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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [224v] (448/807)
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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( 1 ) Not printed.
measure has been taken to make room for the reservists recently recalled to the
colours, new conscripts and the formation of new units of the Khoi Cavalry
Division.
(vi) Earthworks (strong points, sangars, &c.) are being constructed north of
Ardebil and near Julia.
(vii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 1 (current), paragraph 3 (ii).
Colonel (Sarhang) Saifullan Shehab has not been re-employed owing to, it is
rumoured, the jealousy and opposition of certain general officers at the Ministry
of War. Colonel Saifullah Shehab was educated at St. Cyr (1912-14) Ecole de
Guerre, forty-eighth promotion class (1926-28) and has the reputation of being
a very capable officer.
(viii) The Iranian Ministry of War are anxious to purchase urgently 10.000
complete sets of saddlery from Cawnpore, India.
(ix) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 26 of 1939. paragraph 8 (i).
Conscripts for the year 1299 (1921) have been ordered to report for military
service by the 4th April, 1940. The information contained in Situation Report
No. 6 in this connexion is incorrect.
(x) There are two batteries of 105-mm. guns in the Sari area (million sheet
No. 15, square B 4) and two batteries of 105-mm. guns in the Gurgan-Bandar
Shah area (million sheet No. 15).
(xi) Certain bridges and tunnels on the railway between Bandar Shah and
Sari are reported to have been prepared for demolition in case of extreme
emergency.
(xii) The Iranian State Railways authorities have been ordered to :—
(a) Build up fuel reserves.
(5) Retain in Tehran a reserve of locomotives.
(c) To keep a reserve of 200 wagons in Tehran for troop-carrying
purposes.
4. The Iranian Air Force.
(i) Colonel Shaibani, Iranian Military Attache in London, has aroused the
anxiety of the Shah by reporting that the only reply he can extract from His
Majesty’s Government about the urgent supply of war material for Iran,
especially aircraft, is that everything must depend on circumstances.
(ii) Aircraft from Tehran has recently been despatched to Tabriz to bring
the 2nd Air Regiment (Tabriz) up to war establishment.
(iii) Two parties of Iranian air force personnel, consisting of about sixty
officers and men each, have been sent to Resht and Gurgan respectively to
superintend the lay-out of landing grounds in these two localities. When these
landing grounds have been completed aircraft are to be stationed there.
5. The Iranian State Railways.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 4 (current), paragraph 8 . On the
8 th March the railway line between Tehran and Kazvin was officially declared
open by his Excellency Dr. Matin Daftari, the Prime Minister, at the request of
his Excellency Dr. Sajadi, Minister of Roads and Communications. The total
distance between Tehran and Kazvin is 144 kilom. The journey takes four hours.
The stations en route with kilometrage are as follows :—
Tehran.
Shahabad
Kerej
Gurdan
Ashjard
Ab-i-Ek
Kavendeh
Kazvin
Kilom.
23
40
57
73
91
125
144
The line will not be available for public traffic for some weeks.
6 . Bulk Benzine Storage Tanks (A.I.O.C.).
A list of certain of the main depots for the storage of benzine in bulk, with
their capacity in gallons on several of the main strategic routes in Iran, are given
in Appendix" A to this Intelligence Summary. ( x )
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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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