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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [15r] (29/749)
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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SECRET
EXTERNAL Pl<fiSII Department.
NOTES FOR REGISTRY.
REGISTER NO.
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Under Secretary
Secretary of State ...
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TEHRAN
Committee
Under Secretary
Secretary of State ...
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Intelligence Summaries Nos. 27
and 28.
(July the 1st to the 14th).
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FOR USE BY DEPARTMENT ONLY.
Political.
SEEN
POUTIQAt dOMMlTTEE
These sumraaries were written before i
the formation of Qawam-el-Sultanehi. Government
and they report increasing discontent with that
of Soheilly. A despatch from the Charge
d'Affaires, forwarding a note on the various
political parties which have recently sprung
up ( will be found at Ext.437A/42.
Economic.
The wheat position was still obscure,
but it was clear that the Government were
unlikely to obtain much wheat at the price they
offered. There was much public anxiety about
the food position and food riots had occurred
in Resht.
Public Opinion.
G-erman agents and sympathisers were
active and public opinion had been affected by
British defeats in Libya.
Internal Security.
Hama Rashid was still near the Iraq
frontier, (it has since been reported by
telegram that he has fled to the hills.) There
had been only minor robberies on the main roads
except in Khorassan where three E.P.A.T.S.
lorries had been held up by Baluchi raiders.
(11844) Wt.29201/P.295 2,000 9/39 A.& E.W.Ltd.
Military.
Details of the disxiosition of the
Persian Army and Air Force and of military
appointments will be found in paragraphs JT to
of Summary 27.
Gp.685
Secretary/
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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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