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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [153r] (305/749)
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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and tour to provincial divisions, one to two divisions. The members of the
American mission are responsible for supervising and assisting in the execution
of the regulations governing administration issued by the Ministry for War on
the advice of the head of the mission. They will be directly under the orders of
the head of the mission, and will not exercise command of any unit of the Persian
army unless authorised to do so by the Minister for War. The head of the
^ 4i ission ^ as to demand that the Ministry for War shall make formal
^wiquiry into any matter connected with administration which he may lay before
him, and that he shall be provided with the information resulting from that
enquiry. I he head of the mission is authorised to make recommendations to the
Ministry for War regarding the promotion, reduction, transfer or dismissal of
officers employed in administrative services.
I he regulations are vaguely framed and do not appear to give to the
American advisers that definite authority, particularly over officers, which is
necessary if their measures of reform are to be effective.
A appointments — Military.
10. Army.
(i) Sarhang Alp to be Commander of the Recruit Training Depot of
the 6 th (Ears) Division.
Gendarmerie.
(ii) Sartip Setvati is confirmed as Chief of the Gendarmerie.
(iii) Sarhang Humayun to be Director of Operations at Gendarmerie
Headquarters.
(iv) Sarhang Hussein Farzaneh to be Chief of Staff at Gendarmerie
Headquarters.
(v) Colonel Schwarzkopf (United States army) to be Director of
» Organisation of the Gendarmerie.
Russian Affairs.
11 . It is reliably reported that Russian and Turkish generals met in
conference on the 20th November at Bazirgan on the Perso-Turkish frontier.
It is surmised that a subject discussed was raiding by Persian Kurds into Turkey
of which there have in recent times been Turkish complaints.
A fghan A ffairs.
12. Muhammad Haidar Khan Husseini has been appointed Afghan
Ambassador to Persia. He is already on the way-
Polish A ffairs.
13. The number of civilian Poles in Persia on the 15th December was
Men.
Women.
Children.
Total.
In Tehran
... 944
3,635
1,364
5,943
In Isfahan
84
594
1,707
2,385
In Ahwaz
... 201
686
469
1,356
In Meshed
5
13
50
68
1,234
4.928
3.590
9,752
Tehran, \§th December, 1943.
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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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- 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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