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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [28r] (55/807)
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.
July 5, 1937.
Section 2.
[E 3689/560/34] Copy No. j j 5
Mr. Seymour to Mr. Eden.—{Received July 5.)
(No. 231.)
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 copy of Intelligence Summary No. 12 for the period ending the
19th June, 1937, compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran, June 19,1937.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 12 for the Period ending June 19, 1937.
1. The Shah.
His Imperial Majesty the Shah moved from Tehran to his summer palace at
Saadabad on the 13th June.
On the 6th June the Deputies of the Majlis were received in audience when
His Imperial Majesty expressed his satisfaction at the result of their labours
during the tenth session which has just ended.
2. Security.
A plot against the life of the Shah is said to have been discovered.
No official communique has, of course, been issued and, in consequence, the
wildest rumours and most divergent stories are current.
Four junior officers are rumoured to have been shot, and arrests of more
important people to have been made up to a number of twenty. Some sources
give the number of those arrested as high as 600.
According to the more moderate versions of the affair there would appear
to have been, in fact, two plots, the first consisting merely of the propagation of
Nazi doctrine and the second directed against the life of His Imperial Majesty
the Shah.
3. Treaties with Turkey.
The following have been ratified by the Majlis during the period under
review:—
(i) An establishment convention.
(ii) A convention relating to security of the frontier zone and the settlement
of incidents and conflicts arising in the said zone.
(iii) A convention relating to judicial assistance in civil and commercial cases.
(iv) A treaty of extradition and judicial assistance in criminal cases.
(v) An agreement to regularise the functioning of customs.
(vi) An agreement to establish improved telegraphic and telephonic communi
cations.
(vii) A convention relating to aerial navigation.
(viii) An agreement to facilitate and increase the transport of goods and
travellers by the route Trebizond-Tabriz-Tehran and vice versa.
(ix) A veterinary convention.
(x) A treaty of commerce and navigation.
(xi) An agreement relating to the rectification of the frontier.
Despite the wide field covered and the comprehensive nature of the titles of
these agreements, they appear to follow stereotyped lines and little that could be
described as a tangible advantage to either side is discernible. Detailed comments
have been sent to the Foreign Office.
[64 e—2]
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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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