1943 - Reorganization of the Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie

[Jedburgh]

...interesting find at a source-link that Tom provided:

Plan for the Reorganization of the Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie, 20 February 1943

...A study has been made of the Iranians in their home life, in their public life and in their official life; and observations have made of their customs, charateristics, ethics, expectations, activities and reactions. Contacts have been made, both officially and personally, with Iranian civilians, Army Officers, Gendarmes, Gendarme Officers, Federal Government Officials, Local Government Officials, Police, Police Officers, villagers, tribesmen, tribal Chiefs, Sheiks, ruling families, peasants, contractors, industrialists, workers, farmers, teachers, students, and members of the middle class....

...Utilizing all information gained, retaining all that is useful in the present organization, recognizing the present emergency and the requirements of the war effort, realizing the necessity of establishing a sound and solid foundation, planning for the future an effective and enduring organization and adapting changes to the receptiveness of the Iranians, the enclosed plan has been prepared...

Edit to add: Damn! The site doesn't seem to let you hot-link the documents. Let me see what I can do....

[marct]

I get a "session expired" notice and then can't find the document with their search.

Marc

[Jedburgh]

Yup, Marc - that is exactly what it seems to be doing now. It looks like the best solution is to just e-mail the document (over 200 pages) to SWJED to put in the library, and then we can put a link in this thread.

[marct]

Sounds good to me .

Marc

[SWJED]

Plan for the Reorganization of the Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie, 20 February 1943.

Thanks for sending this in Jed - Dave

[zenpundit]

Very nice work guys.

For those interested, Stephen Ambrose had some commentary on the Shwarzkopf mission and it's impact on Iranian politics in Ike's Spies.