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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [149v] (298/807)
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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brigades and the troops at Khorramabad were to be brought up to brigade
strength immediately. The remaining three brigades were to be centred in Ahwaz
(less detachments).
The general went on to say that this policy could not be carried out until
suitable barrack accommodation had been provided and this would take several
years.
(v) It is reported, but as yet unconfirmed, that the Iranian Government ar^
interested in the purchase of a number of “Hurricane” fighter aircraft.
(vi) It is reported from Czecho-Slovakian sources that the Iranian Govern
ment have placed an order for an unknown number of tanks and machine guns.
13. The Imperial Bank of Iran.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 27 of 1938, paragraph 6 and
Intelligence Summary No. 2 (current), paragraph 14. The board of directors
of the Imperial Bank of Iran have ordered the bank’s branches at Zahidan and
Yezd to be closed forthwith. The closing of the branch at Bushire has been
suspended for the time being. The closing down of the Yezd branch is regretted
as with the opening up of the Anarak mining area, and the possible extension
of the Trans-Iranian Railway to Yezd and Kerman, and possibly to India trade
would increase in these centres.
A number of the London staff of the bank have been axed, and it is probable
that several of the older and pensionable European members of the bank in
Iran may go earlier than anticipated.
Negotiations with the Exchange Commission and the Ministry of Finance
are now reported to be more hopeful.
14. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 3 (current), paragraph 6.
(i) It is reliably reported that the company have commenced negotiations
for the acquisition of 20 square miles of land in the vicinity of Bandar Mashur
village (degree sheet No. 10 F. square A 2) of approximately 2.000 inhabitants, but
excluding the village itself.
(ii) The company’s geologists and surveyors are now testing for oil by
the “shot” system in the vicinity of Bandar Abbas and Qishm Island. The
tests are reported to be very promising, but it will be necessary to sink shafts
within the next few months to ascertain the centre of the oil field.
15. The Trans-Iranian Railway.
The following locomotives have been ordered from Germany for the Trans-
Iranian Railway :—
Hamschel and Shon of Cassel
Krupp of Essen ...
Tesslingen
32
24
9
16. Deutsche Lufthansa.
It has been ascertained that the crews of the Deutsche Lufthansa Air Line
are changed for each journey, none of the pilots or crew carry out the journey
more than twice, further they are all members of the German military air force.
The crew consists of :—
Pilot.
Relief pilot.
Wireless operator.
Engineer.
17. Refugees.
Iranian deportees from the U.S.S.R. continue to arrive in small numbers.
A consular report from Bandar Abbas states that approximately forty-five
deportees have been placed on Qishm Island. This confirms the report contained
in Intelligence Summary No. 27 of 1938, paragraph 10.
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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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- Pahlavi , Reza Shah
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