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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [98r] (195/749)
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
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PERSIA.
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SECRET.
May 22 , 1943.
Section 1.
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IE 2967/110/34] ) ^ ; Q f Copy No. H6
P. Bullard to Mr. Eden(Received ^'2ml May.)
(No. 186.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
I rincipal >>ecretar)^ of State for foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the period the 4 th to
10th May, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, \lth May, 1943.
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Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the Period *
4^-10^ May, 1943.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
ALTHOUGH there are many prophecies of the early fall of the Govern
ment, the Prime Minister has slightly strengthened his position. He appears to
have shown some courage in pushing the Bill for the grant of powers to
i)r. Millspaugh through the Majlis, hut. on I he other hand, in doing so he has
saddled Dr. Millspaugh with the responsibility for the unpopular measures that
, will have to be taken. Those interested in maintaining present conditions may
still hope that Dr. Millspaugh’s measures will he sabotaged by unco-operative
administrations. The Prime Minister still has the support of a number of the
Deputies; he holds the portfolio of the Ministry of the Interior, and that Ministry
can strongly influence the approaching elections.
Economic.
2. The Bill granting powers to Dr. Millspaugh to control the collection,
distribution and sale of commodities and raw materials, the wages of Government
services and the rent of buildings has passed the Majlis. The text is given in an
appendix to this Summary.
3. A Government commission sent to Isfahan to settle the disputes between
the mill-owners and the workers has announced the following terms of
settlement :—
The mill-owners will provide—
(a) Free bread for workers’ families.
{h) Two suits of clothes for each workman per year.
(c) Free drugs from the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
dispensary.
The hours of work will not exceed eight per day.
*4 pyointments — Civil.
4.—(i) Muhammad Ali Humayunjah (F.O. 87; M.A. 114) to be Under
secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
(ii) Muhammad Dadvar to be Farmandar of Resht and Deputy Ustandar of
the 1 st Ustan.
^ Internal Security,
h ars.
5. There have been no further developments of importance. A Deputy
claiming to have influence with Nasir Qashgai has gone to Ears to endeavour to
persuade him to submit and to tell him that popular opinion in Tehran has turned
against him. There have been more articles in the Tehran press condemning
Nasir’s intransigence and a broadcast was made recounting some of his
t 41 - 61 ]
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1 \ JUN1943
INDIA QFFldel
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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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