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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [210r] (419/807)
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 439/124/34]
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February 1, 1940.
Sect ion
T0TT4
1940 I
Copy No. ] TfJ
Sir R. Bullard to Viscount Halifax.—(Received February 1.)
(No. 10. Seci’et.)
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. 26 for the period ending the
30th December, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran. January 10. 1940.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 26 for the Period ending December 30, 1939.
(Secret.)
1. The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah remained in residence at the Imperial Palace
in Tehran during the period under review.
2. The Crown Prince.
On the 18th December His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince inspected
progress on the machine-gun
factory
An East India Company trading post.
and also visited the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at
Doshantappeh.
3. Iranian Officials.
(i) His Excellency Ali Ashgar Hikmat. Minister of the Interior, has returned
to Tehran from sick leave in Europe.
(ii) His Excellency Mohammed Shayesteh (Foreign Office Personalities,
No. 196), Director-General at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, has been appointed
Iranian Minister at Washington, United States.
4. British Interests.
(i) On the 30th December his Excellency Sir Reader William Bullard.
K.C.M.G., C.I.E., presented his letters of credence to His Imperial Majesty the
Shah at the Gulistan Palace.
His Imperial Majesty looked fit and was in an unusually genial mood. From
his conversation it seemed that the Shah was satisfied that His Majesty's Govern
ment was making efforts to meet his wishes over the question of credits, railway
material and aircraft, &c. The Shah, however, emphasised that he regarded
German goods up to the value of the clearing balance (40 million reichsmarks) in
Iran’s favour as already the property of Iran. He considered that delivery of
these goods will only weaken Germany and, therefore, benefit the Allies as well
as Iran. It would be incomprehensible should these goods be seized by the Allies.
Moreover, further war material was required to increase the ability of Iran to
maintain her neutrality.
(ii) Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Underwood, British Military Attache, toured
in Isfahan and Kashan districts from the 23rd December to the 26th December,
inclusive.
(iii) The secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Iran reports
that 55.672 volumes of the Holy Scriptures were sold in Iran during the year 1939.
This is by far the highest number sold in any one year.
[2—36]
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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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