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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [268r] (535/807)
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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(g) Commissioned us Second-Class Pilot Officers 15.
Note. —Qualified as pilots and observers after a two-year course at
the Flying School (Mehrabad aerodrome).
(h) Commissioned as Second-Class (Aircraft Mechanics) Pilot Officers—32.
Note. —Completed a two-year course at the Doshantappeh Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
(i) Captains (Active List) transferred to the Intendance Corps 50.
These officers were transferred from other arms of the Imperial
Army on reaching the rank of captain possibly because of their
inability to attain further promotion. Ttuw have completed a year s
course at the sdhool of the “ Intendance" Corps.
Note.— The “Service de ITntendance ” of the Iranian army is
similar to the French “ Ofhciers d Administration and
combines the functions of Supply and Administration.
Staff College.
40 officers of the rank of major and above attended the recent
two-year course.
25 obtained “Certificates” for “ Commandement des Chefs de
Corps.”
15 obtained “Diplomas” as General Staff Officers.
Note. —These officers can now attain the rank of brigadier without
further examinations.
(ii) Sartip (Brigadier) Ismail Shafai (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. 261) has been appointed Deputy Chief of General Staff. Sarhang (Colonel)
Baqai is now in charge of the arsenals.
(iii) Infantry Regimental Commanders of Provincial Regiments are now in
Tehran attending a course of lectures in tactics directed by Sarlashgar (Major-
General) Hidayet at the Staff College.
(iv) Five lieutenant-colonels have recently been appointed military governors
of the following frontier areas :—
Khalkuran (D.S.8.B.A.3).
Moghan (M.S.l.D.l).
Tarun (?), north-west of Resht.
Sarrakhs (Iran) (M.S.28.B.4).
Gumbad-i-Kabus (M.S.15.C.4).
(v) One battalion (800 men) of the 5th (Rezapur) Regiment from Tehran
have arrived in Abadan, plus six anti-aircraft guns and twelve six-wheeler troop
carrying lorries. Quantities of military stores in cases have also arrived.
4. Iranian Air Force.
(i) The German engineer (Herr Willig), formerly of Junkers Air Mail
Service in Iran and a resident for many years in Iran, is still engaged in recon
ditioning the two old Junkers machines at Doshantappeh. They are shortly to
be given test flights.
(ii) Of the eight Russian-built R^5 aircraft (approximately 10 years old),
six are airworthy and are regularly flown at Mehrabad and Doshantappeh
aerodromes. The two others are being repaired in the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
(iii) A dual-control “ Hind ” machine was flown to Ahwaz on the
12th November to join the 4th Air Regiment there. This machine is one of the
new batch of twenty “ Hinds ” manufactured at Doshantappeh.
(iv) No parachute-jumping has ever been practised.
5. Iranian State Railways.
(i) The A.I.O.C. own 110 oil-tanker wagons which are being amortised by
the Iranian State Railways. There are already 100 oil tankers belonging to the
State Railways.
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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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