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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [94v] (188/807)
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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4. The Iranian Army.
(i) General de Division Gendre, head of the French Military Mission, has
handed over that appointment to Colonel Henriet. General de Division Gendre
is now acting as adviser on frontier defences until he finally leaves for France in
September.
From the 7th to 20th June General Gendre, together with a number of senior
Iranian staff officers, visited various military frontier posts in Kurdistan.
(ii) It is reported from Czechoslovak sources that over 100 anti-aircraft
machine guns have been ordered. These guns are said to be of the latest pattern
and used in pairs on a twin mounting.
(iii) Six Iranian officers who have completed the last course at the Ecole
superieure de Guerre at Tehran have been selected to proceed to Europe in
September for further instruction at the staff colleges in Berlin, Paris, Brussels
and Stockholm.
(iv) It is reliably reported, but as yet unconfirmed, that the garrison at
Rezaieh, 3rd (Western Azerbaijan) Division, has been increased by at least two
complete regiments. New barracks are also being constructed just outside the
town.
5. Communications.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 10 (current), paragraph 10 (i) and
(li). It is reported from a reliable source that Consortium Kampsax will construct
the line Tehran-Tabriz-Turkish frontier. The survey and staking of this line
between Tehran and Qazvin (million sheet No. 8, square 3 B) has already been
completed.
The survey party are now at Siah Dahan (million sheet No. 8, square B 4),
working on the second section, Qazvin-Zinjan (million sheet No. 8, square A 4).
(ii) The Iranian Government themselves intend to carry out the extension
of the Qishlaq (million sheet No. 16, square A 1)-Semnan (million sheet No. 16,
square B 1) to Meshed.
(iii) Great importance is given to the construction of a branch line from
Qum (million sheet No. 9, square C 2) to Qashan (million sheet No. 16, square B 3)-
Anarek (million sheet No. 16, square B 3) in order to exploit the large mining
area there (vide Intelligence Summary No. 12, paragraph 17). A survey party
is already at work on this route, which it is considered presents few engineering
difficulties.
6. Meteorological Classes.
The Ministry of Education has arranged for meteorological classes to be
held for school-teachers who are to he trained as observers. The first course is
to commence at Tehran shortly.
7. The Amiranian Oil Company.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 13 (current), paragraph 6. According
to a report from the British military attache at Kabul, the Inland Exploration
Company (the Afghan branch of the Amiranian Oil Company) have decided to
abandon their concession in Afghanistan.
8. Irano-Turkish Frontier.
In accordance with the Irano-Turkish Treaty, a mixed commission will meet
periodically to decide all frontier questions.
This mixed commission is now assembled for the first time at Trebizond in
order to discuss questions concerning the construction of custom-houses and
through transit for commercial motor lorries on the Trebizond-Tabriz high-road.
9. Boy Scouting.
The Ministry of Education has circularised all provincial educational
authorities, ordering them to redouble their efforts to increase the number of boy
scouts, and to hold camps for their instruction in scouting and physical training.
It has been decided to hold a “Jamboree” at Persepolis from the
the 21st March to the 20th April, 1939.
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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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