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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [204v] (408/807)
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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3. Iranian Officials.
On the 22nd November His Excellency Khalil Fahimi (Eahim-ul-Mulk)
(Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 82; Foreign Office Personalities, No. 76),
Iranian Ambassador to Turkey since May 1936, returned to Tehran on relief.
4. The Iranian Army. 4
(i) Two hundred and twenty-five partially trained conscripts from the
Kermanshah garrison have been despatched to the Pushtikuh area in Amnieh
uniform. The reason for this is unknown, except that it might be to combat
smuggling.
Approximately 180 partially trained and unarmed conscripts were sent to
Kermanshah from the Tehran garrison. Another 120 were sent to Shiraz.
(ii) Sartip (Brigadier) Reza Quli Khan Govanlu, head of the Personal
Services Branch at the Ministry of War, has been degraded and dismissed the
service for accepting bribes in connexion with certain junior promotions.
(iii) Sartip (Brigadier) Amini, late General Officer Commanding
8th (Mekran) Division, was dismissed from his appointment by order of the
Shah for forwarding a joint petition from junior officers of the 8th (Mekran)
Division asking for a special hot-weather allowance. Eight junior officers are
now awaiting trial by court-martial at Khwash.
(iv) Two trainloads of 105-mm. shells, amounting to about 126 tons, have
recently arrived in Tehran.
5. The h 'anian Air Force.
Setwan (Lieutenant) Nafez, of the Imperial Iranian air force, is shortly
proceeding to London.
6. Iraqi Interests.
A cavalry brigade of the Iraq army has now been permanently stationed in
the neighbourhood of Khaniqin as follows :—
Two regiments at Qaraghan (million sheet No. 2, square A 3).
One regiment at Table Mountain (million sheet No. 2, square A 4).
No counter-move by the Iranian army has so far taken place.
7. Roumanian Interests.
His Excellency M. J. Conduraky has arrived in Tehran as Minister for
Roumania. M. Michel Blenche, the charge d’affaires, has been recalled to
Bucharest.
8. U.S.S.R. Interests.
(i) Two cavalry brigades are stated to be in the immediate vicinity of Soviet
Julfa on the 24th November.
(ii) Notes from a traveller on the Soviet railways given as Appendix A
to this summary.
9. Communications.
A direct motor road has been completed between Langarud and Chamkhaleh
(million sheet No. 8, square C 3).
10. The Trans-Iranian Railway.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 23 (current), paragraph 13. The Indian
Government have made a token offer of 1,000 tons (enough for 8 miles) of steel
rails, which it appears is all that can be supplied after normal requirements of
the Indian Railways are fulfilled. A total of 100,000 tons of steel rails are
required by Iran.
11. The National Flying Club.
The press continues to publish lists of subscribers to the National Flying
Club. Suitable boy scouts, aged 16 and upwards, are being obliged to
‘ c volunteer ” for the pilots’ course.
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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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