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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [131r] (261/807)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
December 29. 1938.
Section 2.
[E 7836/167 341
Copy No
Mr. Seymour to Viscount Halifax.—(Received December 29.)
(No. 402. 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. 26 for the period ending the
17th December, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, December 17, 1938.
(Secret.) Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 26 for the Period ending December 17, 1938.
1. The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Royal Family continue to be in
residence at the Imperial Palace.
Recently certain newspapers in London, Paris and Tokyo reported that
Herr Hitler had invited His Imperial Majesty the Shah to visit Germany in the
spring of 1939 and that the invitation had been accepted. An official dementi
has been published in the Iranian press.
2. Iranian Officials.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (current), paragraph 3. No new
Minister of Roads and Communications has yet been appointed. The affairs of
the Ministry are reliably reported to be in a chaotic state and will require
complete reorganisation. M. Ahi, the late Minister, is now under close arrest
pending the result of an enquiry into the loss of large sums which ought to have
been expended on the country’s road system.
3. British Interests.
(1) Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Underwood, British Military Attache, toured
in Isfahan and Shiraz districts from the 7th to the 13th December.
(2) Lieutenant P. G. B. McNalty, 2nd Royal Lancers, who is undergoing
one year’s language study duty in Iran, was transferred from Kerman to Shiraz
at his own request on the 3rd December.
4. The Iranian Army.
(1) It is reliably reported that infantry regiments of the Tehran garrison
are now in possession of anti-tank guns of Skoda manufacture. These are
apparently organised as an anti-tank platoon of four guns per regiment.
The Turkish Military Attache, during a recent visit to the barracks of the
3rd (Bahadur) Regiment, observed practice in gun-laying and mechanism being
carried out with this type of gun.
(2) An unconfirmed report states that both the Isfahan and Kermanshah
Independent Brigades will shortly be raised to divisions. This may be correct,
as Isfahan is the headquarters of the 10th Recruiting District and is the only
recruiting district in which a complete division does not exist. An unusual
number of new barracks are under construction in both these towns.
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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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- 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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