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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [140v] (280/749)
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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years, that tuition and books shall be free for all, that children shall be inspected
twice yearly by qualified doctors, and that medical treatment shall be free for
poor children.
5. The Shah returned to Tehran from Meshed on the 16th October.
Economic. *
6 . A committee of prominent Persians has been formed in Tehran for the
organisation of anti-typhus measures. The unfinished offices of the Ministry of
Finance are being converted into a hospital of 300 beds and the British military
authorities have released one of the buildings previously occupied by them as a
hospital, which should accommodate another 200-300.
Persian Forces.
A rmy.
7. In addition to the 200 lorries mentioned in Summary No. 39/43. para
graph 3, the Persian army is also acquiring 400 1 0 -ton Fords which were lease-
lend supplies for the Russians and have been refused by them. This should give
the Persian army ample second-line transport; but they are still almost entirely
deficient in light vehicles.
Gendarmerie.
8 . In the current year’s budget the pay of the gendarme has been increased
to 600 rials a month, from which he is supposed to feed himself. This increase
has not brought forward a suitable type of volunteer and the gendarmerie remains
at a very 1ow t ebb of efficiency and adds little to security. The current year’s
budget has been estimated for a force of 20 , 000 .
A ppointments — Military.
9. Sarhang Abbas Garzan, to be Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
Internal Security.
Ears.
10. General Jahanbani and Khosrow Qashgai have come to Tehran for
discussions regarding future policy. There is not likely to be much change in
that followed during recent weeks, but His Majesty’s Legation will bring such
pressure as is possible to secure the arrest of the Germans now in Pars. There
the situation remains much as was described in last week’s Summary.
Bakhtiari.
11 . The operations in Janeki (see Summary No. 40/43, paragraph 12) for
the establishment there of Morteza Quli Khan’s authority, which are being carried
out mainly by Bakhtiari tribesmen with a military column in shadowy support
have progressed favourably and appear to be reaching a satisfactory conclusion.
Western A zerbaijan.
12. Some anxiety has been caused to the Persian authorities by the incursion
into Persia of Sheikh Latif, one of the sons of Sheikh Mahmud of Suleimaniyeh.
He is at present in Sardasht preaching Kurdish independence and is reported
to be creating some unrest among the tribes.
Russian Affairs.
13. Soviet officials have for some time been showing an active interest in
political and economic conditions im South-West Persia. Soviet consuls have
recently toured through the Lur tribes alid have visited the Beni Turuf and othei
Arab tribes in Khuzestan, meeting tribal leaders and collecting information about
tribal organisation and sentiments. A branch of the Soviet State Insurance
Department has been opened in Khorramshahr and is said to be accepting all
kinds of insurance policies.
14. Officials of the Russian Embassy are reported to be showing particular-
favour to Sartip Razmara, who recently resigned from the post of Chief of the
General Staff and who nurses a grudge against the British on account of the
arrest by Indian troops of Persian officers at Isfahan (see Summary No. 36/43,
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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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