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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [172v] (344/807)
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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of the Interior, M. AH Asghar Hikmat, stated that it was intended to take a
general census of the population at a date still to be fixed. A trial census is to be
held in Kashan and district this month before any final decision is made.
Increased efforts are to be made to settle the nomad tribes on the land.
great deal has been done in this connexion, but the task has not yet been completed.
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6. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 10 (current), paragraph 7 Lord
Cadman, accompanied by several experts, has arrived in Tehran from London and
is engaged in negotiations with the Imperial Iranian Government. It is under-
stood that Lord Cadman has been granted two audiences by His Imperial Majesty
the Shah. The greatest secrecy is, however, being maintained.
7. The Iranian A ir Force.
(i) Mr. Jones, a director of Messrs. Hawkers, paid his long-awaited \isit to
Tehran from the 26th to 31st May. The results are reported as highly satis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. The Doshantappeh aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is to be enlarged under the
supervision of Messrs. Hawkers. A number of Hurricane fighteis and
“ Hampden ” or “Blenheim” bombers are to be purchased. His Imperial
Majesty the Shah is reported to have said that he was very satisfied with the
British aircraft which had been supplied to the Iranian air force, and that he
would buy no other. . . .
(ii) Two “ Link ” blind-flying training apparatus have been ordered tor use
at the Mehrabad flying school.
8. Broadcasting.
Articles continue to appear in the press on the value of public broadcasts and
quotes the U.S.S.R. as an example. It is stated that the Iranian Government are
making enquiries about suitable battery receiving sets with loud speakers for use
in villages throughout Iran.
9. The Iranian Army.
Second-year conscripts of units of the Tehran garrison are now carrying out
small arms training (field firing) from camps in the foothills of the Elburz Range
north of Tehran.
10. Communications — Trans-Iranian Railway (Qum - Kashan - Anarek - \ ezd
Branch).
Lot No. 3, in the vicinity of Anarek, is nearing completion. The station at
Kashan has been completed.' It is situated 2 kilom. east of the town. A railway
hospital is also being constructed in the vicinity.
11. The Press.
(i) The Iranian official press have been roused to fury over the report of a
speech delivered to a gathering of doctors in London by Dr. Miss Henriques, a
Church Missionary Society doctor from Yezd now on furlough. The speech was
reported by the London Mercury and Courier, and duly forwarded by a press-
cutting
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. It is considered most improbable that Dr. Henriques will be
allowed to return to Iran on the expiration of her furlough.
(ii) The Egyptian press are also taken to task for publishing articles
criticising Iran" and the Iranians. These criticisms appeared shortly after the
return to Egypt of Her Royal Highness Queen Nazli and the official delegation to
the wedding celebrations.
The Iranian press state that they are greatly surprised and anxious, but must
await the arrival of the offending articles before returning to the attack.
An unconfirmed report states that the Shah, enraged by these articles, has
dismissed all Egyptian servants from the palace.
H. J. UNDERWOOD, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military A ttache.
Tehran, June 3, 1939.
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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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