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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [214r] (430/751)
The record is made up of 1 file (371 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1941-6 Mar 1946. 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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10. Mr Hutchinson, tha American Director-General of
Finance, who was in Tehran at the end of last month in
connexion with Dr. fcillspaugh f s resignation, returned a
few days later. He was in Famdan at the end of July.
IBTIHAP SAMI* I wati suspended from duty early in the
month upon the arrival of HAHWIT) SALEH I from Tehran as
new Chief of the Bread and Cereals Department (June Diary,
paragraph 8). SAMI*I is still here and so is the Oomniu-
sion of Enquiry sent three months ago to investigate the
charges of corrupt practices made against him. The
Com.iisalon has not been able to produce a finding as yet.
Meanwhile AJRHA-u»-iOj.TAN, the local candidate for 3AMI* I* a
old ^ob, has been made Purchasing Officer to the Persian
military here and now asserts that he has no ambition
whatever in the Finance Department - at least whilst
the war continues.
11. Plight-Lieutenant Saville (June Diary, paragraph 10)
hat not been re >laced a a Mdareh Barbari Rah representative.
A junior American officer from Hamadan, Lt. Elliot,
) whose peace-time avocation was that of prise-fight promoter
i at Chicago, made a brief appearance during the month but
apart from getting at loggerheads with Mr Hutchinson ,
achieved little.
12. The elections for the Kerianshah Municipal Council
wero held on the 2nd and, in contrast to the earlier
attempt (February Diary, paragraph 15j, passed off without
Incident. This was no duubt due partly to the presence
of detachments of military and police posted near the
Masjid-i-JUUA, where the polling too*i place. The nine
members to form the new Council are finally selected by
the Governor-General. Their names had not beeu published
at the end of July.
POLITICAL :
13. The two BAbHXD* s, it.S :ID-ub-C uX.FaH and Rn. : r IL A ill A
(June diary, paragraph 14; were still at large in the
DAL aid mountain massif north of XdRILD at the ena of
the tu.uth. Brigadier G-UnSHAXAH*• visit to KERIHD (para
graph 6 above) failed to induce them to come in. It did
produce a proposal from the brothers that the Persian
Government should purchase their lands at and
allow /
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Monthly political diaries submitted by the British Consul at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. The diaries cover much of the Second World War and the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran. The reports cover Kermanshah Province, and include summaries of: local Persian administration; the activities of local tribes; affairs in [Persian] Kurdistan; political affairs, including the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and the local workers’ union; agricultural production, food supply and food shortages; economic and commercial activities; British interests; Soviet interests; British, Soviet, and to a lesser extent German propaganda activities. A small number of items of correspondence are also included in the file. Some of the reports are preceded by note sheets which contain summaries of the reports written by 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. staff.
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 (371 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Paragraphs within the reports are numbered, beginning with 1 for the first paragraph of each report.
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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 374; 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 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:119v, 120ar:120av, 120r:373v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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