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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [42v] (84/807)
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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three non-commissioned officers are to receive instruction also with the Bristol
Aircraft Company (the makers of the ‘Pegasus" engine with which the
“ Hind ” is fitted).
6 . Civil Aviation.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 18 (current), paragraph 6 (ii). The
loss of this machine has been reported in the European press. The situation as
regards the other machines is, briefly, as follows :—
Three days after the first machine, another arrived having made a very fast
flight from Germany. It refuelled here over night and left for Kabul and China.
On the 14th September two rescue machines passed over Tehran for Kabul,
and a few days later a third machine also flew over without stopping.
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company have received instructions to provide fuel
and lubricants for six more machines in the course of the next few weeks.
(ii) Instructions have been received by the de Havilland mechanics to
overhaul and prepare the three “ Rapide " machines delivered in July 1936. An
unconfirmed report states that a beginning is to be made in about six weeks' time
with the civil air service (for mails only) to Bagdad.
7. Communications.
(a) Telephones .—An automatic telephone service has started to function in
Tehran. So far only 3,000 installations are on this system. The changing over
of the remainder is proceeding gradually.
(b) Telegraphs .—A line is under construction from Kazerun to Fahlian in
the Mamassani country.
8 . Foreign Travellers.
Mile. Ella Maillart, the well-known journalist and traveller, has arrived in
Tehran on a journey to Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan on behalf of the paper
Petit Parisien.
G. D. PYBUS, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military Attache.
Gulhek, September 25, 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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