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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [82r] (163/749)
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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''b!s6n*<ri™n P1 2 n J. 0 .- oollect a11 anil censed armsj Kasir Qaehgai had
r\f e ® 8ul f® , ? ce t ’ 1 '' t woulc3 be trested with justice.
A* opposed ohe legitimate measures to be taken by ^he
yeiTi _nt lorees any resulting bloodshed w-uW he-oii hi.a-lieud.
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Ijl spite of -his the friends of Nasir have not given, up
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o|; persuading t..e Government to postpone military action, strtch
^frerounrting- the Gov-:. ;-^'i€nt^ ^ postpone military actiuu, and
r' l "'"' • 1 ^ ' ' ^1':' . forced >n General Shahbakhtl bj
ft f V 4 v? C ^ transport. It was obviously urgent th r .t some
visible active measures should be initiated at once and with
gi ea difi ic -1 ty tntf Hoau transport department was persuaded
Xl K\ 20 J? rr1 e:S at the disposal of the Persian General
otati lor the carriage of reinforcement- to Shiraz. Tt is
reported from. Shiraz that Shahhakhti is preparing to move
against FIrazabpd with three columns, from havar, Kazerun
and dahrurn. Orders have been given for the interception
of^all correspondence between "ehran and Naair ashgai.
Although the main ro^id remains relatively undisturbed
,ashgai robbers have been busy ’ orth and. >outh of Shiraz.
u.*/'. Consul at Shiraz reports that in the month i^Oth
January tc 19th February 1943, 31 cases of bri andage took
place in the Province of Fans. 23 cases the robbers
a-e e pursued and most of the goods were recovered. This
record indicates some improvement in the activity of the
Gendarmerie in this Province.
■Pares tan.
18.
economic
reported
The fersian General otaff profess anxiety that the
conditions in Lurestan may lead to disorder,
in paragraph 5 above, a bread riot occurred at
bad
Khorramabad which had to be quelled by force,
lakhtlari.
19 • Abul jasim (see Summary -0.3/43, paragraph 12) is
taking advantage of the freedom he is nov. enjoying in
Bahhtiari to loot the villages of his brother rdians. Conflicting
reports are received regarding the extent of his influence
and nis capacity lor making trouble. He has refused the
Government’s latest invitation to come in and offer to aopoint
him.to a Governorship. The Government will not be in a *
position to take military action against him until the situati.m in
Pars has been cleaned up. For the present his activities do
not endanger any British milltar. interests except insofar
aa his defiance of Government authority is an encouragement to othei
lawless elements.
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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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- Title
- 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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