Coll 28/97(2) ‘Tehran Intelligence Summaries’

Content

Typewritten copies of fortnightly intelligence summaries, prepared by the Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Tehran. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/97(2) ‘Persia diaries: Tehran Intelligence Summaries 1947’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3506). It covers: political affairs in Persia [Iran], including government changes, the Persian majlis, the government’s responses to foreign affairs, Persia-Soviet relations, budgets, the activities of the Ministry of Labour, the resignation of successive governments led by Ebrahim Hakimi and Hajir [Abdolhosein Hazhir]; military affairs, including the Persian navy, military conscription, and the Persian air force; internal security, including tribal affairs, and unrest in some regions of Persia, with a particular focus on Azerbaijan; economic affairs, including industry, agriculture, the activities of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, the Persian Government’s proposed seven-year plan, red oxide production at Hormuz [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz]; communications in Persia, covering roads, railways, ports, and air services; miscellaneous items, including official visits, extreme weather events, and an attempt on the life of the Shah, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, at Tehran University in February 1949.

Extent and format

1 file (125 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Office notes at the end of the file (ff 123-125) mirror the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 127; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3507

Former external reference(s)

Coll 28/97/2

History of this record

Date(s)

8 Apr 1948-21 May 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Reports

Places

PersiaIran

People & organisations

Military Attaché, TehranGovernment of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty

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