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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎204r] (407/749)

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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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i2. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received 31^
(No. 298.)
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. 29 for the period of 17th to 23rd
July, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this embassy.
Tehran, 2^th July, 1944.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 29 for the Period Yith July to
ttrd July, 1944.
Persian Affairs:
Political.
1 . There have been no developments of importance during the week.
Dissensions continue in the Cabinet. The Majlis is inflated with pride at its
courage in braving Russian anger by throwing out the Tabriz Deputy, Pishayari
(see Summary No. 28/44, paragraph 17), and is now preparing itself to eject
the other Deputy forced on Tabriz, Ipekchian, and the even more scandalously-
elected member for Ardebil, Sheikh Hussein Lenkorani. The Majlis has seen
telegrams sent by Soheily, when Prime Minister, to the president of the Election
Committee in Tabriz giving the names of four Deputies whom the Russians
insisted on having elected for Tabriz, the president s reply that the election
of these four would provoke a revolution in Tabriz and a further telegram from
the Prime Minister saying that he had persuaded the Russians to be content with
Pishavari and Ipekchian, whom the president must get elected.
Economic.
2 The Government tabled a Labour Bill in the Majlis on the 16th July,
of which the principal points are : —
No employment of children under 13; a 48-hour week; one day s
holiday with pay per week; a fortnight’s holiday with pay per year; no
night work for children under 15 or for women; minimum wage m each
Shahristan to be fixed by special tribunal; permission to workers to form
unions; differences between employers and employees to be referred to
regional tribunals; prohibition of the use of force or threats to coeice
workers to strike or to join unions.
3 . The Shah has donated 3 million rials for the construction of wells in
the southern quarters of Tehran which have suffered greatly this \ear fiom lack
ot w ^ ter Two Amer i can experts have been engaged by the Persian Government
to advise them on questions connected with the exploitation of Persian oil. The\
have arrived in Tehran.
A yy ointments—C ivil.
5 (j) Sarhang Ali Akbar Darakshawi, to be Governor-General of Western
Azarbaijan. „ 0 , , , ....
(ii) Isa Iteshami, to be Farmandar ot bhahrud.
[56—38]

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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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