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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [36r] (71/807)
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. / .
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PERSIA.
August 30, 1937. j q --
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 3.
[E 5067/560/34]
Copy No. 110
Mr. Seymour to Mr. Eden.—{Received August 30.)
(No. 315.)
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. 16 for the period ending the
14th August, compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran, August 14, 1937.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 16 for the Period ending August 14, 1937.
1 . The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah, accompanied by the Crown Prince, left
Tehran on the 6 th August for Chalus where His Imperial Majesty opened a
silk
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. The Royal party returned to Tehran on the 8 th.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) Khwajah Nuri has been appointed a director of the National Bank in
place of M. Daryush.
(ii) His Excellency M. Adi has been appointed Under-Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
3. French Interests.
Reference paragraph 2 of Intelligence Summary No. 15 (current), M. Andre
Honorat and M. Henri Masse were received in audience by His Imperial Majesty
the Shah of the 4th August.
The degree of a doctor of Tehran University was conferred on M. Honorat
on the 10th August. On the 9th August M. Honorat presented to His Imperial
Majesty the Shah a message from the President of the French Republic and
the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour.
4. Tribal.
( 1 ) The band of brigands under the leadership of Qatch Khanum continues
to flourish in the neighbourhod of Kermanshah. Her forces are said to have
been recently augmented by'the arrival of fifty Babajani conscripts who have
deserted from the Kermanshah garrison. No less than 500 troops are reported
to be mobilised to effect the capture of the gang.
(ii) A Bushire report mentions the continuance of the Iranian Government’s
policy of removing tribal chiefs of the Tangistan, Dashti, and Dashistan areas
to Shiras and their retention there under surveillance.
5. Iranian Navy.
A Bushire report states that owing to the unreliability of the Amnieh
(gendarmerie) employed on preventive duties, small detachments of naval
personnel have been stationed in the gulf ports for these duties.
6 . Iranian Army.
A party of Iranian officers has left for Trebizond to attend the Turkish armv
manoeuvres in Thrace.
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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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