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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [118r] (235/807)
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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12. Buildings.
(i) The Majlis has voted a credit of 7 million rials (£87,500) for the con
struction of a new Ministry for Foreign Affairs building.
(ii) The engineers of Consortium Kampsax have completed the grain silo
at Tabriz. This silo has a capacity of 16,000 tons.
Work is progressing on the silo which is being erected at Meshed which is
of the same capacity.
13. Refugees.
Iranian deportees continue to arrive from the U.S.S.R. During the period
under review over 400 arrived at Bandar Pahlavi. Julfa and Bajgiran (million
sheet No. 22, square C 3). This brings the total number of refugees deported
from Russia to approximately 22,000.
14. Routes: Northern (Iran-Afghanistan—Herat-Kabul).
The route, Herat (million sheet No. 29, square C 2 )-Kala Nao-Bala Murghab
(million sheet No. 29, square D 1 )-Maimana (million sheet No. 33, square
A 1 )-Andkhui (million sheet No. 32, square B 4 )—Mazar-i-Sharif (million sheet
No. 32. square D 4), is reliably reported as difficult and almost impassable for light
cars. Travellers are advised to use the Hera t-Farah-Kandahar—Kabul road.
15. Change in Place Names.
A list of places in Iran, the names of which have been recently changed, is
given as Appendix A to this summary.
16. Civil Aviation.
The winter schedule (the 1 st October, 1938. to the 31st March. 1939) of the
Deutsche Lufthansa passenger air service is given as Appendix B to this
summary.
17. Royal Indian Navy.
His Majesty’s Indian ships CHve, Indus, Hindustan and Lawrence cruised
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during August. The following ports were visited : Muscat,
Khor Fakhan, Khor Tirana. Khor Kuwait and Bahrein.
18. Railways.
The Ministry of Industry and Mines has recently called for tenders for the
(a) A rope railway between the coal mines of Shimshak (degree sheet 8 P,
square C 4) and Fashand (degree sheet 9 M, square C 1). /ov u a k^i i
(b) A Decauville railway between Fashand and hhahr Rey (Shah Abdul
Azim) (degree sheet 9 M, square B 2) and Tehran.
19. Irano-Baluchistan Frontier.
Reference Intelligence Summaries No. 14 (current), paragraph 11 and No. 19
(current! paragraph 9 (ii). Quetta Intelligence Bureau report that Naib Duram
iTed a nat P ura& on (he 7th September. This individual was notorious for
his harsh treatment of Baluchis on both sides of the fi ontier.
H UNDERWOOD, Lieutenant-Colonel,
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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- 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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