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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [232r] (463/807)
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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(No. 124.)
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Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit 'l'* jkAj*.
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 8 for the period ending the
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Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 8 for the Period ending Ayril 20, 1940.
(Secret.)
1 . The Shah and the Imperial Family.
HIS Imperial Majesty and the Imperial family remained in residence at
the Imperial Palace in Tehran during the period under review. The Shah on
two occasions personally inspected on foot the progress of building and other
city improvements in the neighbourhood of the palaces.
On the 18th April a son was born to Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, wife of Ali
Muhammad Qawam. Their marriage took place in March 1937. This is the
Shah’s first Imperial grandchild.
2. Iranian Officials.
(i) His Excellency M. Hamid Sayyah (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. 259; Foreign Office Personalities, No. 183) has been appointed Director-
General at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 6 (current), paragraph 2 (ii). An
unconfirmed report states that his Excellency Ali Asghar Hikmat, late Minister
of the Interior, may be appointed Minister at Berlin. It is now said that the
real reason for Hikmat’s recent resignation was a difference of opinion about the
handing over of hospitals from the Ministry of the Interior (Department of Public
Health) to the Ministry of Education (Intelligence Summary No. 6 (current),
paragraph 8 , refers).
3. Iranian Army.
(i) Reports from Khuzistan state that His Imperial Majesty the Shah spent
a considerable time with the military authorities. He was not apparently satisfied
with the work of the General Officer Commanding, 6 th (Khuzistan) Division,
Sarlashgar (Major-General) Shahbakhti, finding fault in particular with {a) the
quality of the rations issued to the troops; ( 6 ) the dirty and ragged turn-out of
the air force personnel; (c) and the fact that no attempts had been made to
construct protective bunds at the Ahwaz military aerodrome, with the result
that the aerodrome was flooded and the available area reduced to a strip 400 yards
long by 100 yards broad. The Air Officer Commanding, No. 4 Regiment,
Sarhang-i-ekum (Lieutenant-Colonel) Zanyaneh was degraded on the spot and
sent to Tehran. Sargord (Major) Gilanshahi is now officiating air officer
commanding.
(ii) A consular report from Tabriz states that a division is being formed
at Khoi, but all available reports refute the suggestion that this division will
consist only of cavalry. The Maku garrison will form part of this division. On
the other hand, a well-known cavalry officer, Sarhang (Colonel) Mekelzade, and
several other cavalry officers were sent to Khoi over six weeks ago to organise
this division.
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INDIA OFFICE
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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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