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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [108r] (215/807)
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 2
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(ii) In July several Iranian officials arrived at Kastag (degree sheet ol G,
square D 1) to meet the assistant
political agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Mekran, to discuss boundary
affairs and to obtain information regarding the reputation of Nail) Durrani.
They saw the Risaldar in command of Maud Post (Mekran Levy Corps) as.
unfortunately, the assistant
political agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
was indisposed.
10. The Trans-Iranian Railway.
(i) His Imperial Majesty the Shah has given orders that the station Sefid
Cheshmeh. near which the completion ceremony of the I rans-Iraman Railway
took place, will be renamed Fowzieh Station in honour of Her Royal Highness
Princess Fowzieh of Egypt, fiancee of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince^
(ii) As a result of the successful completion of the railway, the Ministry ot
Roads and Communications are suffering from “ swelled heads. aie
insisting that they themselves construct the easiest sections of the new leni an-
Kazvin-Tabriz-Turkish frontier line, and that Consortium Kampsax should do
the mountainous sections. Kampsax are not prepared to agree to this at piesent.
No work beyond survey has yet been carried out on this section.
(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 18 (current), paragraph 6. A
brief description of the country through which the Trans-Iranian Railway runs
is attached as an appendix to this summary.
11. The Iranian Army.
(i) The 22nd Cavalrv Regiment at Zabul (million sheet No. 30. square B 1)
are to have their lines reconstructed. Four roofed stables (capacity 148 horses
each), water troughs, grain stores and a veterinary dispensary and omce are to
be kuilh j - h barbed-wire fence is being erected round the whole of
Doshantappeh Aerodrome and the Shahbaz aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. I he facton is
being considerably enlarged to house further machinery which, it is understood.
has been ordered from England. ,
(iii) The 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments of the Tehran Garrison are known
officially as the Pahlevi Guard Regiment and the Ahanm Guard Regiment
respec \ if i s reported that the paucity of volunteer students for the officers’ school
(Daneshkeda-i-Afsari) in Tehran and the military cadet colleges (Dabiristan-i-
Nizam) in the provinces is acute and causing concern. Advertisements appear
dailv in the press setting forth the conditions and qualifications necessary tor
these establishments. Educational authorities, too, are pressing parents to allow
their sons to join. The Iranian air force officers’ technical training college and
the n.c.os. school of the Amnieh (Road Guards) are also very much under strength.
( v ) Summer training camps have now broken up and the troops ha\e, m most
cases, returned to barracks. The troops of the Central Garrison are preparing
for manoeuvres. . ,
(vi) Recently, the Intendance Service Headquarters asked for tenders tor the
supply of a large number of barrack-room tables and benches.
12. Refugees.
Iranian deportees continue to arrive from the l .S.S.R. During the period
under review, a further 1,188 arrived at Bandar Pahlevi, Julfa and Bajgnan
(million sheet No. 22 , square C 3). The total now stands at approximately 20 , 000 .
A number of deported Iranian subjects have been drafted to Hamadan. where
there is a shortage of labour for public work construction.
13. The Press.
(i) Two Arabic newspapers published in Iraq mentioned that negotiations
were taking place between Iran and England for a loan of £5 million. The official
press firmly denied this by stating that Iran had no need of loans.
(ii) The News Review of the 28th July published an article entitled the
“ Shah’s Railwav.” This caused intense anger in the official press. The Times
of the 27th August, by its reference in a leader on the I rans-Iranian Railway
to the Shah as an ex-Cossack, did not enhance its lepntation foi tact.
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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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