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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [164r] (327/807)
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
EASTERN (Persia).
r
P.
May 23, 1939.
CONFIDENTIAL.
3644
Section 1.
[E 3759/216/34]
1939 J
Copy No.
Mr. Seymour to Viscount Halifax.—(Received May 23.)
(No. 165. 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. 9 for the period ending the
6th May, 1939, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, May 11, 1939.
/o x Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 9 for the Period ending May 6, 1939.
1. The Shah.
ON the 27th April His Imperial Majesty the Shah formally opened the Fifth
Annual Exhibition of Iranian trade goods in Tehran. The Shah visited every
stall and asked many questions about the exhibits. He exhorted exhibitors to
still further better their wares with a view to possible exportation.
On the 3rd May the Shah left by Royal train for a tour in Mazanderan
Province.
2. The Crown Prince and Royal Family.
(i) His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince and Her Imperial Highness
the Crown Princess, accompanied by Her Royal Highness Queen Nazli and the
young Egyptian Princesses, left Tehran on the 29th April by car for a holiday
in Mazanderan and Gilan. They returned to Tehran on the 4th May.
(ii) Prince Shahpur Ali Reza Pahlavi met with a serious motor accident in
Tehran on the 5th May.
3. The Marriage Ceremonies.
(i) Her Royal Highness Queen Nazli and the Egyptian Princesses left
Tehran for Bandar Shahpur on the 6th May, where they will embark on the
steamship Mohamed Ali-el-Kehir and return to Egypt by sea.
(ii) All foreign naval and military detachments as well as most of the special
delegations have now left Iran.
(iii) The Earl of Athlone, K.G., and Her Royal Highness Princess Alice
Countess of Athlone, after visiting the Caspian seaboard by motor car, proceeded
to Persepolis by air (Valentia), landing at Isfahan en route. They returned to
Tehran by road and left on the 6th May for Kermanshah, where they will be flown
to Bagdad in Royal Air Force machines.
(iv) Notes on the marriage celebrations are annexed as an appendix to this
intelligence summary.
4. Iranian Officials.
(i) Sarhang (Colonel) Rahsar Sarlari, formerly director of the Secret Police,
has been appointed general manager of the Iranian State Railways.
(ii) Husain Samiyi (Abid-us-Saltanehl (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. 254, Foreign Office Personalities, No. 181), who was appointed Grand Master
of Ceremonies at the Court in 1934, has been dismissed.
(iii) Husein Quli Qaragozlu (Amir Nizam) (Foreign Office Personalities,
No. 147), who was appointed Grand Master of Court Ceremonies (Foreign) in
1938, has been dismissed.
[605 z—1] B
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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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