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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [88r] (175/807)
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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July 4, 1938.
Section 2.
Copy No. 42
[E 3930/167/34]
Mr. Butler to Viscount Halifax.—(Received July 4.)
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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. 13 for the period ending the
18th June, compiled by His Majesty’s military attache to this Legation.
Tehran. June 18, 1938.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary A 7 o. 13 for the Period ending June 18. 1938.
1. The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Royal family are now in residence
at the summer palace of Saadabad.
2. The Crown Prince.
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince from his residence at Saadabad
frequently visits units of the Tehran garrison, especially those now m camps m
the Shimran area.
3. The Royal Engagement.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 12 (current), paragraph 2. The Prime
Minister, his Excellency Mahmud Jam (Mudir-ul-Mulk), with the members of the
Iranian Mission to the Royal Court of Egypt, has arrived in Cairo.
The Iranian press continue to report at length the demonstrations o,
enthusiasm with which the engagement has been greeted in Tehran, the provinces
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Congratulatory messages from heads of all the Great Powers and others are
featured on the front page of newspapers with the Shah's acknowledgment.
There is reason to believe that the Iranian people are generally pleased with
this alliance to the ruling family of a leading oriental fetate. As a lesult Lg\pt.
may become a signatory of the Saadabad Pact.
* A stupid Arabian"Nights article on the coming marriage by Barbara Board
in the Daily Sketch of the 24th May aroused the Iranian press to fury.
4. British Officers.
Major B. M. Rao, Indian Medical Service, who has been appointed medical
officer in East Iran, arrived in Tehran from Bagdad on the 9th June and left
for Meshed on the 11th June.
5. Communications.
Trans-Iranian Rahway.—Reference Intelligence Summary No. 11 (current k.
parao-raph 2. The northern section working southwards has now been completed
as far as Iraq (Sultanabad) (million sheet Ao. 9. squaie B 2). . . ,
The date of the completion of the Trans-Iranian Railway may be delayed
till October 1938 owing to unexpected objections raised by the Soviet GovernmenL
over the matter of importation of railway material via the Caspian Sea.
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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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