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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [22r] (43/749)
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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Dashti.
15. The town of Daiyyer, Ali Ismail’s stronghold, has been occupied by
Persian forces. Ali Ismail has taken to the hills. See Summary No. 25/42,
paragraph 12.
Azerbaijan.
™ 16. A statement in the press by the General Staff is to the effect that order
has now been completely restored in the Rezaieh area; villagers have returned
to their homes; the Soviet authorities are co-operating fully with the Persian.
Polish Interests.
17. Information has been received from Russian and Polish sources that the
further evacuation of Poles is to begin shortly. Some 2,600 men of the 7th Polish
Division are due to arrive at Pahlevi on the 9th August, to be followed by
approximately equal numbers daily for from twenty to thirty days up to a total of
about 44,000. The Russians estimate that the last party will leave Krasnovodsk
on the 25th August. It is likely that women and children to the number of 20,000
will accompany these parties. Whether in view of the situation in Russia rail
and sea transport will be available to carry out this programme seems doubtful.
18. General Wolikowski, Polish Military Attache in Russia, has arrived
in Tehran from Kuibyshev. He is not returning.
A merican Interests.
19. An American, Hamburger, has been engaged to direct the Department
of Construction in the Ministry of Industry and Mines.
Tehran, August 4, 1942.
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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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