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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [204r] (407/807)
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 MAJEST
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Mr. Roberts to Viscount Halifax—(Received February 1. 1940.)
(No. 389. Secret.) . tt- ™ • * >
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. 24 for the period ending the
2nd December, 1939, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, December 13, 1939.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary A'o. 24 for the Period ending December 2, 1939.
(Secret.)
1. The Shah.
CONTINUING his tour of the Caspian seaboard, His Imperial Majesty,
accompanied by His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince and 1 rincess,
entered the Province of Gilan on the 19th November, visiting Resht and Bandar
Pahlavi.
On the 20th November the Shah inspected progress on municipal improve
ments and the harbour works.
On the 22nd November the Imperial party returned to Tehran via the
Chcilus i*o£tci
On the 24th November the Shah received His Majesty’s Minister in a
farewell audience at the Imperial Palace. Full report of this has been rendered
separately.
2. British Interests.
I ft, (i) His Excellency Sir Horace Seymour, K.C.M.G., M.V.O., accompanied by
. jv .. Lady Seymour, Miss Seymour and Master Seymour, left Tehran for London via
Bagdad on the 26th November. ....
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 19 (current), paragraph 3 (in).
The Iranian Government have recovered the personal kit and equipment belonging
to the crew of the Royal Air Force “ Blenheim ” bomber which crashed at Gulag.
This has now been despatched by steamer to Karachi. The Government of India
have expressed their gratitude to the Imperial Iranian Government for their
action in repatriating the crew and salving their kit.
(iii) A British subject, Mr. Adam Curie, aged 23, who has been sent by the
Imperial Policy Group composed of certain members of Parliament to study the
the Middle East situation from the political point of view, arrived in Tehran
on the 24th November. Mr. Curie stated he had visited the War Office, who had
given him points for which to look out. On first arrival in Tehran he proposed,
in spite of obvious difficulties, to explore the Soviet-Khorassan frontier and,
later, North-Western Afghanistan. Mr. Curie has now altered his itinerary and
proposes visiting Azerbaijan, thereafter entering Turkey. He plans to travel
to Erzerum and thence by train to Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Egypt.
It is somewhat unfortunate that Mr. Curie should have arrived at this time
in view of the proposed placing of a preventive intelligence representative.
Mr. Curie’s movements are being closely watched by the secret police.
[2—35]
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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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- 1 file (401 folios)
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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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