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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [345v] (690/749)
The record is made up of 1 file (373 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1942-8 Feb 1946. It was written in English and French. 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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Pars.
5. The downward migration of the Qashgai and Khamseh tribes is well
under way and no acts of brigandage have been reported as yet. This year 500
additional families of Darrashuri have remained behind in the summer quarters,
making 1,000 families in all. These are divided into fifteen settlements.
Persian Air Force.
6. Doshan Tappeh airfield and the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
were handed back to the
Persian Air Force by the R.A.F. on the 1st October.
Persian Army.
7. H.I.M. The Shah is reported to be greatly relieved at the fizzling out of
the recent mutiny. Not everyone would agree, however, that the trouble is com
pletely over. As is usual with Persians, treatment for a disease tends to stop
when the malady passes from the acute to the chronic stage. In this case, the root
cause of the mutiny was the appalling financial conditions under which officers
have to serve, though it cannot be denied that the Tudeh party fanned the flames
of discontent with their propaganda. If the recent promises for the financial
relief of officers are not implemented it can safely be predicted that the trouble
will break out again.
Civil Aviation.
8. The Americans are pressing the Persian Government to give an American
commercial air line operating rights to Tehran, and appear to have suggested that
the existing American military service might be continued meanwhile to keep the
route open. The Persian Government attitude is understood to be that, as long as
any foreign troops remain anywhere in Persia, they will give no such rights to any
foreigner. They obviously fear that, if they admit the Americans, they will be
unable to resist similar or more extensive demands from the Russians.
Persians generally are realising the inconveniences which they will suffer
from the lack of adequate air communications with the outside world, which they
are not yet in a position to provide from their own resources, and this realisation,
coupled with a typical desire to please the Americans, from whom they expect
material benefits, may make it difficult for the Government to maintain their
attitude indefinitely. It is expected that the Persian Government will grant
limited rights to the Americans within the next few days.
At the Chicago Conference the Persian delegates followed the British lead,
which was opposed to the grant of “Fifth Freedom” rights such as the
Americans are now demanding.
9. The Persian Government have requested that a small party of R.A.F. be
left in Persia to supervise the training of Persian personnel in the maintenance
and operation of aircraft control and meteorological signals.
Economic.
10. Export and import figures (in rials) for the first five months of 1324
(March-August 1945) are given as follows :•—
Exports—
Commercial goods 533,136,436
A.I.O.C. products 1,505,269,136
Fisheries .... 6,298,780
Imports— •
Goods on which Customs Duties have been
paid
Goods exempt from Customs Duties
Confiscated goods (not cleared from
Customs)
Fines collected
968,184,269
146,257,544
2,364,112
1,660,900
Appointments.
11- (i) Husain Khalipur to be Governor of Maku.
(ii) Musa Iteza Lutfi to be Governor of Khalkhal.
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Copies of intelligence summaries prepared on a weekly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran, 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. The file’s contents follow on chronologically from Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3503). The summaries cover a broad range of information relating to wartime conditions in Iran: the activities of the Iranian government, including political instabilities, the resignation and appointment of governments and government ministers; the financial situation in Iran, including the reappointment in 1942 and subsequent economic policies of Arthur Chester Millspaugh, who was recruited to organise the government’s finances; internal security in Iran, including increasing political unrest in the north of the country (specifically in Azerbaijan) brought about by a growing Soviet presence, wartime propaganda, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; concerns over wheat production and supply, including reports of food shortages and famine conditions in 1942/43; the Iran military, including its movements, activities and appointments; foreign interests (primarily USA, British, and Soviet); reports of the numbers of Polish refugees in camps in Tehran, Isfahan and Ahwaz [Ahvāz].
The file contains a single item in French, being a copy of the declaration of the Congrès National d’Azerbaidjan (Nation Congress of Azerbaijan, f 359).
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- 1 file (373 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 375; 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 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’
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- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 54r:104v, 106r:110v, 112r:192r, 193r:241v, 242v:261v, 262v:273r, 275r:339v, 341r:358v, 360r:360v, 362r:363r, 365r:369v, 370v:371r, 372v:374v, back
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