Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [318v] (636/749)
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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which he holds and his valuable help in securing grain supplies for Bushire town,
it might be an act of doubtful wisdom to disarm him at the present time.
Khuzistan.
7. The following note on the land settlement in Dasht-i-Mishan has been
taken from His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General’s Diary No. 13 : f \ y
“ The Tehran commission charged with the examination of the whole
question of the Dasht-i-Mishan lands and with making recommendation
about future policy has made its report. It consisted of representatives of
the Ministeries of the Interior, Justice, War, and Finance, the last being
Mr. Solomon; and the Majlis Deputy Hussein Farhudi, who has been showing
a praiseworthy and (considering the weather) surprising interest in the affairs
of his constituency. The result of their deliberations has been the adoption
of Mr. Solomon’s plan of allotting all the land afresh, on a communal village
basis, the heads' of families being named collectively in the title-deeds. This
would greatly shorten the task of registration and enable the villagers them
selves to sub-divide the land annually in accordance with the exigencies of the
moment; the land, in fact, would be held in undivided shares known by the
term “ musha." Certain taxes which used to be collected by the sheikh are to
be abolished, the onlv tax remaining being the smaller one payable to the
“ mubashir ” or Kedkhuda. The sheikhs, if friendly, will get up to twenty
shares of land, but will have no privileges. It remains to be seen whether this
arrangement will work : the peasants ought to welcome it, but, of course, the
sheikhs will not, and it will need strong and impartial handling, with
frequent inspections.”
Khorasan.
8. As a result of the arrest by the Russians of prominent members of Seyyid
Zia’s Iradeh-i-Milli party (referred to in paragraph 7 of last Intelligence
Summary) a reliable report states that Russian-Tudeh liaison is even more in
evidence. The Persians, under Russian pressure, are prosecuting non-Tudeh
Government employees and forcing them to subscribe to a Russian newspaper.
9. A mass emigration movement, suspiciously akin to that reported from
Azerbaijan and alluded to in paragraph 8 of last Intelligence Summary, is
reported also from Khorasan. The Soviet Consul-General is said to have received
12,000 applications from Turki and Turcoman motor drivers and others to acquire
Soviet nationality and migrate to the U.S.S.R.
10. A party of Indian pilgrims bound for Meshed was held up and robbed
by armed bandits about 40 miles south of the town.
Kurdistan.
11. The Chief of the General Staff had no news of interest about these
operations and is probably waiting for the return of Sarlash Jehanbani with his
report. He mentioned that Jehanbani had telegraphed to advise the despatch of
yet another infantry battalion. The Chief of the General Staff intends to send as
reinforcements the infantry battalion now located as a temporary measure at
Abadeh in Fars.
A zerbaijan.
12. The Soviet Trade Union delegates have visited Tabriz, where they were
officially welcomed by the Acting Governor-General. They were accompanied by
three Tehran trade unionists. They inspected various factories, where they talked
with the workers, but ignored the managers. They have left Azerbaijan for
Tehran on their way home to Russia. They are not visiting Abadan, though this
was included in an itinerary published in the Persian press some weeks ago.
Chinese Interests.
13. Dr. Soong, Prime Minister, Dr. Wong Shih-chieh, Minister for Foreign
Affairs, and a son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek passed through Tehran on
their way to Moscow to resume conversations with the Soviet Government.
Polish Interests.
14. The Government of the Lebanon has agreed to admit 800-odd Polish
refugees from Persia.
Tehran, \2th August, 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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