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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [227v] (454/807)
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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will do much to improve the efficiency ol the hospitals and inciease iiench
influence. The Iranian press of the 20th March stated that Government civil
hospitals were to be handed over by the Department of Public Health to the
Ministry of Education.
Polish
(i) His Excellency M. Jan Karszo-Siedlewski, the Polish Minister returned
to Tehran from India via Bombay and Khorramshahr on the 14th March,
(ii) Difficulty was experienced in obtaining an official invitation tor tne
Polish representative to the banquet held in the Gulistan Palace on the bhah s
birthday (15th March). It appears that the Turkish Ambassador who is good
natured and easy going, was persuaded to deliver a message to the 1 olish Oharge
d’Affaires that to invite a Polish representative would be most embarrassing tor
the Iranian Government. As a result the Irench, British, Belgian, Iraqi,
Egyptian and American representatives declared their intention of declining to
attend the banquet should a Polish representative not be present. The Turkish
Ambassador, too, changed his views and acted energetically as a go between.
This united front shook the Iranian Government to such an extent that
orders were issued to cancel the dinner. Before, however, written notices to this
effect could be sent out it was decided to hold the dinner and to invite Polish
representatives. .
Had the Turkish Ambassador acted with energy and common sense in the
first place by reminding the Iranian Government of their obligations under inter
national law, and also that Iran was a member of the Council of the League of
Nations such a situation ought never to have arisen.
(ii) M. Leon Malinowski, a Polish engineer in the employ of the Afghan
Government at Herat, is now visiting I ehran.
(iii) M. Swiatkowski, a Polish reserve engineer officer formerly in the employ
of the Afghan Government, recently passed through Tehran to join the Polish
brigade now being formed in Syria.
10. Egyptian Interests.
(i) It is stated in Egyptian circles that his Excellency M. Yussuf Zulficar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Egyptian Ambassador, is expected to return shortly to his post.
(ii) There are rumours that their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince
and Princess Fowzieh will proceed on a visit to Egypt this summer.
11. Italian Interests.
(i) The Italian Minister, Signor Petrucci, accompanied by his daughter and
Mme. Mola, English wife of the Italian Naval and Air Attache, visited Isfahan,
Shiraz and Bushire during the period under review. At Shiraz they encountered
the German Military Attache’s party, and hurriedly declined an invitation to stay
at His Majesty’s Consulate. It has been noticed for some time past that the
Italians are particularly careful to be pro-Axis.
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 5 (current), paragraph 9. The first
Italian broadcast in Persian is stated by the Italian Naval and Air Attache not
to have been successful as the Persian spoken by the announcer was that spoken
in India and Afghanistan. An urgent telegram has been despatched to Rome
in this connexion.
12. German Interests.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 5 (current), paragraph 8 (vi).
While in Shiraz Major von Geldern Crespandorff and Dr. Alhardt, first secretary,
endeavoured to obtain the release of Herr Robert Renner, who has been in strict
confinement since November last. In this, however, they were unsuccessful as the
police had removed Herr Renner in custody to Tehran.
(ii) The German Military Attache left Tehran on the 22nd March, 1940, for
a tour of the Caspian provinces as well as Azerbaijan.
(iii) During the Imperial Birthday and New Year celebrations the German
Legation was flood-lit.
(iv) There are very strong rumours that the German Minister, in a recent
audience with His Imperial Majesty the Shah, offered to guarantee Iran’s
immunity from attack by Russia, and asked that in return the Shah should show
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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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