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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [349r] (697/749)
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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one on he 17th October. Detailed figures for officers and other ranks were given.
? na ure °t the various duties, e.g., disposals, hirings, claims, &c., was explained
?? ' precast made as to when the various departments would have concluded
en asks and have left Tehran. The communique has had an excellent effect.
A merican Interests.
reai edy the acute shortage of railway oil tank wagons the United
ates Military Disposals Board are prepared to sell to the Iranian State Railway
tvV ^ rther i ^ a g aiI ist a payment of $600,000. Some obstruction from the
Majlis may be expected when the Bill is tabled to ask for the rial credit sufficient
to provide this sum and the $2,100,000 still due to the Americans (referred to
^ Paragraph 12 of Intelligence Summary No. 40). In the event of a refusal by the
Majlis to grant these credits the Minister of Finance will probably request a loan
from the Imperial Bank of Iran.
Russian Interests.
15. Reports have reached the embassy from various sources which tell of
Russian activity in the matter of oil in Northern Persia. There is little doubt
that they have concluded a geological survey in the Semnan area roughly
corresponding with what are believed to be the boundaries of the old Khurian
concession. An undoubted oil-drilling rig has been observed at Haft Tan beside
the railway between Shirgah and Shahi. A report, more difficult to credit, states
that the Russians are actually shipping oil from the Ashuradeh peninsula in the
south-east corner of the Caspian Sea. Efforts are being made to verify this, but
the area has been made almost inaccessible by the Russians.
Polish Interests.
16. Some difficulty is being experienced in the move of about 3,000 Poles who
still remain in Persia after the evacuation of the Isfahan contingent of Poles.
This difficulty is due to the inability of the Lebanon authorities to absorb them as
quickly as was first estimated.
French Interests.
17. M. Pierre Lafond, delegate in Persia of the Provisional French
Government, has been appointed Ambassador to Persia and presented his letters
of credence to His Imperial Majesty the Shah on the 20th October.
P.S.—The Persian Prime Minister tendered his resignation to His Imperial
Majesty the Shah on the 21st October, 1945.
Tehran, 'Hist October, 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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- 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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