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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [189r] (377/807)
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 GOY11RN
EASTERN (Persia).
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October 17. 1^9 ✓-
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 1.
[E 6972/216/34] Copy No. j 15
Si?‘ H. Seymour to Viscount Halifax.—{Received October 17.)
(No. 321. 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. 19 for the period ending the
23rd September, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, October 3, 1939.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the Period ending September 23, 1939.
1. The Shah.
SINCE his return to the Imperial Palace in Tehran on the 10th September,
His Imperial Majesty the Shah has had several important public engagements.
On the 12th September (the anniversary of the Prophet) the Shah held his
usual levee and took the opportunity to harangue the various delegations on their
duties to preserve the neutrality and well-being of Iran during the war.
On various dates, accompanied by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince,
His Imperial Majesty formally opened the Tehran grain silos, the Tehran glass
works and the Trans-Iranian Railway Hospital.
From the 16th to the 19th September His Imperial Majesty, again
accompanied by the Crown Prince, attended the annual manoeuvres of the
1st and 2nd Divisions at Kerej.
Before returning to the capital, the Shah inspected the Hessarak
Laboratories and the agricultural experimental farms.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) His Excellency Mohammed Ismail Mera’at, Acting Minister of Educa
tion, has been confirmed as Minister.
(ii) His Excellency Dr. Sadjadi, Acting Minister of Communications, has
been confirmed as Minister.
(iii) M. Mohammed Ali Muqaddam (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. 181; Foreign Office Personalities, No. 127) has been appointed head of the
Protocol Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
(iv) His Excellency Ali Asghar Hikmat (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. Ill; Foreign Office Personalities, No. 99), Minister of the Interior, left by
air on the 5th September for Beirut, where he is to undergo a serious operation.
3. British Interests.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 18 (current), paragraph 2.
Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Underwood, military attache, returned to Tehran on
the 15th September, 1939, having been detained in quarantine at Zahidan for
the full period of five days.
(ii)
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Sahib Sahib Singh, a prominent Sikh merchant of Tehran, has
given a donation of 80,000 rials (£1,000) for the prosecution of the war. His
gift has been gratefully acknowledged.
(iii) A Royal Air Force machine flying in formation to Karachi from
Sharjah made a forced landing in Iranian territory at Gulag, 65 miles west of
Chahbar. It appears that the aircraft had actually arrived at Karachi at an
altitude of 10,000 feet, but lost its direction owing to heavy clouds. In spite of
their rights as a neutral, the Imperial Iranian Government have not interned the
crew, but gave instructions for them to leave Iran. The four members of the
crew were taken off bv the B.I.S.N. Company’s steamer Barpeta for Muscat.
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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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