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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [243r] (485/807)
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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(No. 163. Secret.)
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. 13 for the period ending the
30th June, 1940, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, July 2, 1940.
(Secret.)
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 13 for the Period ending June 29, 1940.
1. The Shah and the Imperial Family.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Imperial family continue in
residence at the summer palaces of Saadabad.
On the morning of the 28th June His Imperial Majesty the Shah addressed
members of the Government, Deputies of the Majlis and press directors at the
Saadabad Palace. The Shah’s decision to address the Majlis direct is considered
to be of unusual importance. His Imperial Majesty has made no such recorded
statement of policy direct to the Deputies for at least six years past, apart from
his more or less formal speeches at the opening of each session.
It is reliably reported that the Shah also informed the Deputies that the
country was in danger and that it was their duty to form a new policy without
delay.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) An imperial decree was issued on the 26th June appointing his Excellency
Ali Mansur, C.B.E., Minister of Industry and Mines (Military Attache’s
Personalities, No. 164, and Foreign Office Personalities, No. 122), Prime Minister,
in addition to his present portfolio.
(ii) By order of His Imperial Majesty the Shah, Dr. Matin Daftary, the
Prime Minister, and M. Ali Asghar Hikmat, the Minister of the Interior, have
been relieved of their duties. The official reason published was “ for rest ” and
‘ ‘ health ’ ’ reasons respectively.
(iii) From reliable sources, not yet confirmed, it is stated that Musa Noury
Isfandiary (Movaffaq-us-Sultaneh), Iranian Minister at Bagdad (Foreign Office
Personalities, No. 75), is to be transferred to Berlin in the same capacity.
(iv) His Excellency Ali Soheili (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 283,
and Foreign Office Personalities, No. 200), Ambassador at Kabul, has been
appointed Minister of the Interior.
(v) The full list of the new Cabinet is given as an appendix to this summary.
3. Iranian Army.
(i) Reports are current that certain units of the Tehran garrison have been
sent to Khuzistan. This is not confirmed.
(ii) Eighty Telefunken portable wireless sets have been delivered.
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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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- 1 file (401 folios)
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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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