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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [131v] (262/807)
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. Fortifications.
An unconfirmed but reliable report states that coast defence artillery
(Skodas) has been installed on Ashurdeh Island and at several places near
Bandar Shah (million sheet No. 15, square B 4). Concrete machine-gun posts
and sites for guns have also been constructed on the Chains road (million sheet^^.
No. 8), as well as on the main Bandar Pahlavi-Resht-Tehran road.
6. Petrol.
Petrol is now being sold in bulk at modern filling stations with pumps
erected by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in all towns and at various points
along the main roads. The price is 1-33 rials per litre, which works out at about
1$. f$d. per gallon.
A new bulk depot is being constructed at Azna (million sheet No. 9,
square B 3), on the Trans-Iranian Railway, of five 1 million gallon tanks. When
completed next year, Azna will become the distributing depot for the Isfahan
and Kerman area. The road between Azna and Isfahan is under reconstruction.
7. Iranian Baluchistan.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (current), paragraph 13. The
Iranian Government have formally demanded the extradition of Juma Khan
Ismailzai, his son Jalal and several of his accomplices. This request had to be
refused as no extradition treaty between the Iranian Government and the
Government of India exists.
Juma Khan Ismailzai and his followers, who include a large number of
women and children, are reported to have been disarmed and sent to Nuskhi
under arrest.
8. Internal Security.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (current), paragraph 10. On the
7th December thirteen criminals, including the murderers of a German-born Jew
resident in Tehran, were executed by shooting at the central gaol.
9. Communications.
(1) Railways: Tehram-Tahriz Line. —The construction of 42 kilom. between
Tehran and Kerej has commenced. Two hundred and fifty small bridges will be
constructed, including one over the Kerej River of about 180 metres in length.
This lot will be completed by November 1939.
(2) Messrs. Consortium Kampsax have not succeeded in arranging the terms
of their new contract for further railway construction (vide Intelligence Summary
No. 23 (current), paragraph 10), which were on the point of completion when the
late Minister of Roads and Communications was dismissed. Fresh negotiations
have had to be undertaken. It is not expected that any further construction
beyond that of Lot 1 (Tehran-Kerej) will be commenced until the spring of 1939.
(3) Representatives of Messrs. Lindsay, Parkinson and Co., railway
constructional engineers, who have been in Tehran recently with a view to
negotiating a contract with the Iranian Government, have now returned to
London.
10. Climatic Conditions.
Heavy snow and rain has fallen throughout Iran during the past ten days.
This is much earlier than usual.
11. Postal Agreement.
A postal agreement has been signed at Kabul between representatives of
Afghanistan and Iran. This agreement establishes a direct and regular service
of mails between the two countries. Transfer of mails will take place between
the undermentioned post offices :—
Iran. A fghanistan.
Kariz Islam Kala
(Million sheet No. 29, square A 2)
Zabul Nad-i-Ali
(Million sheet No. 30, square B 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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