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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [9v] (18/807)
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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6. Communications.
The roads between Kermanshah and Khosrovi and between Kermanshah and
Hamadan were closed for the greater part of the month of January, owing to
frequent and heavy snowstorms and severe frosts; in consequence, the volume of
traffic was reduced to a very small percentage of its normal total. The Assadabad
Pass was closed to all motor-vehicle traffic between the 3rd and 7th January, the
12th and 15th January and from the 21st January until the end of the month.
The road from Kermanshah to Khosrovi was similarly blocked by snow between
the 3rd and 8th January and the 13th and 18th January. It is reported that
over 200 lorries, buses and tank-lorries were held up owing to the impassable state
of the road over the Assadabad Pass, where snowdrifts 15 feet deep had been
formed by strong winds.
Accidents, unattended by loss of life in most cases, have been frequent, owing
to vehicles skidding off the glassy surface of the roads and overturning.
(ii) The construction of wide new roads, which will involve the demolition of
many old buildings in the town of Kermanshah. is foreshadowed at a total cost
of 3 million rials.
7. Security.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 2 (current), paragraph 6. A report
from Kermanshah states that the operations carried out by the Iranian troops
against the dissident Babajany and Ghobady tribes have been generally successful
and that a large proportion of the tribesmen have surrendered. It is believed
that only a small percentage of the tribesmen succeeded in escaping into Iraq.
8. The Artish.
This publication has been discontinued. In future three magazines entitled
Piada Nizam (infantry), Sawara Nizam (cavalry) and Tupkhaneh (artillery) are
to be published and, possibly, later one for the “ Hava-Paimae " (air force).
A. C. TROTT, Oriental Secretary,
(Acting for Military Attache).
Tehran, February 13, 1937.
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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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- 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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