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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [169r] (337/807)
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).
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 4064/216/34]
June 5, 1939.
Section 1.
Copy No.
Mr. Seymour to Viscount Halifax.—(Received June 5.)
(No. 188.)
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. 10 for the period ending the 20th
May, 1939, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, May 27, 1939.
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Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 10 for the Period ending May 20, 1939.
1. The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah returned to Tehran on the 16th May after
his third tour this year in the Mazanderan Province. The Shah thoroughly
inspected progress made on all public works, factories and his own private estates.
2. The Crown Prince and Princess and the Imperial Family.
After bidding farewell to Her Royal Highness Queen Nazli. the young
Egyptian princesses and the Egyptian delegation in Tehran on the 6th May, their
Imperial Highnesses again returned to Mazanderan and Gilan to continue their
holiday. All the principal towns were visited. At Bandar Pahlavi their
Imperial Highnesses embarked on the Royal yacht Shahsawar and cruised along
the Caspian shore to the port of Nau Shahr (degree sheet No. 8 P, square C 2).
where they disembarked and joined His Imperial Majesty the Shah. Meanwhile,
the Queen and the Iranian princesses, forming a third and independent Royal
party, were also touring in Gilan.
Their Imperial Highnesses continued their tour into Mazanderan Province,
visiting Amul, Shahi, Sari, Behshahr, &c., returning to the capital via Firuzkuh
road on the 16th May. A special visit was made to the hotel at Ab Ali (degree
sheet No. 9 M, square D 1), which is noted for its mineral water springs. It is
understood that this locality is to be developed.
3. The Majlis.
The Minister of the Interior, Mr. Ali Ashgar Hikmat (Military Attache’s
Personalities, No. Ill; Foreign Office Personalities, No. 99), has introduced
a Bill into the Majlis amending and detailing the procedure to be adopted
in the case of a new census. One of the articles lays down that on census day all
persons will be compelled to remain in their houses for twenty-four hours.
4. The Trans-Iranian Railway.
(i) Lot No. 1 of the Qum-Yezd branch line of the Trans-Iranian Railway has
now been completed except for the bridge over the Qum Rud at Qum. The laying
of the rails has already begun.
(ii) Tenders have recently been invited for a further six locomotives.
(iii) Nineteen foreign engineers, the majority of Swiss nationality, have
recently been engaged by the Iranian Government for railway construction work.
No Germans have been engaged.
(iv) The bi-weekly passenger services on the northern and southern section
of the Trans-Iranian Railway are entirely insufficient for the volume of traffic.
The number of passenger trains is to be increased.
[630 e—1]
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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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