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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [107r] (213/807)
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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[439 f—2]
B
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OP HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
October 6 , 1938.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 2.
[E 5826/167/34]
Copy No
Mr. Seymour to Viscount Halifax.—(Received October 6 .)
(No. 311. Secret.)
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. 19 for the period ending the
10 th September, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran. September 14. 1938
(Secret.) Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the Period ending September 10, 1938.
1 . The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah is again in residence at the Saadabad Palace.
A few days ago His Majesty personally decorated a number of Iranian officials
and empfoyees of Consortium Kampsax as a mark of Royal appreciation
on the completion of the Trans-Iranian Railway. Amongst those who
received decorations were Mr. J. Saxild, general manager of Consortium
Kampsax (2nd Class Imperial Order), and his Excellency Majid Ahi, Minister
of Roads and Communications ( 1 st Class Imperial Order).
Congratulatory messages on the completion of the Trans-Iranian Railway
continue to arrive from foreign States.
2. Iranian Officials.
His Excellency Muzaffar Alam, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Military
Attache’s Personalities, No. 10; Foreign Office Personalities, No. 2), left Tehran
for Geneva by Deutsche Lufthansa to attend a meeting of the League of Nations.
Following the League Assembly, the second annual meeting of the signatories of
the Saadabad Pact will take place. This meeting was originally arranged to take
place at Kabul, but was changed to Geneva in consequence of the League Assembly.
It is expected also that the Iranian Foreign Minister will arrange a meeting with
M. Litvinov, the Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs, in order to discuss the
present strained relations between the two countries.
3. French Interests.
(i) It is reported that the French Government have inaugurated a new
broadcasting station at Beirut (288 m. 50). This station broadcasts in French
and Arabic from 12-30 hours to 13-30 hours and from 18-00 hours to 20-00 hours
daily. Listeners in Tehran report good reception. The possibility of short
broadcasts in Persian has been mentioned.
(ii) No French professors are now employed under the Ministry of Education.
4. Iraqi Interests.
No mention has been made in the Iranian press of the establishment of a
Government Serai at Qala Diza (million sheet No. 1 , square B 4) in the
Pizhder Kurd area.
Recently, certain troop movements were cerried out in the Sauj Bulagh-
Rezaieh area (million sheet No. 1 , squares B 3 and 4). It is believed, but not
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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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