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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [34r] (67/749)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
September 18, 1942.
PERSIA.
Section 1.
114
Copy No.
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden .— {Received September 18.)
(No. 301.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 36, the 2nd-8th September, 1942,.
compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, September 8, 1942.
Enclosure.
Military A ttache’s Intelligence Summary No. 36, for the Period September 2 to 8,.
1942.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1. THE Prime Minister has issued a denial of rumours that were being
energetically circulated in Tehran to the effect that the Allies had demanded a
declaration of war by Persia against Germany and the mobilisation of the Persian
army.
2. The Prime Minister has shown some indications of the strong hand. He
has suppressed six or seven newspapers, instructed the chief of police that he is
no longer to make reports to the Shah, as he has been accustomed to do, has had
some hoarders and profiteers arrested, succeeded in limiting the independent
powers of the Chief of the General Staff, and aroused some fear among officials.
He has surprisingly managed to secure the acceptance by the Cabinet of the
British demands for the surrender of suspects (see S ummary No. 35/4:2. para-
graph 1) without the resignation of any Ministers. It is regrettable that he is
still regarded with some suspicion by the Shah ( see Summary No. 34/42, pa ra-
graph 1), and it is the knowledge of that lack of confidence that prevents the Prime
Minister from proposing himself as Minister for War.
Economic.
3. The following extracts from the annual report of the Customs Adminis
tration for the year March 1941-March 1942 are published in the press :—
Rials.
Imports
Exports (excluding A.I.O.C. and Fisheries)
Estimated export of mineral oils ...
Estimated value of Fisheries exports
Local production of sugar (of refineries)...
741,095,652
811,910,558
1 , 000 , 000,000
13,500,000
22,616 tons
Local production of matches
Local production of tea
(35,365 in previous year)
1,295 tons
(1,021 in previous vear)
1,429,790 kgs.
(1,013,886 in previous year)
Notes issued to National Bank
In hands of public
In National Bank
260.000,000
218,924,900
41.075,100
Percentage of metallic cover—
For notes handed to bank ...
For notes in the hands of the public
25-80
30-75
[:34—15]
B
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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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- 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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