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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [387v] (774/807)
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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Economic. . .A- de cree had been issued prohibiting the export of certain goods
absolutely, and •aajfiaXgo'the export of certain others by permit only. A decree was
also published regulating the transport of foodstuffs from one district to another.
Transport. Statistics of motor transport compiled from U.K.C.C. sources
are given in paragraph 2 of Summary 18.
Irrigation. Details of a note on irrigation projects given by the Minister
of Finance at a Press Conference are given in paragraph 3 of Summary 18.
Internal Security. Further trouble at Rezaieh following an attempt by the ^
gendarmerie to disarm some Kurds entering the town,which led to a considerable
risenjand panic in some of the neighbouring villages, caused the . ersian Government
to protest to M. Molotov, who replied accepting, in principle,the right of the
Persian Government to send troops to Rezaieh, and stating that the Russian forces
had been instructed to co-operate in the restoration of order.
In Kurdistan the Persian forces had re-occupied Saqqiz and the rebel leader
Hama Rashid was reported to be on the Iraq frontier. Negotiations had been
opened‘iy'lhe Kurds and the Persian G.O.C.
The situation in TEars was calmer and pourparlers between Nasir Kashgar and
the Governor-General continued. The Boir Ahmadi were quiet.
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Abul Qasim Bakhtiari had submitted to General Zahidi f had undertaken
to reside in Isfahan.
There had been some robbery and pillage by bands of Arabs in Khuzistan.
Poles . Details of the distribution of Poles in Persia are to be found
in paragraph 25 of Summary 18, and paragraph 17 of Summary 19; and of the
U.K.C.C. transport in connection with evacuation in paragraph hf,
America. The assembly of American trucks for Russia at Bushire was
progressing, tesd An American Consulate had been opened at Tabriz.
Caspian. The port of Bandar ShaKhad been dredged sufficiently to allow
ships to come alongside the jetty.
The Soviet Government had delivered 1,000 tons of wheat to the Persian
Government at Naushahr.
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Military Secretary , yf
Political (S) Depjartment,
for information.
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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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