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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [388r] (775/807)
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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^DE-^^PdOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJES^S. GOVERNMENT (^5
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PERSIA.
With the Compliments
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May 20, fH42.
SECRET.
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Sir ft. Bullard to Mr. Kden—lR eceiv eU May 20.)
(No. 138.) tt- at • f ’
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to tiansmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 18 for the period the 29th Apnl to
the 5th May, 1942, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, May 5, 1942.
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Copy No. 112
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 18 for the Period Ayril 29 to
May 5, 1942.
(Secret.)
Persian Affairs.
Economic.
THE following is the text of a decree issued by the Government:—
Goods, Exports of which are Prohibited.
The Council of Ministers has approved, in accordance with the proposal
of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Mines, that expoit goods
should be divided into three classes :—
Firstly : goods, the export of which is absolutely prohibited in order to
assure the country’s needs. . „ ,
Secondly: goods, the export of which requires a permit trom tfte
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the exporter undertaking to import
specified goods in exchange. . ,
Thirdly : goods which can be exported by making a foreign exchange
undertaking in accordance with the regulations in force as before.
The goods whose export from the country is absolutely forbidden are as
follows :— 1
Gold and silver in ingots or as coins, articles made of gold and silver,
all animals and edible meat, cereals such as wheat, barley, rice, millet, maize
and grains such as peas, lentils, split beans and vetch, beans, potatoes and
potato starch, dairy products, honey, eggs, elastic woven garments, cottpiq
sterilised cotton, surgical gauzes, sewing thread, woollen cloth and
stockings, woollen thread, blankets, clothes and other things made of wool
and cotton, leather, shoes, 'leather bags and suit-cases, oxen and buffalo
hides, matches, gunny bags and wrappers, jute thread and cord, raw flax or
jute home-produced cardboard, foreign goods whether in their original form
or changed in any way, and any goods manufactured from foreign goods
(with the exception of old glass and crockery of no practical use), hats made
m Persia, soft sugar and loaf sugar, treacle sweetmeats and other stuff
containing sugar, tinned fruit, metals and articles made of metal.
[29—55]
*04
RECd. POL. DEPt,
HJUN 942
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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- 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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- Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’
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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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