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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [110r] (219/749)
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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'E 3921/110/34] Copy No. ^ * 4
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received 7th July.)
(No. 262.)
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. 25 for the period the 15th to the
21st June, 1943, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, ^nd June, 1943.
(Secret.) Enclosure.
Military Attache’s Intelligence Summary No. 25 for the 'period loth to 'list June,
1943.
Persian A ffairs.
Political.
1 . The Deputies of the Majlis, whose main interest at present is to secure
a prolongation of the present Parliament, have recently been heavily attacked in
the press. At their request the Prime Minister drafted a Bill to limit the number
of newspapers in Tehran and the provinces and to establish a press censorship.
The Bill is said to have been approved in secret session, but when the Prime
Minister presented it in open Parliament wuth the request that it should be treated
with double urgency the Majlis refused this request, whereupon the Prime
Minister withdrew the Bill. It is alleged in some quarters that the object of the
Deputies was to discredit the Prime Minister, but the outcome is that, after some
complicated lobbying, a majority of the Deputies has promised to continue to
support the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister has promised to do his best
to ensure the re-election of the Deputies.
2 . In spite of this the Cabinet is shaky and weakened by internal strife.
The many candidates for the premiership are very busy endeavouring to secure
support. An active campaign against Seyyid Zia-ed-Din has been launched in
some newspapers, one going so far as to claim that it knew that the Soviet Ambas
sador was opposed to the return of Seyyid Zia, because of his known hostility to
Soviet interests, and stating that, since the whole of Northern Iran was in Soviet
hands, the northern neighbours could cause thousands of difficulties if they were
displeased.
3. The Minister of Justice. Ali As^har Hikmat, has resigned from the
Cabinet as he disagreed with the Press Bill referred to in paragraph 1 above.
Rahnema, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Prime Minister, has also
resigned, to the general relief. He was an evil and mischief-making man.
4. Another resignation was that of Misbazadeh, the Director of the Depart
ment of Press and Propaganda. This was followed by an announcement that the
department would be dissolved and reorganised on a different basis.
5 . The Majlis is successfully employing delaying tactics in dealing with the
Income Tax Bill and other measures proposed by Dr. Millspaugh, notably the
Bills for the engagement of additional American advisers.
Economic.
6 . Dr. Millspaugh, in his third monthly report, states that the greater part
of the difficulties with which the Government are faced are due to the war and to
the utilisation by the Allies of Persian territory, of Government establishments
and of means of transport. The Allies had given much help to Persia, but more
was needed if a financial and economic collapse was to be avoided. The Allies
could help—
(i) By reducing their rial expenditure,
(ii) By increasing imports.
[43—34]
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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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