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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received February 20, 1941.)
(No. 282. 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. 26 for the period ending the
28th December, 1940, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
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Tehran, December 28, 1940.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 26 for the Period ending December 28, 1940.
(Secret.)
1. The Shah and the Imperial Family.
(i) H.I.M. the Shah and the Imperial Family continue in residence at the
Imperial Palaces in Tehran.
(ii) On the 23rd December Her Imperial Majesty the Queen, accompanied
by the Crown Princess Fowzieh and the Princesses Pahlevi, visited the Tehran
Municipal Dispensary. It is not usual for the Queen to take part in such
functions.
2. Iranian Officials.
H.I.M. the Shah has appointed M. Abulfazl Towliyatt, a member of the
Majlis, as director of the Waqf of the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Fatima at Qum
in succession to his father, deceased.
3. Iranian Army.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 22 (current), paragraph 3 (i). The
new Artillery Regiment of 150-mm. (5 • 9-in.) guns is now stated to consist of—
3 batteries, long, of 2 guns per battery.
3 batteries, short, of 4 guns per battery.
Various parts of the guns have not as yet been delivered. Both for the short
and long 2,500 shells (explosive) are held in arsenal.
(ii) A nominal roll of the Sipahbud (General) and the Sarlashgars (Major-
Generals) of the Imperial Iranian army, not in order of seniority, are shown in
an Appendix to this Summary.
4. Iranian Air Force.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (current), paragraph 3 (xi).
The scheme for camouflage is tops light and dark earth colour; undersides silver.
(ii) Practice in night flying recommenced on the 15th December after a long
period of neglect. On the 16th December, General Khosrovani, the A.O.C., and
his staff proceeded to Doshantappeh aerodrome to witness the night flying.
Captain Sipahpur, an airmail pilot, took off from the north end of the flare path
in a Tiger Moth. At the south end of the aerodrome an ambulance was stationed.
General Khosrovani, feeling the cold, ordered the ambulance to come to the north . Y
end and sat therein until Captain Sipahpur prepared to land. The pilot, \
unfortunately, was unaware of the change of the ambulance’s position and, in ' >*> 9 * \
spite of there being a full moon, collided on landing. The machine is 40 per cent. ‘
damaged. The aircraft was not fitted with landing lights. No further night ~ *
flying has since taken place, but landing lights are now being fixed to several
machines.
(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (current), paragraph 3 (iv).
The unserviceable “ Hind ” (Hornet engines) aircraft are now being put in order
as rapidlv as possible.
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