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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [145r] (289/807)
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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Messrs. Telefunken are to install medium and long-wave 100-watt trans
mitters complete with antennae power supply, receivers and amplifiers at the
following places in Iran :—
Ahwaz.
Kerman.
Gurgan (Asterahad).
Isfahan.
Sanandaj (Senneh).
Rezaieh.
The work will be completed by February 1940. The total value of contract is
407,000 reichsmarks.
Messrs. Telefunken have already begun the construction of a medium-wave
broadcasting transmitter at Bisim. This was ordered in January 1938 and will
be completed by September of this year.
7. Wireless Telegraphy and Telephones.
Powerful short-wave telegraph and telephone equipment is being erected at
Bisim. It is expected that this will be handed over after tests early in 1940 by
Messrs. Telefunken.
8. Wireless News.
The police have recently forbidden proprietors of hotels, restaurants and
cafes in Tehran and the provinces to permit the broadcast news of foreign
countries to be heard on their premises.
9. Internal Propaganda.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 1 (current), paragraph 6. Since the
passing of the law providing for the establishment of an office for the enlighten
ment of public opinion, a series of articles have appeared in the press emphasising
the importance of the above measure. Various official meetings have been held
and further sub-committees appointed. The professors of the Tehran University
have also been detailed to give lectures on subjects in connexion with this
propaganda. This law is clearly inspired by the German model, but it is doubtful
whether it will have any real effect. The Iranian public as it is have no
opportunity of expressing their feelings on matters of national concern.
10. German Interests.
His Excellency Dr. Hans Smend,the German Minister, has returned to Tehran
after a prolonged leave in Germany.
11. Polish Interests.
His Excellency M. Jan Karszo-Siedlewsky has been appointed Minister for
Poland in Iran. He is also accredited to Iraq and Afghanistan.
12. French Interests.
(i) In spite of the fact that diplomatic relations between France and Iran
are still broken off, the new French military attache, Chef de Bataillon Alessandri,
arrived in Tehran on the 1st February. Whilst en route he received orders to halt
at Bucharest pending further instructions. After ten days’ delay he was instructed
by the French Ministry of War to continue his journey to Tehran. He was
surprised to find that his predecessor, Commandant Leleu, had been recalled to
France.
(ii) M. Mathis, chief representative of Messrs. Schneiders, has been
imprisoned. The late French military attache before his departure handed over
to M. Mathis a quantity of wines, which the latter removed openly to his
residence. Shortly afterwards he was arrested by the police and the liquor seized.
M. Mathis maintains he was only keeping the wines for the new French military
attache to whom they were to be handed over, and produced documentary evidence
to this effect from Commandant Leleu. During a police search of M. Mathis’
residence firearms were found for which no permits had been granted or sought.
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Kermanshah.
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Tabriz.
Shiraz.
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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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