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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [59r] (117/807)
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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January 24, 1938.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 1.
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Copy No. | j
Mr. Seymour to Mr. Eden—(Received January 24, 1938 )
(No. 491.) * '
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. 1 for the period ending the 1 st
January, compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran. December 31, 1937.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 1 for the Period ending January 1 , 1938.
1. Treaties.
A TREAT! of friendship and arbitration between Iran and Hungary was
signed on the 18th December. Letters regarding the commercial relations
between the two countries were also exchanged.
2. Civil A dministration.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 24 of 1937, paragraph 3 . After having
announced in, the press the names of four of the six officials appointed as
“ Astandars,’ the Iranian Government has accepted certain amendments made
to the Bill by a select committee of the Majlis. It is now stated that there will
be ten Astans ” and not six.
3. Communications.
(a) Telegraphs .—A line from Maimuniye (9.1. Square C. 3 ) to Saveh
(9.1. Square B.4) is under construction. The service road for the railway runs
through these two places.
(b) Roads. —Some improvement is to be made to the following roads :—
Vakilabad to Bam and Kerman (Routes 2 and 125).
Vakilabad to Khwash and Zahidan (Routes 5 and 9 ).
Vakilabad to Chahbar (Routes 6 and 3 ).
(c) Railways, -(i) An employee of the German firm of Sofitec, which built the
lehran railway station (for which payment is still due) and which is now working
on the Bandar Shahpur harbour and the Pahlavi slipway, supplied the following-
notes on the alignment of the proposed Tehran-Tabriz Railway. From Tehran
via Kazvin to Zinjan is a level and easy stretch. Thence the line will branch
southwards to avoid the high mountains and work up towards Mehabad
(Sujbulak), and thence to Tabriz via Maragheh. From Tabriz the Julfa line will
be used, either up to Sufian and along the branch line to Sharafkhaneh at the
north end of Lake Urumiye, or else as far as Maraud, and thence due west to Qotur
on the Turco-Iranian frontier.
(ii) On the southern section of the Trans-Iranian Railway trains are running
from Bandar Shahpur to Talaranj (Kilometre 337).
4. Tribal.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 of 1937, paragraph 6 . There is
nothing further to report.
[214 aa—1]
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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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