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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎272r] (543/749)

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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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January iy45 (see Intelligence Summary No. 4 , paraeranh IS'i havp arrived
T^oo^rs with C lfx n riflelV a iSP< ^ ed ° f ^u 0 a lo c al Chieftain of Bastak.
there. h ” h h® 6 " CaUght ln Shiraz and are now in custody
Egyptian Interests.
19. His Excellency Mahmud Sahit Bey, the new Egyptian Ambassador tn
rthTprr 86 ^ hlS CredentialS t0 H ’ S tm P eria ' Mafe^ The Shah on the
American Interests.
F ° U1 edl / ors of . Tehran newspapers have been invited by the United
Mates Government to visit America. They are as follows
Abul Qasim Amini of the weekly Umid
Majid Muwaqqar of the daily Mihr Iran
Dr. Mesbahzadeh of the daily Kaihan.
Abbas Masudi of the daily Ittelaat.
Tehran, %th April, 1945.
APPENDIX.
Short Personality Notes.
(a) Reference paragraph \ of Summary.
• *■ ^ Aladani. Born about 1890. A landowner who marriec
into an influential family of Malayir which constituency he represents Ha
been a Deputy since 1927. Belongs to the Mihan faction and is close!
allied with Sipahbod Ahmedi.
v J 11 } Dr —Born about 1900. Educated in France. Depu!
head of the faculty of law. Was first elected to the 13th Majlis. Owns som
land m Gulpaigan which constituency he represents. Is generally regardei
as the Shah s nominee. He carries some weight amono* the
intellectuals. &
youngei
(b) Reference paragraph 6 (ii) of Summary.
Sat tip Ibrahim Zarrabi. Born about 1903. Trained in Gendarmerie
under Swedes. A brother-in-law of the landowner and ex-Deputy for Ahwaz
Naseri. r J
Officer Commanding 6 th (Khuzistan) District of Gendarmerie-
1942.
Promoted to Sartip—June 1942.
Officer Commanding 14th Brigade (Ahwaz) Persian army—
July 1942.
General Officer Commanding 5th (Kermanshah and Luristan)
Division—December 1942.
Was relieved and recalled to Tehran—August 1943.
Appointed Chief of Police. Tehran—April 1945.

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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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