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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [72v] (144/807)
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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The levelling of the track-was, begun on the 15th March. The length of
this branch line is said to be 1 ifel&ilom. As this track will keep south of the
mountainous country near Firuzkuh; .no engineering difficulties should be
encountered. ;
Semnan has i-ecently cdnie into prominence as a possible oil and iron mining
centre. .
No rumour of this project had been heard, and it is interesting that ^
construction of this line should have received preference over the larger project
of the Tehran-Turkey line, of which so much has been heard in the last year.
(bj Telegraphs .—The Government has decided to construct a telephone line
between Ahwaz and Isfahan through the Bakhtiari country. At the moment it
has not been decided whether the line will follow the Lynch Road or the new
proposed road from Ahwaz to Isfahan (see Intelligence Summary No. 17 of 1935,
paragraph 7).
7. Tribal: Bahmai.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 6 (current), paragraph 4 (i). A
consular source reports that some seventy followers of Khuda Karam Khan were
also shot.
No. 30 Infantry Regiment is still at Ram Hormuz.
8. Iranian Navy.
(i) According to a consular source, the Iranian naval motor boat No. 5 was
wrecked off the Biaban coast by a fierce gale, which also drove the sloop Shahrukh
to Hormuz for shelter.
(ii) The old gun-boat Shahin, which has been out of order for some time, has
been repaired by Italian engineers. She sailed from Khorramshah for Bandar
Shahpur on the 12th February.
9. Iranian Army.
At the session of the 17th March, 1938. the Majlis voted a supplementary
credit of £2 million for the needs of the army. This sum is to be found from
Government reserves.
H. J. UNDERWOOD. L ieutenant-C olonel,
Military A ttache.
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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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- Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’
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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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