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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [152v] (304/807)
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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{b) Kazvin-Zinjan-Tabriz.
Million sheet No. 8, square C 4.
Million sheet No. 8, square A 4.
Million sheet No. 1, square C 2.
(c) Qum-Kashan-Yezd.
Million sheet No. 9. square C 2.
Million sheet No. 9, square D 3.
Million sheet No. 17, square C 1.
M. Bader added that the tea, sugar and road taxes would remain in force
until such time as these essential railroads were completed, when they would be
abolished.
The 1318 budget is briefly as under :—
Total expenditure ... 2,613,481,987 rials.
£32,668,524
Total receipts 1.930,096,700 rials.
£24,126,208
Excess of expenditure over receipts 683,385,287 rials.
£8,542,316
It is interesting to note that this is the first occasion that a budget has been
presented with an anticipated deficit. The Finance Minister explained that this
deficit was due to extraordinary expenses in connexion with railway construction
and other large schemes such as the construction of blast furnaces, a spinning mill
in Tehran, a heavy repair workshop and a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
for the manufacture of electric
batteries, &c.
The Finance Minister explained that after adjusting a large part of the
deficit from trade profits, grants from State Reserve Funds and long-time credits,
the actual possible deficit on the 1318 budget would be 383.385,285 rials
(£4,792,316), which would be covered by unforeseen trade profits and/or by loans
to be raised from internal banks.
The Majlis, after a brief discussion on minor points, unanimously passed the
budget. J F
A comparison of items of military expenditure for the year 1317 and 1318
are as follows :—
Minister of War ...
Gendarmerie
Conscription
Forage account
Corn account
Pahlavi dockyard
Year 1317.
323,729.980 rials
£4,046,624
30,678,400 rials
£383.480
1,150,500 rials
£14,381
16.046.944 rials
£200,586
17,246,132 rials
£215,576
3,220.000 rials
£40.250
Year 1318.
363,729,980 rials
£4,546,624
35,678,400 rials
£445,980
500,000 rials
£6,250
16,000.000 rials
£ 200,000
/Tc l o e o= t I :> x ta i. mi ltary ex P endltur e< therefore, amounts to 415,908,380 rials
j wmg an mcrease over last year’s provision of 23,836,424 rials
(£297,955) and representing 15 9 per cent, of the total budgeted expenditure.
the usual extra £2 million has been voted for army requirements from the
btate reserve funds to which all oil royalties pass.
4. The Iranian Air Force.
(i) It is reliably reported that the Iranian air force authorities have ordered
all aircraft m Tehran to be specially overhauled in preparation for the fly past
on the 25th April. .r f ^
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 3 (current), paragraph 15 M. The
second batch of five “ Tiger-Moth ” machines have been delivered. The second
batch of five Audax will be completed within six weeks,
have already passed their tests.
Two of the machines
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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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