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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [272r] (546/1237)
The record is made up of 1 file (615 folios). It was created in 16 Dec 1941-6 Mar 1946. 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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oonsolation he «as sent as a delep;- « to the Tudeh Iran eonferenoe
in Tehran.
Tb6 negotiations between the workers end f^otory owners
tor a new setileiTient of outstanding differences are naking so? 9 e
progress, but, as th® works' s * deTiands increase with every concession
aade.most owners desnair of any firro agreement end talk about
closing down. The owners also complain of intimidation and say
that they are unable to defend their viewpoint during the neg
otiations for fear of personal violence. In the meanti? a
production continues to decline and coats to mount, making an
eventual crisis in all seeming inevitable.
£43• laMPoIz k^J^^rtroent . The number of coupons now et- ted to
kave been collected by Vensouri and his accomplice® under the
protest that they were worthless has risen from 80,000 to 110,000.
Although the unmasking of Mansouri% plan *ms due to the Director
of Finance more than to any other person this has not prevented
hi from being grossly libelled. Statements have been costed on
walls to the effect that *this old thief 1 ’ had arranged the ramp
for his personal profit. Majidzadeh’s righteous indignation was
aroused and suspecting that the notices had been printed by the
’Akhtar~i-3hira1 1 press, he proceeded there to make some forceful
enquiries. It appears he was mistaken in his conjecture, but he
succeeded in offending the editor, who in revenge published the
text of the anonymous notice in the next amber of hi® paper
with various additional oomr ents of his own to the effect that if
kajidzadeh is as honest as he pretends why should he wor y about
his detractors. The upshot is that the Director of Finance is
now afraid to show his face in public and only leaves his house
for his office. The way of th® virtuous official is indeed hard,
for in snite of all the opportunities of hla position there is
no evidence that he Mas ever been cor Mint.
The Supply Department has published a notice that the
distribution of piece goods will b© started when that of sugar
is completed, but it is likely to be held up until the new series
of retion coupon® is issued so as to ©void the hardships that
would ensue to th© persons who too soon surrendered their old
ones.
It appears th-it Mr. Allen was to take charge of the Supply
Department under th© general supervision of the Director of
Finance, but th© is tter has informed th© Governor-General that
he does not nropose to interfere or limit his freedom of action.
Meanwhile Mr. Allen is handicapped in framing any long terip
ns by th© fact that he as only a Soviet residence permit
valid for two months and that this does not cover visits to West
ern Azerbaijan.
244. jioctda .ver.^rt ent. An official of this depart', ent at tes
that th© Government has granted a credit of 401,D00
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for
the repair of the road from Tabriz to Takestan and. one of 800,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for the Julfa-Tabriz road. Th© ?ork in both cases is to
be carried out under Doviet military control. This seems a further
example of Soviet success in making the Iranian Government pay for
their military requirement®. Credits have also been granted for
the repair of the Tabriz-Ahefe and Belasavar-Ardebil roads, which
are both indispensable for the transport of large quantities of
wheat, k credit of 50,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
has also been requested for the
Ardebil-Astars road so a® to permit the moving of wheat by this
alternative route.
245. Tabriz later Supply . The population has been suffering consid-
er<ubl© hardship"through water shortage, the Municipality being
quite incarnbl© of exercising any proper control over the various
proprietors. Persons who are entitled to receive w^tsr and have
paid for it find that their w ter is being diverted to othe s
who are paying as much as His.800 per hour. It is sug ested that
municipal officials, whose unofficial income® heve been cut since
the suppression of the octroi are parties to these irregularities.
The w* tor supply is in any cos© now quite inadequate to satisfy
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Reports and correspondence concerning the internal situation in Azerbaijan and Tabriz during the region’s occupation by Soviet military forces, part of the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia [Iran] in the Second World War. The file chiefly comprises reports, submitted on a monthly (and later fortnightly) basis by the British Consul-General at Tabriz, reporting on events in Azerbaijan and Tabriz. Reports up to July 1942 are printed, while subsequent reports are typewritten. The typewritten reports are organised under subheadings that vary from one report to the next, but generally cover: weather; agriculture, locust movements, food supply and reports of hoarding; consular tours; the activities of consular colleagues and counterparts; local government, local politics, and elections; Kurdish affairs, including events at Rezaieh [Orūmīyeh]; Armenian affairs; public order; the activities of the Persian, Russian and United States military; trade, commerce and labour; transport and communications, including convoys, and the activities of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (UKCC); propaganda. From late 1944 onwards the reports increasingly focus on rising political and social unrest in Azerbaijan, which would eventually culminate in the Iran-Azerbaijan crisis of 1946. These later reports focus on the emergence and activities of new political parties (including the Tudeh Party and the Democratic Party), new political newspapers, and Soviet activities in Azerbaijan.
The file also includes: correspondence sent by the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard, forwarding the Tabriz Consul’s reports with comments to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; note sheets covering numerous reports, giving a précis of the report’s contents; the translation of a report by the Persian Minister for War, secretly obtained by British sources, describing military and political conditions at Rezaieh, dated 17 May 1942 (ff 560-564); a report of a visit to Rezaieh in February 1945, compiled by the British Consul-General at Tabriz (ff 147-154).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (615 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front 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 617; 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 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:69v, 71r:136v, 138r:150v, 150ar:150av, 151r:194v, 196r:197v, 199r:300v, 302r:420v, 424r:560v, 565r:575v, 577r:581r, 583r:616v, back-i, back
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