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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [122r] (243/807)
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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A consular report from Khuzistan states that there is a general regulation
throughout Iran whereby no more than 10 per cent. Jews and 10 per cent.
Armenians may be employed in any one concern. The Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company are stated to have more than its quota of each, and that the contracts
of Jews and Armenians in excess of the quota will in future not be renewed in
order that there may be the desired 80 per cent, of true Iranian employees. This
is likely to cause considerable embarrassment to the company as Iranians do not
like service in South Iran.
10 . Communications.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 15 (current), paragraph 5 . It is
confirmed that the Iranian Government have awarded Consortium Kampsax the
contract for the construction of 2,500 kilom. of branch lines in Iran. The price
agreed on is said to be 5 gold dollars per metre.
11. Internal Security.
Fifty-three Iranian subjects are now being tried before the Central
Criminal Court at Tehran for alleged sedition and the spreading of Communist
propaganda in Iran. Among the accused are several well-known professional
men.
12 . The Press.
The press have recently contained much propaganda in favour of a Bill now
before the Majlis requiring that a certificate of freedom from contagious disease
must be produced by both parties before any State official can perform a marriage.
“ Iran needed a larger population, but the increased population had to be
healthy. The Government had already taken steps in this direction, such as the
encouragement of boy scouts and girl guides and the development of physical
training. The new Bill would ensure that the next generation would he more
healthy; further, the law would have a beneficial effect on the behaviour of the
young, since the knowledge that they would have to pass a medical examination
before being permitted to marry would deter them from incontinence and
lascivious desires.”
It is considered that the press is far too optimistic in its ideas about the
effect of this Bill on the youth of Iran. Doctors are, however, reported to be much
in favour of the Bill.
Tehran, November 5, 1938.
H. J. UNDERWOOD, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military Attache.
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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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