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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [5r] (9/807)
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 BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
X [E 560/560/34]
Mr. Seymour to Mr. Eden.—-(Received January 25.)
(No. 13.)
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. 1 for the period ending the
9th January, compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran, January 9. 1937.
P.Z.
:932
1937
January 25, 1937.
Section 3.
j
Cody No.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 1 for the Period ending January 9. 1937.
(Secret.)
[ Note. —No Intelligence Summary was issued for the period December 13-
December 26, 1936. j
1. Foreign Interests.
(i) German. —His Excellency M. Hans Smend, German Minister in Tehran,
has returned from leave.
(ii) Greek. —According to an Athens press message, a Greek Legation will
be opened in Tehran shortly.
(iii) Turkish. —Five members of the Turkish delegation have left Tehran on
the completion of their labours.
2. Iranian Diplomatic A ppointments.
(i) Husain Ala, C.M.G., Muin-ul-Vizareh (P. in I., No. 9), till recently
Iranian Minister in London, has returned to Tehran. No official announcement
of his successor has yet been made.
(ii) Abul Qasim Farouhar (P. in I., No. 60 (i)), Iranian Minister in Paris,
has been recalled owing, it is believed, to the appearance in the French press of
articles deemed insulting to the Iranian Government.
(iii) Mustafa Adi, Mansur-us-Saltaneh, Iranian Minister to Switzerland,
has returned to Tehran, presumably on leave.
3. The A rmy.
(i) Sartip Ahmad Nakhehevan (P. in I., No. 141), Commandant of the
Iranian Air Force, has been appointed Assistant to the Minister of War.
Enquiries from the officer as to whether he should more correctly be styled “ Air
Adviser to the Minister of War." or whether his appointment foreshadowed those
of naval adviser and military adviser, elicited, in both cases, a negative reply.
The command of the Iranian Air Force has devolved on Sarhang Khosrovani,
the next senior officer.
(ii) According to the Turkish military attache, serious discontent among the
officers of the 5th (Senneh) Division has led to the arrest of many and the
replacement of all.
4. Communications.
(A) Railways. —A regular daily train service is now in operation between
Firuzkuh and Bandar Shah.
Construction trains are running from Firuzkuh to Imanzadeh-i-Jafar. near
Veramin, a distance of only 42 kilom. from Tehran.
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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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