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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [61v] (122/807)
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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4. Changes in Place Names.
I he following changes in the names of rail way stations have been officially
announced :—
Station No.
Old Name.
New Name.
Remarks. (
(6) North
Ashraf...
Behshahr
(18) „
Abbasabad
Varsak
(24)
Mohsinabad ...
Simenddasht..
Between Bandar
(29) „
Qaleh Buland
Abrdaz
' Shah and Tehran
(30) „
Imamzadeh Jaafar .
Pishwa
(32) „
Talibabad
Bahram
1
(2) South
Tappeh Saif ...
Tappeh Safid...
(3) „
Qasimabad
Airin ...
(4)
Robat Kerim...
Shahryar
(0) „
Rahimabad ...
Parandak
G)
Najafabad
Nahid ...
(10) „
Ahmadabad ...
Naudaz
Between Tehran
(14) „
Qaziabad
Bagh Yak
and
(18) „
Ibrahimabad ...
Mushkabad ...
Bandar Shahpur.
(21)
Idrisabad
Shazand
(27) „
Hasmatabad ...
Rudak...
(41) „ |
Salihabad
Andimashak ...
(48) |
Qaleh Surkh ... ... ...
Bamdizh
]
5. Legislation.
A decree concerning clubs by the Council of Ministers dated the
27th December is published. It lays down rules for their registration member
ship and objects.
6 . A griculture.
According to a decree of the Council of Ministers, the cultivation of all forms
of tobacco in the Isfahan district is forbidden.
7. Communications.
(A) Railways— section Tehran-Qum has been handed over for exploita
tion by Kampsax to the Iranian Government. Motor railcars are now running-
on this section. &
(B) Frontier Posts. —In 1936 it was reported that a bridge over the Aras
River at Arablar (degree sheet 1 E, square 3 A) was being constructed by joint
boviet and Iranian enterprise. More recently it has been announced that the
Iranian Government intend to develop this post by the construction of a governor s
residence, a customs house and frontier post and by improving the 35 miles of road
connecting Arablar with Maku.
(C) Roads. —Plans are being made to construct a new road between Deh Luran
in Pusht-i-Kuh (degree sheet 2 P, square 2 B) and Dizful.
8 . Security.
serious hold-up involving ten tank lorries and trucks took place recently at
tliG Bid i-burkh I ciss, 4() miles ecist of Iverm^nshsh. The drivers cind pcisseii o, ers
are reported to have been robbed of everything they possessed and the brigands’
haul is estimated at 20,000 rials (£250). The' robbers escaped before the
gendarmerie discovered what had happened.
9. Tribal.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 24 of 1937, paragraph 9 (vi). There
are no major developments to report, but from a consular source come some very
interesting comments on the campaign. These may be summarised as follows
(i) 1 he medical and supply services have failed badly. The troops in the
Mungasht area have been badly fed and clothed and dysentery has
inflicted more casualties than the enemy has.
(ii) The Shah is impatient at the delay in concluding the operations and also
at their cost, which is said to be 100,000 rials (£1,250) per month.
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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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