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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [141v] (282/807)
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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4. The Iranian Army.
(i) It is reliably reported that certain divisions and independent brigades
of the Iranian army will shortly be grouped into army corps.
(ii) An independent mechanised brigade consisting of three regiments has
been formed in Tehran. Repair workshops have already been constructed and
the necessary machinery (supplied by a German firm) is being installed. -
Brigade headquarters—
General Officer Commanding, Sarhang (Colonel), acting Sartip
(Brigadier) Ahdi.
Chief of the General Staff, Sarhang (Colonel) Ibrahim Arfa.
Attached, one section of motor cyclists.
Troops—
1st Regiment (anti-aircraft) consisting of two battalions.
2nd Regiment (A.F.V.’s) consisting of two battalions of tanks and two
companies of armoured cars.
3rd Regiment (machine-gun unit) consisting of two battalions with
fifty cars each.
(iii) His Imperial Majesty the Shah has ordered the following transfers
of divisional commanders to take place forthwith :—
(a) Sarlashgar (Major-General) Mohammad Mohtashimi, General Officer
Commanding 4th (Eastern Azerbaijan) Division, to be General Officer
Commanding 9th (Khorasan) Division.
{h) Sarlashgar (Major-General) Said Ahmad Muini, General Officer
Commanding 6th (Khuzistan) Division, to be General Officer
Commanding 3rd (Western Azerbaijan) Division.
(<?) Sarlashgar (Major-General) Mohammad Shahbakhti, General Officer
Commanding 3rd (Western Azerbaijan) Division, to be General
Officer Commanding 6th (Khuzistan) Division.
(d) Sarlashgar (Major-General) Iraj Khan Matbui, General Officer
Commanding 9th (Khorasan)' Division, to be General Officer
Commanding 4th (Eastern Azerbaijan) Division.
(iv) It is reported, but as yet unconfirmed, that the Ministry of War have
placed an order for an unknown number of motor cycles and side-cars with a
Government
factory
An East India Company trading post.
in Belgium. It is understood that a machine gun with
ammunition and tripod is carried on the side-car, while the machine gunner rides
behind the driver on a pillon seat.
(v) According to a consular report, three anti-aircraft guns have been issued
to the 7th (Ears) Division as part of their normal equipment.
5. The Iranian A ir Force.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 1 (current), paragraph 5 (iii).
Sarhang (Colonel) Shaibani has been selected to command the new air squadron
to be stationed at Tabriz. An unconfirmed report states that this squadron will
leave for Tabriz on the 22ncl February.
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 1 (current), paragraph 5 (iv). As
a result of Mr. Knight’s explanation of his refusal to renew his contract with
the Iranian air force, active steps are being taken by the Ministry of War to
enquire into the management of the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. This is causing considerable
anxiety among certain high ranking officers of the Iranian air force.
6. The French Military Mission.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 of 1938, paragraph 5. The French
Military Mission have now left Iran. Colonel Henriet and Lieutenant-Colonel
Pechaud Chalret du Rieu, on bidding farewell to the Minister of War, were
both handed the Order of Humayun, 4th Class.
7. French Interests.
On the 13th January Commandant R. Leleu, the French military attache,
received telegraphic instructions from the French War Ministry ordering him
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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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