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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [43r] (85/749)
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 GOYERNMENT
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November 4, 1942.
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R. Bullard to Mr. Eden .— {Received November 4.)
(No. 332. Secret.)
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. 40 for the period the 30th September
to the 6th October, 1942, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, October 6, 1942.
(Secret.)
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 40 for the period September 30 to
October 6, 1942.
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THE Government has not fully regained the ground lost last week. Critics
are more outspoken. Rumours calculated to undermine public confidence in the
Prime Minister are being circulated. Even his correct endeavours to gain the
Shah’s confidence are being interpreted as an indication that he has sold himself
to the Court. The main problems before the Government are those of food and
security, and, closely linked with these, that of transport. Measures initiated
by the Government for the solution of these problems have not yet produced
results visible to the public. Early results were not to be expected as corruption,
disorder and indiscipline in the Administration had spread far during the regime
of the previous Government. In spite of criticisms the Prime Minister does still
command a good measure of popular support, and if he has as yet no great
results to show there is evidence in the administrations of recognition that the
Government has now a head and a directing hand.
2. In Tehran public opinion is generally calmer. There is less talk of the
early arrival of the Germans, a greater readiness to get on with the work in hand
rather than prepare for their arrival. Russian resistance may even have aroused
doubts whether the Germans will get here at all. Pro-Axis propaganda is less in
evidence. Reports from the provinces indicate in varying degrees the same
tendency.
3. The full text of the counsel’s speech for the defence in the trial of
Mokhtari, ex-Chief of Police (see Summary No. 31 /42, paragraph 6), has now
been published in the press and a translation is attached as an appendix.Q Unlike
the counsel defending the other accused, who took the popular line that Reza
Shah’s reign was a cruel tyranny, Mokhtari’s counsel undertook a defence of the
ex-Shah’s regime, arguing that he did so much good for Persia that a few lives
lost in the process were of little importance. The speech is a fair representation
of one side of the picture, but of one side only.
Economic.
4. The Ministry of Finance has published a correction to the figures of
sterling credits that were included in the preamble to the Bill for the increase of
the note issue (see Summary No. 38/42, paragraph 4). The corrected figures
are :—
Sterling to the credit of Persian Government on £
the 26th May, 1942 5,585,000
Purchases, the 26th May to 7th September ... 2,757,812
Expended on purchase of goods ... ... ... 2,083 433
Sterling credits on the 7th September, 1942 ... 6,239.377
„ ^ r: P) Not printed.
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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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