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Situation in South Persia. Report

1 Nov 1946

non-existent so any attempt to employ it in an offensive role is most unlikely. In any case since 50% of the aircraft are unserviceable for lack of spare parts, and maintenance facilities extremely poor, it could only operate for a very short period at a low scale of effort before becoming almost completely grounded. Tudeh 5. The Tudeh leaders probably control 90% of the native labour in the Refineries and oilfields, embracing some 60,000 native workers who are likely to prove a major embarrassment.
politics iraq azerbaijan russia resources communism foreign policy ideology imperialism international relations oil cold war arab world iranian politics contingency planning british army military intelligence civil unrest soviet foreign policy persia joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff gerald templer joint intelligence committee (middle east) edmund rushbrooke paul gleadell press reports invasion threat predicting enemy intentions iranian armed forces soviet-iranian relations
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
Azerbaijan Iraq Persia Russia
Document Reference
CAB 81/134/13
Document Types
Report Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 81/134
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0134.013
Keywords
Iranian Politics British Army Foreign Policy Invasion Threat Iranian Armed Forces Oil Resources Politics Communism Ideology Arab World Predicting Enemy Intentions Contingency Planning Civil Unrest Soviet Foreign Policy Soviet-iranian Relations Press Reports Imperialism
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Committee (Middle East) Joint Intelligence Staff
Pages
6
Persons Discussed
Paul Gleadell Edmund Rushbrooke Gerald Templer
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. November - December 1946. Papers Numbers. JIC 76-110. Volume XLIV
Themes
International Relations Military Intelligence

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