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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [222r] (443/807)
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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Any who did otherwise were traitors to their country. He also told his audience
to avoid neutrals!
6. Broadcasting.
(i) Within recent weeks the daily broadcast in Persian from Angora has
been seriously jammed by some unknown station. The Berlin broadcasts in
Persian, as well as the Soviet (27 metre band—7 15 p.m. local time) are clearly
heard.
(ii) The Iranian broadcasting station which is expected to be ready within
a few weeks is now carrying out tests to find a “ Golden Voice ” in modern
Persian, and also announcers, either male or female, in the French, English,
German, Russian and Arabic languages.
7. The Iranian State Railways.
It is shortly expected that the line will be officially opened for traffic between
Kerej and Qazvin.
8. Polish Interests.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 1 (current), paragraph 6. On the
21st February, at Khorramshahr, his Excellency M. Jan Karszo Siedlewski, the
Polish Minister who is accredited to Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, arrived from
India.
9. Soviet-Iran Relations.
The Soviet Ambassador and his military attache recently enquired from
the Japanese and Italian Ministers and the Turkish Military Attache about
military preparations in Iran. The German Charge d’Affaires also made similar
enquiries from the Japanese Minister.
The enquiries related to the possibility of Iran putting up any effective
resistance if she were invaded by the Soviet, the object of recent military precau
tions taken in Iran, the possible sources of supply of arms and ammunition to
Iran, the quality of the Iranian army, the present relationship between the
signatories of the Saadabad Pact (and particularly between Turkey and Iran)
the numbers of British troops and aircraft in Iraq, and the reasons for General
Weygand’s frequent visits to Turkey.
' In the course of his conversation with the Italian Minister, the Soviet
Ambassador said : ‘ ‘ The people here are for us, but the Government is against
us.
Since the substance of these enquiries was bound to be repeated to this
legation, it seems safe to assume that their object was merely that of alarming
Iran and the Allies.
H. J. UNDERWOOD,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Military Attache.
Tehran, February 24, 1940.
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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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