 days. As a result of energetic action by the Company-s
own personnel (the Police and Gendarmerie having completely
failed to trace either the thieves or the stolen property) the
wire, together with a quantity of former British Army copper
telephone wire, was discovered in the bazaar in the process of
being melted down and txie gang responsible were arrested,-
18 0 Mr and Mrs Barr an of Messrs. A.I.C.G*, Tehran
arrived at Kermanshah from Bagdad on February 26th and left for
Tehran on February 28th.
AMERICAN INTERESTS:
19 . Col. Field, American Adviser to^the Persian Army
in Kermanshah, KhOrramabad and °anandao? left for Tehran on
February 23th en route for Car
2 ®.SOVIET INTERESTS:
20. On the evening of February 23rd a reception was he
at the Soviet Consulate to celebrate Red Army pay, aouended^ oy
the Governor-General and leading Persian officials and notaoj.es,
the ‘Iraqi and British Consuls, local newspapers editors and
members of the British and American communities.
(Sd) AF.Y.DAVlAo
H.M. Consul>
British Consulate,
KERMANSHAH,
March 13th, 1946.
See last Diary
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Monthly political diaries submitted by the British Consul at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/11 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3522). The diaries cover the post-war period, with some reference made to events in Azerbaijan in December 1946, and the actions of Iranian Kurdish nationalists. The reports focus on local political affairs, including the actions of key officials in Kermanshah, the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and Democratic Party, and local government elections. The reports also cover: the activities of local tribes; agricultural production and food supply; economic and commercial activities; British, Soviet and American [USA] interests.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (73 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers 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 75; 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 28/111(2) ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political Diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:74v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence