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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [232v] (464/807)
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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Since the signing of the Irano-Soviet Commercial Agreement work on
the expansion of the Iranian army has been very much slowed down, if it is not
altogether stopped.
(iv) It is stated that the German Legation has arranged for the sale ol
200,000 Polish rifles to the Imperial Government. . . , ^ .
(v) The Iranian military authorities have been making enquiries from the
Japanese as to whether guns, small arms and ammunition of all sorts can be
purchased in Japan.
(vi) Sartip (Brigadier) Reza Quli Khan Rukni, General Officer Commanding
Isfahan Division, has been relieved of his command.
4. The Iranian Air Force.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 6 , paragraph 5, (i). The
unconfirmed and doubtful report that the Iranian Government had agreed in
case of war to allow the Soviet air force the use of certain aerodromes in Iran
remains still unconfirmed, although both the Italian Naval Attache and the
French Military Attache are of the opinion that a secret protocol was signed
between Iran and the U.S.S.R. at the time of the signature of the Irano-Soviet
Commercial Agreement containing something to this effect. Three of the aero
dromes mentioned in Intelligence Summary No. 6 , viz., Nos. 2, 4, 5, Khwash,
(Resht) Bandar Pahlavi, and Gurgan, are now undergoing reconstruction. Efforts
are still being continued to discover the facts.
(ii) Two hundred to 250 workmen under the supervision of Iranian air force
personnel are engaged in extending and levelling the Bandar Pahlavi (Kazian)
landing ground.
(iii) The boundaries of the Shiraz aerodrome have recently been marked with
petrol tins placed at 15-yard intervals, and riding or walking across the ground
is no longer permitted.
(iv) The Persepolis emergency landing ground has been ploughed up.
(v) A Tabriz consular report states that landing grounds exist at the
following places, but no details are available : Ardebil, Zinjan, Julfa, Khoi,
Maku, Rezaieh.
(vi) A consular report states that a new landing ground with a large hangar
is to be constructed at Khwash.
(vii) The present state of the Isfahan landing ground is as follows : —
The surface is firm and in good order except for the south-east corner which
has been badly rutted by flood water.
The boundaries are inconspicuously marked by petrol tins placed at irregular-
intervals of 100 yards to 150 yards, except on the east side where the tins have
disappeared. The white circle in the middle of the ground has become discoloured
and the word “ Isfahan ” in Roman letters formed by whitewashed bricks inside
the circle has been erased and replaced by “Isfahan” in Persian characters
scrawled in chalk.
A wind-sleeve flies at the north-west corner of the ground.
5. Iranian Navy.
(i) Sarhang Ghulam AH Bayendor (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 66 ;
Foreign Office Personalities, No. 5) was promoted to Daryadar (rear-admiral) at
the New Year.
(ii) During his recent visit to Khurramshahr His Imperial Majesty the Shah,
while inspecting the naval hospital, dismissed and sent to jail Sargord (Major)
Rokini, the naval doctor, for his lack of interest and ill-treatment of naval
patients.
(iii) The harbour at Nou Shahr (map, degree sheet 8 P, C 2) is ready for
handing over to the Iranian Government.
6 . Iranian State Railways.
(i) The railw'ay college at Tehran now has 64 students, 33 in the technical
branch, 22 in the Stores and Supply Department, and 9 in the Survey Depart
ment. The course at this college normally lasts two years. It is under the direct
supervision of the Ministry of Communications and has several foreign
instructors.
(ii) The railway has been officially opened as far as Takistan (Siahdahan)
35 kilom. west of Qazvin (map, degree sheet 8 H, C 4). This village is surrounded
by rich fertile land and is the property of His Imperial Majesty the Shah.
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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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