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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [202r] (403/749)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY
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7 AUG 1944
July 24, 1944.
Section 1.
[E 4405/422/34]
Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received 24/A July)
Copy No. | 2 5
(No. 293.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Pi mcipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 28 for the period the 10 th July
j . to the 16th July, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
/ Tehran, VUh July, 1944.
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Military Attache s Intelligence Summary No. 28 for the Period the \0th July to
the V5th July, 1944.
Enclosure.
Political.
Persian Affairs.
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II is reliably reported that the Tudeh party recently proposed to Seyyid Zia
that he should collaborate with them in the formation of a Government to be
constituted of Ministers selected half by the Tudeh party and half by Seyyid Zia.
I hey unclei took to secure Russian support for, or at least neutrality towards,
such a. Government. It is almost inconceivable that the Tudeh party had the
intention of collaborating sincerely with Seyyid Zia in the government of the
country, and it is more probable that they felt confident that with members of
the party occupying half the seats in the Cabinet they would in time be in a
position to oust and discredit Seyyid Zia. It is noteworthy that for some days
the Tudeh papers ceased their previously incessant attacks on him. Approaches
have also been made to Seyyid Zia by certain military officers in close touch with
the Shah with the suggestion that they would support him in forming a Govern
ment if he undertook to leave the army in the unfettered control of the Shah.
Seyyid Zia has already had experience of the impotence of a Government wffiich
does not control the army. There is now some talk of an intention on the part
of the Shah and this military cabal to seek Russian support for the formation
of a military Government. They are enraged by their failure to get rid of
Millspaugh and the restrictions he imposes on the army by his financial control
2 . There was a serious fire on the night of the lOth-llth July in the Sabzeh
Maidan quarter of Tehran which destroyed a number of shops and caused
considerable damage. The American troops in Tehran sent two fire engines to
assist the Persian Fire Brigade, but shortage of water severely handicapped
attempts to fight the fire. ~ ^ rr
3. The munition factories making arms and ammunition for the Russians
which had been transferred from the Ministry of War to the Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, have now been retransferred to the Ministry of War.
Economic.
4. Mr. Gresham, Director-General of Customs, and Mr. Lamb, Director of
the Price Stabilisation Section, members of Dr. Millspaugh’s Mission who had
informed the Persian Government that they would be willing to continue in
service if Dr. Millspaugh resigned, have now been obliged to resign The Price
Stabilisation Section has been abolished.
5. The Shahristan of Shahsavar has been transferred from the 1 st Ustan
to the 2 nd (Mazanderan) Ustan.
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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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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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