IOR/L/PS/12/3549

Monthly diaries covering the period January to November 1947, submitted by the British Consul at Resht [Rasht] in Persia [Iran]. The diaries are arranged under numerous different subheadings which vary from one report to the next, but broadly cover the following topics: local politics and local government affairs, including the activities of local government and military officials, and local elections; Russian (Soviet) interests in the region, including the movements and activities of Russian officials; British interests; American [United States of America] interests; economic and commercial affairs, including agriculture; labour; security; communications and transport, including the installation of airfields by the Persian Civil Aviation Department; and propaganda, including the deployment of a mobile cinema van, and cinema programmes. An appendix attached to the diary for May 1947 includes a report of a tour made by Lieutenant-Colonel R O A Gatehouse. The tour encompassed the Persian coast of the Caspian Sea, including Gilan, Mazanderan [Māzandarān] and Gurgan [Gorgān], and included reports on Soviet activities and influence in the region.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.