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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [352r] (703/749)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OP HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PKRSIA. November 26, 1945.
SECRET. Section 1.
[E 9145/70/34] Copy No. 1 '
Military Attache’s Intelligence Summary No. 43 (Secr-et) for the 'period
29£A October to \lth November, 1945.— {Communicated in Tehran despatch
No. 396 of \%th November; Received in Foreign Office 26th November.)
Persian Affairs.
Political.
1. The Prime Minister, Ibrahim Hakimi (Hakim-ul-Mulk), presented his
Cabinet to H.I.M. the Shah on the 3rd November and to the Majlis on the
4th November. It comprises :—
Without Portfolio : Hasan ’Ali Kamal Hidayet.
Interior : Khalil Fahimi (Fahim-ul-Mulk).
Justice : Amanullah Ardalan.
Finance : ’Abdul Husain Hajir.
Agriculture : Ahmad Husain ’Adi.
Without Portfolio : Allahyar Salih.
War : Major-General Riazi.
Posts and Telegraphs : Muhammad Nariman.
Health: Dr. Malik.
Education : Ghulam Husain Rahnama.
Communications : Major-General Muhammad Husain Firuz.
Foreign Affairs : Abul Qasim Najm.
Commerce and Industry : To be appointed, provisionally under Prime
Minister.
With the exception of Najm (believed to be on his way from Kabul, where he
has been ambassador) and Firuz, all the above have previously held Cabinet rank.
Hidayet, Dr. Malik and Rahnama were members of the previous Cabinet.
2. On the 4th November the Prime Minister presented his Government’s
programme to the Majlis. It contained six points, which can be summarised as
follows :—
(i) Maintenance of friendly relations with foreign Powers and fulfilment
of Persia’s undertakings under the United Nations Charter.
(ii) Rehabilitation of the armed forces of the country to enable them the
better to carry out their duties in maintaining security.
(iii) Budget reform, tax revision, raising of the standard of living.
(iv) Reorganisation of the Ministry of Health.
(v) Revision of laws governing the organisation and administration of the
country.
(vi) Conduct of the next elections.
3 . On the 6 th November the Government obtained a vote of confidence on its
programme, receiving 97 votes out of 103. The six Tudeh Deputies did not vote,
though Kambakhsh, the Tudeh Deputy, made a violent attack on the Government,
the governing classes, the army, and Persia’s foreign policy, which were leading to
an estrangement between her and Russia.
Internal Security.
Kurdistan {South).
4 . The Chief of the General Staff stated to the British Military Attache
that no withdrawal from their forward positions near the Perso-Iraqi frontier
had yet been begun by the Persian troops. He also stated that the Kani senani
and Dizli chieftains w : ere still in refuge across the frontier in Iraq and that he had
asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs to approach the Iraqi Government with a
view to their preventing the return to Persia of these two men. In this connexion
it will be interesting to learn what replies are given by the Persian Government
to a parallel request believed to have been made by the Iraqi Government to the
[71—203]
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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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- 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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