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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎361r] (721/749)

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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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(iii) Mubasir Roshani has been appointed Deputy Governor-General of
Azerbaijan and Governor of Tabriz.
(iv) Samii and Mehdi Farrukh are both reported to have refused the
governorates-general of Khorasan and Fars respectively.
Administrative.
14. I he Cabinet have approved a proposal of the Ministry of the Interior
-that the governorate of Zabul, at present part of the 8 th (Kirman) Ustan, should
be retransferred to the 9th (Khorasan) Ustan.
Russian Interests.
15. The United States Air Attache, who returned from Tabriz last week,
reports that he saw twenty-seven 1 L 2 Stornovik 2 -seater machines under covers
on the Tabriz aerodrome and eight fighters at Qazvin. He considers that the
Russians are doing very little flying of any sort.
British Interests.
16. The long-range squadron, which has been operating in East Persia
for the past two years, has now returned to India.
Tehran, %rd December, 1945.
Enclosure.
Translation of Russian Embassy Memorandum of the 26^- November, 1945,
handed to the Second Political Department of the Ministry for Foreiqn
Affairs, at 10-30 a.m., the 26^ November, 1945.
THE Soviet Embassy present their compliments to the Imperial Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, and in reply to Mbmorandum, dated the 17th November,
1945, have the honour to state that the statement made by the Minister for Foreign
Affairs that Soviet officials are interfering in the internal affairs of Iran is
unfounded and is not consistent with the actual facts. Likewise, the question of
Soviet authorities rendering assistance to the Kurds in their political activities
in those areas is completely unfounded, and in particular they have had no con
nexion with the activities of the Kurdish tribal chiefs living in the 4th Ustan
(Mahabad), nor did they have anything to do with Mulla Mustafa Barzan’s
crossing the Irano-Iraq frontier as alleged in the Minister for Foreign Affairs’
memorandum.
It is clear in the mind of the Soviet Embassy that the Soviet representatives
did not, as alleged in the Minister for Foreign Affairs’ memorandum, request the
release of any of those people detained by the gendarmerie at Quli Kundi, nor is
there any question of Persian military guards, who were proceeding towards the
prison building in Tabriz, being detained by the Soviet authorities.
To confirm that Soviet authorities prevent the passage of Persian subjects in
the northern provinces would not be consistent with the true facts; it is obvious
that the Soviet system of issuing passes for travelling to the northern provinces
of Persia, where Soviet forces are stationed, applies to subjects of other countries.
The statement made in the Minister for Foreign Affairs’ memorandum that
Soviet officials are interfering in the economic life of the northern provinces is
unfounded; it is clear, on the other hand, that the So\iet Go\ernment, in
accordance 5 with its duty of friendship, rendered assistance to Persia in Miay
1943 at the most difficult of times even for the Soviet Government, by providing
25,000 tons of wheat for the populace of the capital of Persia—'Tehran. By
importing other Soviet goods Soviet commercial organisations during the war
irnDroved the distribution of goods for the Persian people.
* It is obvious that the Soviet Government cannot be held responsible tor the
absence of Governors-General and other Government officials in the not them
provinces As regards the departure of such officials to the places of then
appointment the Soviet transport organisation have in this respect, always
assisted the Persian Government; only a few days ago the Soviet Embassy proved
their assistance by providing a plane for the departure of M. Bayat to Tabriz.
Without giving it much consideration the Ministry for Foreign Affans raised
the question of protecting the Persian-Turkish borders; the relevant Persian
authorities repeatedly informed the Soviet officials that the establishment of

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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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