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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [42r] (83/807)
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 O
F HIS .BRITflNNTri.MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
7156 (
October 15, 1937.
CONFIDENTIAL.
193 7.. j
Section 1.
[E 6003/560/34] Copy No. 33
Mr. Seymour to Mr. Eden.—[Received October 15.)
(No. 372.)
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. 19 for the period ending the
25th September, 1937, compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran, September 25, 1937.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the Period ending September 25, 1937.
(Secret.)
1 . The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah received on the 22nd September a parlia
mentary deputation charged with the presentation of a loyal address from the
eleventh session.
2. Iranian Officials.
Mohsin Rais (P. in I., No. 177 (i)), recently recalled from his post as Iranian
Minister in Berlin, has been appointed director-general of the political sections
of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
3. The Majlis.
Hassan Isfandiyari (P. in I., No. 85) has been re-elected president of the
Majlis. He received 113 votes. Seyyid Mohsin Sadr (P. in I., No. 182) received
one vote and there were two blank papers.
Murteza Quli Bayat, Samsam-ul-Mulk (P. in I., No. 47) and Dr. Taheri were
elected vice-presidents.
4. Iranian Army.
(i) Manoeuvres for the Tehran garrison were carried out from the 12th to
the 16th September in an area of about 100 square miles lying some 35 miles to
the east of Tehran. His Imperial Majesty the Shah was present and stayed for
three nights at the village of Bumehind. Aircraft participated. No invitations
to foreign military attaches or civilians were issued, nor has any mention of the
manoeuvres been made in the press. The Turkish military attache was not present
as, at the conclusion of the recent Turkish army manoeuvres in Thrace (to which
he had accompanied the Iranian army delegation) he remained in Turkey on
three weeks’ leave.
As on previous occasions, nearly all the civilian taxis and motor buses were
commandeered by the military and a great shortage of transport in the capital
resulted.
(ii) Sartip Ali Ghovanlu (P. in I., No. 71) and the other Iranian officers
returned to Iran from the Turkish army manoeuvres on the 23rd September.
5. Iranian Air Force.
Three officers and twelve non-commissioned officers are leaving Tehran for
England in the next few days for a course of instruction on the “ Hind ”
machines now on order from Messrs. Hawker. Of this number, one officer and
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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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