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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [224r] (447/807)
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 0
ITANUlC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
[4-31]
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
2143
1940, I
March 29, 1940.
Section 1.
[E 1408/124/34] Copy No. 11 6
Sir R. Bullard to Viscount Halifax.—(Received March 29.)
(No. 75.)
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. 5 for the period ending the
9th March, compiled by the military attache to the legation.
Tehran, March 12, 1940.
(Secret.)
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 5 for the Period ending March 9. 1940.
1. The Shah.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Imperial family remained in
residence at the Imperial Palace in Tehran.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) M. Ali Zahir (Zahir Humayun), formerly Inspector of Tribal Settlement
in Fars, has been appointed Acting Governor-General (Ustandar) of Fars
(7th Ustan).
(ii) M. Said Samiyi has been appointed Director-General of the Ministry
of the Interior.
(iii) M. Nasrollah Intezam has been appointed Grand Master of Ceremonies
at the Court. He was formerly employed in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
3. The Iranian Army.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summaries Nos. 3 and 4 (current), para
graphs 3 (ii) and 2 (ii) respectively. The establishment of the new divisions is to
be as follows :—
Regiments of infantry
Brigades of artillery
Regiments of cavalry
Battalions of engineers
3
1
1
1
Each regiment will have pack transport as well as one platoon of horse-drawn
vehicles. Each division will have one platoon of mechanical transport.
The above is considered impossible to carry out. So far most of the new
divisions are on paper only.
(ii) Large numbers of road guard personnel (Amnieh) have been absorbed
in the new divisions.
(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 3 (current), paragraph 3 (ii). The
Ardebil and Khurramabad-Burujird Area Divisions are numbered 16 and 17
respectively.
(iv) All regiments of the 1 st and 2nd Divisions of the Central Garrison
have been issued with increased machine guns and light automatics. Each
infantry regiment is now in possession of twenty-seven heavy machine guns and
eighty-one light automatics. Each cavalry regiment now has twenty-seven heavy
machine guns.
(v) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 3 (current), paragraph 3 (vii). The
Turkish military attach^ reports that over 3,000 troops from Rezaieh and Tabriz
have been moved up to Khoi and Soviet frontier posts. It is thought that this
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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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