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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎199v] (398/749)

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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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that fascism would not be allowed in the ‘‘conquered” countries, which
presumably meant that the British Government would have no objection to its
establishment in other countries. It might suit the ‘ ‘ capitalist ’ countries
(Great Britain had already been included in this category) to strengthen fascism
in countries adjacent to Soviet Russia. Perhaps that was why men “ with^
twenty years’ training ” were being sent to countries of the Middle East. (The^
reference is clearly to Seyyid Zia.) The Comintern had been abolished, but,
after the war the occupying armies of the Allies were to be used to suppress sociaAlff
revolutions or communism, Russia would not co-operate. ” If Russia could not
help the Communists, she would refrain from using arms against them.”
Fars.
Internal Security.
4. A reconciliation has recently been made between the Qavam-ul-Mulk on
the one hand and Nasir Qashgai and his brothers on the other, and they have
agreed to co-operate in the interests of Fars rather than to oppose each other. As
conditions of his co-operation, the Qavam has stipulated that no action shall be
taken against the interests of the Persian Government or against the interests or
wishes of the British Government. The Qashgai brothers have agreed to these
conditions. The reconciliation has the approval of the Governor-General-elect of
Fars, General Firuz, and it should improve for the time being the situation in
Fars. The motive that has induced the Qavam-ul-Mulk to respond to the
advances of the Qashgai brothers was the conviction that the Government would
do nothing to protect such interests as are left to him and his family in Fars
against the Qashgai. The motive that inspired Nasir Qashgai may have been
nothing more than to prove his friendship for the British by becoming friends
with their friend and his former enemy. He will break any engagements into
which he has entered when it suits him.
Khuzestan.
5. Operations are now in progress in the Ahu Dasht area of Northern
Khuzestan for the suppression of bands of Arab brigands who have been a
nuisance in that area (see Summary No. 21/44, paragraph 9). Sections of the
Chaab, of the Abdulkhani and the Beni Tamim resisted the Persian troops, and
punitive air operations were carried out, which are said to have resulted in the
death of sixty to eighty Arabs. The surrender of all arms in the area has been
demanded by the Persian Commander and the submission of the sheikhs. The
Persian authorities report that 100 arms have been handed in and that some, but
not all, of the sheikhs have submitted.
Kerman.
6 . The roads in the Kerman Province have been unsafe of late, particularly
the road Kerman-Bam-Zahidan and the road Kerman-Sirjan-Bandar Abbas,
on both of which travellers have been held up by armed brigands and robbed. The
robbers are said to be Baluchi tribesmen who have enlisted in the gendarmerie and
supplement their meagre pay by highway robbery.
Belgian Affairs.
7. The Belgian Military Attache has been given a Persian decoration for
having lectured at the Persian Staff College.
Tehran, 2nd July, 1944.
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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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