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Ext 6116/46(S) 'Secret Weekly Political Intelligence Summaries, nos 356-416, August 1946-November 1947' [‎10v] (20/978)

The record is made up of 1 file (478 folios). It was created in 6 Sep 1946-14 Nov 1947. It was written in English. 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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by the Director of Propaganda. It is
known, however, that his relations with
the Shah are difficult, and that the latter
wishes to be rid of him immediately. The
Shah is anxious to increase his own in
fluence, and may perhaps be intending to
try to emulate his father in the establish
ment of personal rule.
A bill to re-establish a Ministry of
Labour is now before the Majlis. This
Ministry has previously been the Ministry
of Labour and Propaganda, but no Minis
ter was included in Qawam’s sixth Cabinet
of the 11th September, 1947. A second bill
imposing restrictions on foreign traders u|
Persia is also under consideration.
THE FAR EAST
Korea
In the political committee of the United
Nations General Assembly on the 29th
October, the Soviet Delegation tabled a
motion proposing that representative
Koreans should take part in the discussion
of the Korean problem in New York. The
debate on this motion continued on the 30th.
Some members wished to throw it out with
the least possible delay and proceed to the
main American draft resolution. But the
United States did not wish to be made to
appear in Korean eyes unwilling to admit
Koreans to participation in discussions.
They, therefore, first proposed an amend
ment deleting those words which directly
invited Korean representatives to come to
the United Nations. Instead they recom
mended the immediate establishment of ‘ ‘ a
United Nations Commission on Korea ”—
the Commission which is the subject of
their own resolution, since adopted—to
undertake consultation with Korean repre
sentatives in Korea, not in America, and
to ensure that those Koreans ultimately
consulted should not be mere nominees of
the occupying powers. The U.S. version
of the motion, with two Chinese amend
ments, was then adopted. The Soviet
Delegation, however, insisted on a further
vote on their original version, which was
heavily defeated, whereupon Mr. Gromyko
announced that the Soviet Union would not
participate in the work of the Commission
should this decision of the committee be
upheld by the General Assembly in plenary
session. This statement may be followed
by a refusal to allow the proposed Com
mission to operate in the Soviet Zone. This
would in turn stultify the main purpose of
its creation, but there are indications that
the Americans propose in any case to
enforce United Nations resolutions regard
ing Korea, if only in their own zone of
occupation.
The committee next considered the ques
tion of the withdrawal of troops. Here the
Indian delegation outlined proposals in
volving changes in the main United States
resolution. The first of the Indian sugges
tions was that elections should be held
before the middle of February, 1948,
instead of the end of March. The Indians
also proposed that the elections should be
held on a national, instead of a zonal, basis
and that the proposed temporary com
mission should settle in accordance with
population the number of representatives
to be elected (and presumably, by implica
tion, the electoral districts also). They
further wished that there should be a
universal secret ballot ensured by the com
mission and that the commission should not
merely observe but should control the elec
tions. These suggestions are more radical
and ambitious than those of the Americans.
It is therefore not anticipated that the
Russians will agree to give effect to them
in the Soviet Zone. The United Kingdom,
however, supported them since they are
clearly justifiable and Soviet opposition to
them will place the Russians morally in the
wrong. It was also proposed that the
resulting national Government, as soon as
it is formed, should constitute its own
security forces, dissolving all other armed
forces and declaring them illegal; and that
foreign troops should be withdrawn within
90 days of the national Government
declaring itself to be established.
On the 4th November the United Sates
Delegation introduced its resolution incor
porating these Indian amendments in a
modified form. They retained, however,
the 31st March as the latest date for the
elections and left the United Nations Com
mission free to decide whether these should
be national or zonal. They also retained
the clause recommending the Government,
when constituted, to dissolve all military or
semi-military formations not included in
its own security forces; and they proposed
that the forces of the occupying powers
should be withdrawn “ as early as practi
cable and if possible within 90 days,”
presumably after the formation of the
Government. The resolution further called
upon all members of the United Nations
concerned £ ‘ to afford every assistance and
facility to the commission in the fulfilment
of its responsibilities.” During the debate
the Czechoslovak delegate objected to the

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This file contains a set of Weekly Political Intelligence Summaries published by the Foreign Office. The summaries are numbered, and begin from 356 at the back of the file, and end with number 416 at the front. The weekly reports contain military and political intelligence spanning all theatres of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, and are divided in to sections by geographic region.

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1 file (478 folios)
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The papers 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 480; 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.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Ext 6116/46(S) 'Secret Weekly Political Intelligence Summaries, nos 356-416, August 1946-November 1947' [‎10v] (20/978), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1167, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066445302.0x000015> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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