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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎100v] (200/749)

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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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500 million rials, will not allow the Government to meet all its engagement^
He asserts that heavy borrowings by the Government in the past are as KUien
responsible for inflation as expenditure by the Allies. He estimates Allied
expenditure at 183 million rials per mensem.
6 . Bills have been laid before the Majlis for the engagement or further
American experts, six for the Ministry of Food and three for the Ministry
Finance, especially for the control of prices.
Transport.
7. The United States Legation has issued a communique stating that up
to date the American Government has delivered 342 lorries to the Persian Govern
ment and thousands of tyres. The following statistics of the operations of the
Road Transport Department are given :—
Ton/kilometres.
October
November
December
January
February
March ...
April ...
Goods carried on behalf of—
Private persons
Total.
Lorries in
Government.
and merchants.
service.
531,270
531,270
96
626,140
626,140
155
739,984
739,984
220
816.460
675,523
1.491.983
300
1,697,631
1,027,379
2,725,010
440
1.586,030
1,850,820
3,436,850
585
3,158.632
2,772.098
5,930,730
738
The Persian Government has now asked for an additional 500 lorries for the
collection of the harvest.
Appointments — Civil.
8 —(i) Bagher Kazemi (F.O. 105; M.A. 142), to be Persian Ambassador at
Angora.
(ii) Jalaluddin Keihan (F.O. 107; M.A. 144), to be Persian Consul-General
in Constantinople.
(iii) Imad Kya, to be Persian Vice-Consul in New York.
(iv) Farajullah Bahrami (F.O. 46; M.A. 58), to be Ugtandar of the
10th Ustan (Isfahan and Yazd).
(v) Saidi, to be Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Ways and
Communications.
(vi) Muhammad Ali Malikzadeh, to be Director-General in the Ministry of
the Interior.
(vii) Xasrullah Behnam, to be counsellor at the Persian Legation in Bagdad.
Internal Security.
Fars.
9. In last week’s summary it was mentioned that a Deputy had left for Fars
to endeavour to persuade Nasir Qashgai to submit. He did not go. The Deputies
of Fars, with the inevitable exception of Nowbakht, represented forcibly to the
Prime Minister that no good could come of further negotiations with Nasir
and that immediate steps should be taken to establish order in Fars and to put
an end to Qashgai lawlessness and their interference with supplies. Several
newspapers continue to remind the Government of their duty to control the tribes
and protect peaceable people against their depredations. It is possible that
Shahbakhti may shortly take action against Nasir Qashgai.
Khuzestan.
10. Sheikh Chassib, after some parleying, yielded to the persuasion of His
Majesty’s Consul-General and returned to Basra. It is reported that his followers
are dispersing.
Bakhtiari.
11 . The Persian forces have withdrawn from the Qaleh Tul area, but the
rebellious tribesmen have not paid for their iniquities. As the Persian Govern
ment have not sufficient troops to restrain by force all the tribes in active or latent
revolt, they are trying to persuade Morteza Quli Khan, son of Samsam es Sultaneh,
and the most influential and respected of the Bakhtiari Khans, to accept the post

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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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