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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [74v] (148/807)
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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5. Tribal.
Baluchistan .—Reference Intelligence Summary No. 6 (current), para
graph 4 (ii). According to a consular report still no move has been made against
the Ismailzais who continue their raids on Narui flocks. Juma Khan Ismailzai
is said to he busy collecting ammunition. About the middle of February a^
Major Taimuriyan was sent on special duty to interview Juma Khan Ismailzai
and give him a final warning.
6. The Iranian Army.
Sarhang (Colonel) Dr. Karim Hidayat (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. 75), has been promoted sartip (brigadier) at Shiraz in the 7th (Pars) Division.
7. Italian Interests.
The Italian warship Eritrea arrived at Khorramshahr on the 2nd March and
left for Basra on the 7th. The Italian Minister and some members of the Italian
mission made a special journey to Khorramshahr from Tehran to greet their fellow
countrymen.
8. The A miranian Oil Company.
The company originally intended to commence drilling operations in the
Gurgan District south-east of the Caspian Sea, but recent discoveries north and
south of Zahidan have led to a change in plans. The company are, however,
meeting with unexpected difficulties with regard to the purchase of land. Most
of the land in East Iran (nearly the whole of Seistan) is Crown land, and it is
reported that extortionate prices are being demanded. Some of the land is also
claimed as the personal property of His Imperial Majesty the Shah.
Mr. F. G. Clapp, the director of the Amiranian Oil Company, recently
visited Tehran in this connexion.
From a consular source it is reported that pending a settlement of this
difficulty the heavy drilling machinery, &c. (some 4,000 tons), which recently
arrived at Bandar Shahpur, is being diverted to Basra and thence possibly to
Afghanistan.
It is considered more likely that the question of transporting this machinery
to the drilling areas is the main difficulty, as there are only three possible routes to
the areas in question :—
(i) Via Bandar Shahpur by rail and road. A very circuitous and difficult
route.
(ii) Via Charbar (a route favoured by the Iranian Government). This,-
however, is practically impossible as no unloading facilities exist at
Charbar and the road north is only a rough track.
(iii) Via Karachi and Nok Kundi (a route favoured by the company).
Transport would, however, be difficult between Nok Kundi and
Mirjawa, but it might be possible to improve the road or persuade the
North-Western Railway of India to put the line into commission again
as far as the frontier on payment of an agreed sum and the promise
of regular business.
9. Iranian Baluchistan.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 6 (current), paragraph 7. Sartip
Mahmud Amin (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 14), the new General Officer
Commanding the 9th (Mekran) Division at Khwash, is reported to be an efficient
and energetic officer. He is a strict Mahometan, and as such has made a great
impression.
Khwash itself is an insignificant place with a civil population of only 700.
The garrison in the new barracks some 6 miles west of the town number about
1,300. It is proposed to build the new artillery lines much nearer the town.
10. The French Military Mission.
During March General de Division Gendre, head of the French Military
Mission, accompanied by several senior Iranian military staff officers from Tehran,
visited and inspected military posts in the Pusht-i-Kuh area and subsequently
frontier posts in Kurdistan.
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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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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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