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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [207r] (413/807)
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
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 124/124/34]
January 10. 1040.
Section 1.
Copy No.
Mr. Roberts to Viscount Halifa,x.—(Received January 10, 1940.)
(No. 402. 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. 25 for the period ending the
16th December, 1939, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, December 27. 1939.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 25 for the Period ending December 16, 1939.
1. The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah has remained in residence at the Imperial
Palace in Tehran during the period under review.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) On the 5th December Aghai Abul Hassan Pirnia (Muazid-us-Saltaneh)
(Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 211—Foreign Office Personalities,
No. 155) died. He had been suffering from heart attacks for some months
and on the night of the 4th-5th December, when returning on foot across the
river from the town to his house, appears to have had a fatal attack. A curious
circumstance is that the servant who was accompanying him had a similar attack
at the same time. It was not until the next morning that the two corpses were
discovered in the river bed.
Sartip (Brigadier) Amidi, General Officer Commanding 7th (Ears) Division,
refused to invite His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz to attend the official
funeral of the late Governor on the grounds that C£ he could have nothing to do
with consuls.” This is further example of the lengths to which the boycott of
foreigners is carried out in the provinces.
(ii) M. Mohsin Medhat has been appointed Iranian Consul at Trieste. This
is a new post.
(iii) M. Ahmed Ram, former director of the Tobacco Monopoly, has been
appointed Director-General of the Department of Agriculture vice Sarlashgar
(Major-General) Tajbakhsh, dismissed.
3. The Iranian A rmy.
(i) Reports have been received that the Service de 1’Intendance (Supply
Department) have recently been largely increasing the reserves of grain, fodder
and food-stuffs.
(ii) A further order for 2,000 motor-cycle combinations without machine
guns or mountings has been placed with the Eabrique nationale beige. These
are to be delivered early next year.
(iii) An order for 100,000 rifles (F.N.) with 12 million cartridges
originally ordered for the Spanish Republican army (Reds) and which had not
been delivered will be taken over by the Iranian military authorities.
(iv) 2,135 tons of military stores and ammunition have recently been
delivered in Tehran. This figure includes the tonnage mentioned in
Intelligence Summary No. 24 (current), paragraph 4 (iv).
(v) An Iranian Army Order issued on the 7th December states that all
military officers in possession of private firearms must declare them immediately
to the Ministry of War.
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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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