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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [216r] (431/807)
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^ GOYEjRNMEjfr
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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
February ’24.
1940
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Section 1.
[E 834/124/34] Copy No. 116
Sir R. Bullard to Viscount Halifax.—(Received February 24.)
(No. 47. 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. 2 for the period ending the
27th January, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, February 8, 1940.
Enclosure.
^Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 2 for the Period ending January 27. 1940.
1. The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Imperial family remain in
residence at the Imperial Palace in Tehran.
2. The Crown Prince.
In accordance with the newly established custom,^his Excellency/the British
Minister was requested by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to call upon His
Imperial Highness the Crown Prince. An audience was therefore arranged at
the Marble Palace for Thursday, the 18th January. The Crown Prince conversed
with His Majesty’s Minister for about an hour on international affairs, in which
he (the Crown Prince) takes a keen interest. His Imperial Highness’s attitude
to the present war was roughly that it was a nuisance and ought not to have been
allowed to happen. Only Danzig stood between the world and peace!
3. Iranian Cabinet and other Officials.
A list of members of the Imperial Iranian Cabinet and other officials is given
as Appendix C£ A ” to this summary.
4. The Iranian Army.
(i) The Ministry of War have moved into a newly built Ministry.
(ii) The Remount Department have failed in their effort to purchase a
further number of Hungarian horses.
(iii) Eight Iranian contractors have been given instructions to purchase
20,000 horses in Iran. It is considered that this will be most difficult to carry out.
(iv) Small convoys of lorries have been observed leaving the capital carrying
military clothing and munitions to Tabriz, Resht and Kermanshah.
(v) Two 105-mm. guns were recently sent by rail from Tehran to Gurgan.
5. Iranian Hydrographic Survey.
The Iranian Government have decided to create a hydrographic service in
the Caspian Sea.
6. Iranian State Railways.
(i) It is stated that the Shah has given orders that the branch line Qum-
Kashan-Anarek-Yezd must be given priority in construction.
(ii) The German firm of Linke Hoffmannwerke, of Breslau, have been
awarded a contract for the supply of sixty passenger coaches (I, II and III
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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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