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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [97r] (193/807)
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.
August 15, 1938.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1.
[E 4770/167/34]
Copy No.
Mr. Butler to Viscount Halifax.—(Received August 15.)
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
30th July compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran, July 30, 1938.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 16 for the Period ending July 30, 1938.
1 . The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah, accompanied by His Imperial Highness
the Crown Prince, visited the Iranian aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
of Shahbaz, Doshantappeh,
on the afternoon of Thursday, the 21 st July, to inspect the five De Havilland
aircraft, the fuselages and airframes of which had been built at the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
The inspection and test flying was very satisfactory, and His Imperial
Majesty expressed his approval both to Sarhang (Colonel) Khrosvani, Air Officer
Commanding, and Sarwan (Captain) Afghami, chief test pilot of the Iranian
Air Force.
The Iranian press have published a large number of photographs and special
articles of the event, praising the progress made at the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
and the
extraordinary forethought of His Imperial Maiesty in setting up such a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
Great care whs taken to see that none of the British mechanics appeared in
any of the photographs, and no mention was made of their presence.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 15 (current), paragraph 3 (iii).
His Excellency Muzaffar Alam (Military Attache’s Personalities No. 11;
Foreign Office Personalities No. 2), Iranian Minister to Iraq since April 1936,
has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in succession to His Excellency
Ali Soheilly, dismissed.
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 15 (current), paragraph 3 (iii).
His Excellency Ali Ashgar (Military Attache’s Personalities No. 78; Foreign
Office Personalities No. "98) is still suspended. Dr. Nasr has been appointed
iVcting Minister. The suspension of Hikmat is rumoured to be in connexion with
the despatch of a telegram of good wishes to the organisers of the Exhibition of
Iranian Art at the National Library in Paris. This exhibition has apparently
not been approved by the Shah. /
3. Roumanian Interests.
A special memorial service for Her Majesty the late Queen Mother of
Roumania was held in the American Church, Tehran, on Sunday, the 24th July.
The Iranian Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister and all heads of missions,
were present with their staffs.
4. Iranian A rmy.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 8 (current), paragraph 9. The new
military barracks at Khwash (million sheet No. 30, square B 4) have been
completed.
[389 p—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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- front, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:123v, 125r:139r, 140r:143v, 145r:148v, 150r:197r, 198v:243r, 244r:309v, 311r:348r, 349r:403v, back
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