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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [300r] (599/807)
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 BRljrAN^IC MAJESTY’S (
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(No. 85. Confidential.)
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. 12 for the period ending the
14th June, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, June 17, 1941.
(Secret.)
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 12 for the Period ending June 14. 1941.
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1 . The Shah and the Imperial Family.
On the 7th June H.I.M. the Shah and the Imperial family took up residence
in the summer palaces of Saadabad.
2. Iranian A rmy.
(i) Barracks for about 800 men are being constructed at Maraud (M.S.1.B.2).
(ii) A cavalry brigade is being formed in Tabriz under the command of
Sarhang (Colonel) Michaelzadeh.
(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 11 (current), paragraph 4 (ii). It
is now reported that this was an Axis aeroplane which flew over and photographed
Abadan. Several high-ranking Iranian officers are now under arrest pending
enquiries.
(iv) The following are the most recent troop dispositions in and near
Khorramshahr and Abadan :—
Khosrobad : 150 infantry.
Failiyeh (4 miles west of Khorramshahr on the Shatt-el-Arab) : 120
infantry, 4 engineers.
Khayan (7 miles west of Khorramshahr on the Shatt-el-Arab) : 120
infantry, 4 engineers.
Pul-i-Nao (Customs post on the Khorramshahr-Basra road) : 120
infantry, 4 engineers.
Abadan Island (including Bahamashir. Mahmoodabad and Brain) •
500 infantry with machine guns, 4 anti-aircraft guns, 4 armoured
cars.
(v) The General Officer Commanding Vlth (Khuzistan) Division. General
Shahbakhti, has asked the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to furnish him with
seventeen water-tank lorries of 750 gallons each for the troops on the frontier.
So far the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company have supplied four tank lorries and eight
water tanks of 400 gallons capacity.
3. Iranian Air Force.
(i) Nine (9) Tomahawks ordered from the Curtiss Wright Corporation have
arrived cased in Bandar Shahpur. A test pilot (Mr. Sam Irwin) and riggers
passed through Karachi en route for Iran.
(ii) His Majesty’s Government have now agreed in principle to the gradual
release of raw material for the construction of twelve Hurricanes at the Iranian
aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
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RECd. POL. DEPt.
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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.
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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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- 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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