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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [304r] (607/807)
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. 99. 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. Ld for the period ending the
12th July, 1941, compiled by the military attache to this legation. ^ ^ \ v
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1. The Shah and the Imperial Family.
H I M. the Shah and the Imperial family continue in residence at the summer
palace of Saadabad.
2 . Iranian Army.
(i) A large number of motor lorries were commandeered recently in Tehran
for the transport of war material and stores to garrisons in North-West Iran.
(ii) Five Iranian divisions are being brought up to strength : two are ear
marked for Abadan, one for Rawanduz area, one for Kermanshah and one for
Julfa.
(iii) The Iranian authorities have been so importunate about their goods
at Assab that His Majesty’s Minister asked the Prime Minister whether he could
not imagine the situation of General Headquarters, Cairo, with several campaigns
on their hands at once, and of the Governor of Assab clearing away the wreckage
of war, dealing with prisoners of war, enemy deserters and spies; trying to get
trade started again and depleted food stores augmented; endeavouring to set the
civil administration going again with half the officials gone, and so on. The
Prime Minister seemed to understand, but that is not sufficient: he has to awaken
comprehension in the mind of his arbitrary Sovereign.
3. Iranian Air Force.
(i) A British Royal Air Force n.c.o. has arrived in Tehran on arrangements
made by the Air Ministry for the installation of a Link Trainer at Doshantappeh
Airport.
(ii) The first consignment of Hurricane material is on the point of leaving
the United Kingdom.
4. National Aero Club.
The Rearwin training machines are now being assembled at Doshantappeh.
Four have already been flown and passed as satisfactory.
5. Iranian State Railways.
(i) Tehran—Tabriz—Kotur (Turkish frontier) Line. Mianeh—Miandoab
Section. —This section is being carried on very slowly owing to lack of cement.
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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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