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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [68r] (135/807)
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 PROPERTJf OFJglgJ&BITAN^IC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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March 14,
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Mr. Seymour to Viscount Halifax.—{Received March 14.)
(No. 76.)
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 a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 5 for the period ending the
26th February compiled by the military attache to this Legation.
Tehran, February 26, 1938.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 5 for the 'period ending February 26, 1938.
1. The Shah.
His Imperial Majesty the Shah held a levee at the Gulistan Palace on Satur
day, the 19th February, on the occasion of the festival of Id-i-Ghadir. Cabinet
Ministers, parliamentary Deputies, officials and senior officers of the services
attended.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) Masud Muazzad (Military Attache’s Personalities No. 125 (ii) and
Foreign Office Personalities No. 123), formerly Iranian consul at Herat, has been
appointed Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs.
(ii) Husain Quli Nizam-Qaragozlu, Amir Nizam (Military Attache's
Pesonalities No. 147 and Foreign Office Personalities No. 141) has returned from
prolonged sick leave and resumed his duties as Grand Master of Ceremonies
(Foreign) to the Court.
The duties of Husain Samiyi, Adib-us-Saltaneh (Military Attache's Per
sonalities No. 186 and Foreign Office Personalities No. 173) are described as those
of Grand Master of Ceremonies (Internal).
(iii) Husain Rakshani, Director-General of the Ministry of Finance, has
been appointed Director-General of the Department of Agriculture. It is
rumoured that this Department is shortly to be raised to the status of a Ministry,
as were recently the Departments of Industry and Commerce. He is a near
relative of Hasan Ali Rakshani (Military Attache’s Personalities No. 177 (ii) and
Foreign Office Personalities No. 163).
3. Obituary.
On the 24th February Inayatullah Samiyi, Mudabbir-ud-Douleh, Minister for
Foreign Affairs (Military Attache’s Personalities No. 187 and Foreign Office
Personalities No. 174).
4. Administration.
The enquiries into the scandals in the Pars Administration, which have been
going on since the summer of last year, appear to have been completed. The
officials affected by the recent purge have now all been replaced. The late
Governor-General, it is rumoured, has been pardoned by the Shah. The judicial
investigation has decided not to take action against those found guilty of taking
bribes, not on account of any doubt of their guilt, but on account of the magnitude
of the task and the large amount of money involved.
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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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