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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [281r] (561/807)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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April 26, 1941.
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,Sir /?. Bullard to Mr. Eden—{Received A pril 26.)
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(No. 15. 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. 2 for the period ending the
24th January, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
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Tehran, January 24, 1941.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 2 jor the period ending January 25, 1941.
(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 17th January (Id-i-Ghadir) at the Gulistan Palace, His Imperial
Majesty the Shah, attended by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, received
the congratulations of Cabinet Ministers, Government officials, general officers of
the Army, Navy, Air Force, and police, and certain deputations. The Shah
looked fit and well and spoke affably to the leading members of deputations.
2. Iranian Officials.
M. Abdul Hussein Ansari (Military Attache’s Personalities No. 29, Foreign
Office No. 22), Iranian Consul-General at Delhi, will be transferred to Stockholm
shortly as Minister.
3. Iranian Army.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 20 (1940), paragraph 3 (ix).
Sarlashgar (Major-General) Mumi, General Officer Commanding, West
Azerbaijan Division, returned to Iran on the 12th January from Berlin.
(ii) The Shah has ordered all reserve officers of the Imperial Army in the
Tehran district to be present at the annual military review to be held on the
22nd February, 1941. Formerly the attendance of such officers was not considered
compulsory.
(iii) An increase in pay for all officers up to the rank of Sarhang (colonel)
as from the New Year (21st March) is announced in army circles. Owing to the
heavy increase in cost of living this concession is long overdue.
4. Iranian Air Force.
(i) The twenty “ Hind ” aircraft assembled and partly constructed at the
Doshantappeh aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
have now all been delivered. This is undoubtedly
a triumph for the British aircraft mechanics, eleven in number, who have had to
work under extraordinarily difficult conditions.
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (1940), paragraph 3 (ix).
Sarhang (Colonel) Mohanna, Air Officer Commanding the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
,
returned from leave on the 10th January.
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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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