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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [9r] (17/807)
The record is made up of 1 file (401 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1937-29 Jul 1942. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 1441/560/34]
March 1'2, 1937.
Section 2.
Copy No
. 116
xl/r. Seymour to Mr. Eden.—(Received March 12.)
(No. 57.)
HIS Majesty's representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 3 for the period the 24th January to
the 13th February, 1937, compiled by the oriental secretary at this Legation.
Tehran, February 16, 1937.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 3 for the Period January 24 to February 13. 1937.
1. British Officials.
Major G. D. Pybus, military attache, proceeded on leave to the United
Kingdom on the 6th February. He travelled via U.S.S.R.
2. British Mechanics.
Four mechanics from the Hawker Aircraft Company, and one from the
British Aeroplane Company, arrived in Tehran during the month for service with
the Iranian Air Force. Their contract is for two years.
3. Obituary.
Ali Akbar Davar (Personalities in Iran, No. 55), Minister of Finance, on the
10th February. The local newspapers give heart failure as the cause of death,
but it seems certain that he committed suicide by swallowing a considerable dose
of opium. As Davar was responsible for most of the recent financial and economic
developments of the country and was the one man who kept the complicated system
of monopolies, &c., going, his death is likely to have important repercussions on
future policy.
Mahmoud Bader, the Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, has become
Acting Minister.
4. Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
Owing to the fact that the road from Kermanshah has been closed to oil-
tanker traffic for so many days during January and the first week in February, the
company found it impossible to maintain a satisfactory supply of its products
in Northern Iran. Stocks of petrol and kerosene became practically exhausted
not only in Tehran, but also in Meshed, Tabriz and Isfahan.
The road is now open, and ample supplies are arriving.
5. The Kermanshah Petroleum Company.
(i) A report from Kermanshah states that the Kermanshah Petroleum Com
pany has decided to increase the number of its tank-wagons, and will probably
place an order for twenty-five lorries of the Leyland type. The decision to buy
British lorries is rather surprising in view of the fact that the American lorries
now in use have proved satisfactory.
(ii) It is reported that the company will shortly begin work on the erection
of new storage tanks at Sultanabad and at Tehran. The capacity of these tanks
is not known.
[965 m—2]
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Copies of intelligence summaries compiled on a fortnightly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran (Gilbert Douglas Pybus, Herbert John Underwood, William A K Fraser), and received by the 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. via the Foreign Office. Many of the summaries are preceded by cover sheets and 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. notes sheets, the latter frequently containing handwritten notes giving a précis of the summary’s contents. The summaries cover a broad range of information, including: the activities of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Crown Prince, and other members of the royal family; activities of the Iranian Government and its officials; activities, organisation and strength of the Iranian army and Iranian air force; communications and transport, including wireless radio, and civil aviation routes into and out of Iran; British interests in Iran, including oil companies, specifically the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; foreign interests in Iran; the Iranian press, focussing specifically on its criticism of foreign press and actions; commercial activities in Iran, including mining and factory An East India Company trading post. production; tribal matters, including those in the Bahmai and Baluchistan provinces, and the Qashqai; place name changes in Iran. Proceedings prior to and during the Second World War are also covered in the summaries. These include: German activity in Iran (commercial, political, propaganda, Nazi organisation); movements of peoples; public opinion in Iran in response to events in Europe in 1940; the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941; the abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi; public opinion in Iran in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation; social unrest and anti-British feeling.
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 403; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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