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Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports' [25r] (49/1028)
The record is made up of 1 file (571 folios). It was created in 26 Sep 1943-4 Dec 1945. It was written in English, French and Farsi. 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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Javad Imami, Khusrau Iqbals
Fused with Mihan Parastan,
1944 to fom Ivlihan party.
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Istiqlal and June
30^ PE RSIAN SOCIALIST Party (Hizb-i-Susiyalist-i-Irsn) s
Founded in March 1944 by disgruntled members of the Hamrahan
partys Shahidzade, Abbas Naraqi, Bani Sadr, Humayuni, Faryar,
Mu* azzami. Joined in December 1944 by the Jami 1 at-i-Pishravan
(‘‘Progressives* Society* 1 ). Organ is * , Imruz va Tarda**.
31 % N ATIOhViL UNITY Party (Hizbri-Vahdat-i-MUli) s
Little is known of this party. Its organ is "Salahshur 1 ’.
32. FnTl^RL^ND Party (Hizb-i-Vatan);
Organ is “Sada-yi-Vatan”. The party is, or was (it has
not been heard of lately) run by Asadullah Rashidi in Isfahan. The
idea is that it should be eventually absorbed in Sayyid Zia’s
’’National V/ill” party. Perhaps it has been. (See No.43). There
is also a branch in Sari, and perhaps elsewhere.
33. WOMEN’S Party (Hizb-i-Zanan)s
Presumably not the same as the Jami * a t-i-Za nan (women’s
Society). The party is led by Fatima Sayyah and has Russian backing.
A branch was formed in Shiraz by Safiya Firuz (wife of General Firuz,
Governor General of Furs) in September 1944 $ from which Baha’is were
explicitly excluded.
. The party wrote officially to the Embassy in September 1944,
over the signature of Mrs. Sayyah, requesting travel facilities for
Mrs. Firuz, as a member of the party secretariat, to go to the
United Kingdom and the U. S. A. as their official representative.
34. WOMEN’ S Society (Jami’at-i-Zanan)s
Arose in 1944. Sponsored chiefly by Mrs. Mihri Sabri,
whose husband keeps .a cloth-shop in Tehran. Ke has reputation of
Soviet sympathies, and this party seems to share them. Another
organiser is Mrs. Shirmani, head of the municipal Orphans’ School.
35* WORKERS’ Group (Guruh-i-Mard-i-Kar )1
Organ is ”Mardan-i-Ksr”. Reported in June 1942 to be in
coalition with Mihan Parastan, Paikar and Istiqlal parties. Not
heard of since. (See No. 25).
3^. Y OUNG PERSIA NS’ Society (Jami 1 at-i-Javanan-i-Iran)s
Led*~apparently by one Mustafa Aliabadi. Has connections
with the Shah. First appearance (in press) July 1943? "hut not
heard of since,
37. Society of PROG RESSIV ES (Jami’at-i-Pishravan);
(See No.30).
3?. ANTI-FASCIST Society (Jami’at-i-Zidd-i-Fashist )2
Has not been heard of for a long time.
39 . Society of VICTIMS* (Jami’at-i-Sitamdidigan):
Led by ithmad Shariq. Not heard of since June 1944 # It is
not clear what Ahmad was a victim of.
.40. K IRMANSHAH LOCAL Society (Jami* at-i-Mahalli-yi-Kirmanshah) s
Fomed chiefly to influence elections in 1943. Uncharitable
critics say its adherents were chiefly hooligans bent on creating minor
local disturbances. Opposed to, but hardly distinguishable from,
/Ad ala t.
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This file consists of miscellaneous reports regarding internal affairs in Persia (later referred to more frequently as Iran). Most of the correspondence is between His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) and officials of the Foreign Office.
Other prominent correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in Tehran (Daniel William Lascelles; Herbert Reginald Dauphin Gybbon-Monypenny); His Majesty's Consul, Isfahan; His Majesty's Consul General, Tabriz (Thomas Cecil Rapp); His Majesty's Ambassador in Washington (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, referred to in the correspondence as Viscount Halifax, and later, as Earl of Halifax); His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Archibald Clark Kerr); officials of the Foreign Office and 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. .
The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- Political affairs in Persia, including elections, resignations, and the reconstruction of the Cabinet.
- Reports of the theft of telephone cables used by the British military in Persia.
- The Shah's [Muhammad Reza Khan] personal finances.
- Reports of Russian interference in Persian elections.
- The procedural and administrative arrangements of the Persian National Consultative Assembly (mainly referred to in the correspondence as the Majlis; the file also includes a list of the deputies of the 14th Majlis, with biographical notes).
- The tenability of the position of Dr Arthur Chester Millspaugh, United States financial adviser to the Persian Government and head of the Millspaugh mission.
- Anti-British opinion in the Iranian press.
- Details of the main political parties in Persia (particular coverage is given to the Tudeh party).
- Radio broadcasts in Persia, and the proposal from His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran that the British should begin producing regular radio reports in Persian, which should be broadcast by the BBC in London.
- The question of whether the British should agree to the release of Persian internees described as 'fifth columnists'.
- The case for abandoning political censorship (as a response to Soviet censorship in press telegrams).
The French language material consists of extracts and cuttings from two French language Iranian publications, Journal de Tehran and Messager de Téhéran ; the Farsi language material consists of a copy of an aide-memoire by His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran, which is dated 25 January 1945 and appears in English and Farsi.
The file includes five dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (571 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 573; 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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- Ext 5000/41(11) 'Persian Situation. Miscellaneous Reports'
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- front, front-i, 2r:67v, 71r:187v, 195r:277v, 279r:288v, 290r:314v, 317r:376v, 378r:400v, 403r:410v, 412ar:412av, 413r:459v, 461r:486v, 488r:512v, back-i, back
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