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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [511r] (1024/1237)
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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V
DeliGve in til© existence or sucn stocks, despite scepticism
in iehran. i iisve su^^ested to Mr» Vivian tiiat we siiould
aim at a despatch of 100 tons daily to Tehran in the future,
subject always to this, that the local population has first
c lnim on local stocks, the Russians the second claim, while
Tehran ^ets the surplus.
Mr. Vivian agrees that it must be his constant aim
to assure the Russians that they will get their 20,000 tons
grain; otherwise we can only expect obstruction from them.
Sugar and tea are now oeing issued to the public
in Tabriz on ration. Bread rationing is still not in ooer-
ation.
The Governor-General promised me that he
would punish hoarders in an exemplary manner, but I gather
that he hopes Mr. Vivian will pull that chestnut out^of the
lire for him. Mr. Vivian is in fact contemplating a drastic
notice declaring all wheat to be the property of the Govern
ment .
5 * T&aGSrQRT . For two months or so Mr. Birkle has had a
representative here charged with the task of putting as many
lorries as possible into commission and of making the best
use of them for urgent civil purposes, which in effect means
transport oi foodstuffs. I recently Questioned this man as
to his work and ne almost tearfully told me a long story of
recommendations and appeals ignored by Tehran, of pressure
irom private interests in Tehran to get lorries south from
Azerbaijan. At the moment he has just over 50 lorries at
his disposal, but Legation give me the good news that 50
more will be sent to Azerbaijan. This should, I have told
both Mr. Vivian and the transport man, suffice for the est
ablishment oi the feeder lines to bring wheat from Ardebil
and hashtarud to the main road, and at the same time for the
collection of grain for Tabriz and the Russians.
Despite reports to Tehran from several quarters,
the shortage of petrol at Mianeh persisted well into January,
and one British convoy in the first week had 42 vehicles
stranded along the roadway overnight. But the weather was
xind; the only casualty was one man killed as another lorry
overtook his stationary venicle. Eventually, sufficient
vehicles were detailed to provide a sufficient supoly at
Mianeh.
6* rUBLXG GAOURlTf . Nothing to report.
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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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