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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [248r] (498/751)
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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13
morning tor Hamadan; ana the re;>ortea arrival of a
Russian colonel and about men at BUKAft, north oi
Bakkiz, earlier in the month, ostensibly to purchase
grain. The latter report racy perhaps be connected
with the establislriment of a Russian military poet tor
the iirst time between i l/u^bOA > and BUKAR (laoi'ia Diary,
paragr*a«>h Sc&4).
34. The exhibition of photographs of ovlet war product
ion centres in tho Orals, opened towards the end of
August in the Shahpur School in Kermanshah, had to be
transferred after a few days to the "Bieitun** Hotel as,
in spite ol handbills advertising its opening, few
people troubled to visit the school to see it.
BRITISH PR 'PAGlNaA :
3b. The cinema-van was sent to J PSHT-i-irJH for a weoic
on the 27th# This trip was planned for three months
ago but had to be postponed, owing to the temporary
transfer or the van to sultanabad.
36# The Political Adviser went up to RoWdnsir on
the 18th-19th whe^ he distributed publicity material#
He took the portable radio with him a&a gave war news
and music from the Persian programmes ox London
and Tehran# This set is doing excellent work and
is a very valuable adjunct to our propaganda in this
area.
37. Supplies from Anglo-Irenicft Relief Puna stooge
were aiatnbated in suitable quarters during tht fontht
2 cwta of sugar ano. 300 yards ol cloth »vere preoeiitcd
to the Aitb rican missionary orphanage near ileraacnehahj
80 yards of cloth ana ^ ewtu oi sugar distributed
to poor people in the district of LAXa, between
Xermanshch and fsanandaj, through the Al'cc L aison
Officer, Bennanaaj; a^ad 1,000 atebriAie tablete were
cent to Colonel MUKRX, Governor oi Rucht—l-iluh, for
use in the hospital at IRA .
Mi Xfiu-ia^XUUS : /
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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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