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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎374v] (748/749)

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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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(xii) Sadiq Fatemi, Director-General of Supply in the Ministry of the
Interior, and Lisan Sipihr, a Director-General m that Ministry
been placed “ en disponibilite.” Mahmud Darakhshan has rep ace
Sipihr and Dr. Muhsin Nasr (see (v) above) has replaced latum
(xiii) Abul Hasan Ibtehaj and Abdullah Daftari have been re-elected by the
Majlis as Governor and Deputy Governor of the National Banv oi
a further period of three years. >
(“ B ” : Military)—
(i) Colonel Murteza Zahidi to be head of the Personnel Department of the
General Staff. . „ . „ „ , _
(ii) Colonel Husain Mutamid to be Deputy Director of the Officers 1 raining
College.
Brazilian Interests.
23. His Excellency Senhor Abelardo Bretanba Bueno Do Prado, the newly
arrived Brazilian Minister to Persia, presented his letters of credence to His
Imperial Majesty the Shah on the 29th December.
Yugoslav Interests.
24. The Persian Government has recognised the new Yugoslav Government.
Tehran, 3(PA December, 1945.
Appendix A.
Reference Appendix B to the last Intelligence Summary, some short
biographical notes of the members of the Azerbaijan Cabinet are given below :
1. Seyyid Jaafar Pishehvari. —Prime Minister. Age 50. A native of
Tabriz, but is little known there, having spent most of his life in Tehran and
elsewhere. Was imprisoned in Tehran as a Bolshevik in the time of Reza Shah.
A prominent member of Tudeh Iran, he has published the Tehian newspaper
Azhir for the party. He came to Tabriz in 1944 exclusively for the elections, and
his candidature was supported in every possible way by the Russians. His
credentials were subsequently rejected by the Majlis. He is supposed to be a
careerist rather than a man of firm political convictions. He now appears to have
changed his title Mir ” to k ' Seyyid.” • i
2. Dr. Salamullah /aw'd.—Minister of the Interior. Nothing is known
except that he is believed to be a Jew from Meshed.
3. Jaafar People’s Army Minister. Nothing is known except that
he is a Deputy for Mar and in the ” National Assembly.
4. Dr. Mahtash. —Minister of Agriculture. He^ is a veterinary surgeon
formerly in charge of public health arrangements at the Tabriz slaughter house.
5. Muhammad Birya (not Birja).—Minister of Education. Age about 40.
He is the chairman of the Workers Union; his appointment to the Ministry of
Education is seemingly justified by his reputation as a composer of light verse
in Turki. He has shown great energy in organising the workers, but he has no
pretensions to anv particular education.
6. Dr. Urangi. —Minister of Health. Nothing is known of him.
7. Ghulam Reza Ilhami. —Minister of Finance. He was formerly head of
the Tabriz Municipality and was removed from his post by the Central
Government earlier this year for disloyal activities; he has presumably some
administrative experience, but is false, wily, hypocritical and a great gambler.
8. Yusuf A zima. —Minister of Justice. He was formerly Public Prosecutor
for both districts of Azerbaijan and was likewise discharged by the Central
Government a few months ago.' He was notoriously pro-Russian, an ardent Tudeh
member and showed his partisanship openly in the Liqvan affair last August.
9. RabVi Kabiri. —Minister of Public Telephones and Roads. He is a native
of the Marageh region; said to have been of a wealthy family, but has squandered
his patrimony and is now burdened with debts, has been most active in raising
the peasants of the south and probably has the blood of several landlords on his
hands; he has been in practically absolute control of the Marageh region for
several months past. He is a brother-in-law of General Hasan Muqaddam.
10. Reza Rasuli. —^Minister of Commerce and Economics. He is a former
municipal employee of Tabriz.
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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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