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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [281v] (562/749)
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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Swiss Interests.
22. M. Eduard Bavier has arrived in Tehran as Swiss Charge d’Affaires in
relief of M. Daeniker who is returning to Switzerland.
Turkish Interests.
23. The Turkish Economic Mission has now left Persia. As far as is'
known it achieved little definite result.
24. Kama! Kupurlu, the newly-appointed Turkish Ambassador to Persia,
has arrived in Tehran.
A merican Interests'.
25. According to the Persian press Brigadier-General Besson of the Persian
Gulf Command was presented with a decoration by the Shah in appreciation of his
collaboration with the Persian authorities in the operation of the Persian rail
ways. Brigadier-General Besson has now left Persia.
26. Mr. Leyland Morris, American Ambassador to Persia, has left Tehran
on relinquishing his appointment.
Tehran, ^Ith May, 1945.
Appendix to Enclosure.
Dr. Ibrahim Hakimi, Hakim al Mulk.
Short biographical note.
An Azarbaijani, with long official experience, aged about 72. Deaf. Highly
respectable but of very weak character. Was Court Physician in Qajar times as
was his father before him. Claims to have been bearer of the bubble bubble to the
last of the Qajars. Associated before the invasion of Persia with Qavam, Yazdan-
panah, Mustasharu d-Daula and Vusuqu’d-Daula in pro-German intrigues but
apparently less deeply implicated. Speaks French.
Lived in retirement throughout Reza Shah’s reign. Member of former Demo
crat party, and now belongs to Taraqqi, a small party or group which has existed
for some years past. .
Deputy in first Majlis 1908. Minister of Finance 1910 and 1911. Minister
of Education in seven different Cabinets between 1914 and 1920. Minister for
Foreign Affairs January 1922. Assistant Prime Minister to Qawam August 1942
and Minister without "portfolio February 1943. On National Bank Advisory
Council in March 1943.
Appointed Prime Minister 2nd May, 1945, chiefly because all other candidates
were opposed by one faction or another in the Majlis.
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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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