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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [46v] (92/807)
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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7. Tribal.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 20 (current), paragraph 10 (ii) and (iii).
There is nothing further to report.
8 . Iranian A rmy.
The Iranian army has purchased fifty Brandt 81-mm. mortars from the
French firm of that name. They are to be distributed equally among the 1 st and
2nd Infantry Divisions of the Central Garrison.
9. Iranian A ir Force.
(i) Following on the news (imparted by the French military attache) that the
Afghan Government had ordered twenty-eight Savoia Marchetti bombers from
Italy, the Turkish military attache reports that the Italians have offered to supply
machines of this type to the Iranian Government. When asked if this was so,
the Italian naval attache admitted the truth of the report. The Italians are said
to have tried to impress upon the Iranians the advantages of buying such aircraft
by claiming—
{a) That they were cheaper than any machine of similar performance which
any other country could supply.
(b) That they had been specially designed for countries like Iran, where
rough landing grounds required extra strong under-carriages and the
great distances between aerodromes necessitated extra large petrol
tanks.
What would impress the Iranians even more would be the thought that they
need not pay cash down for the machines, and if the Italians made an offer similar
to that made to the Afghans, it is very likely that a deal will be concluded. In
the case of the Afghans it is said that the terms are 100,000 lire per machine on
delivery and the balance {i.e., about three-fourths of the price) to be paid in kind,
chiefly cotton.
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 20 (current), paragraph 11 (iv).
Further practice was carried out on the 9th, 11 th, 13th and 16th October in the
vicinity of Abdulabad.
On the 17th October a display of bomb dropping and aerial gunnery took
place at Abdulabad before His Imperial Majesty the Shah. His Majesty is said
to have expressed his satisfaction at what he saw and granted the Iranian air
force one day’s leave.
G. D. PYBUS, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military A ttache.
Tehran, October 23, 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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