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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [233v] (466/807)
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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10. Italian Interests.
(i) The Italian journalist, David Massimo, has returned to Italy via Ahwaz
and Basra, where he boarded an Ala Littoria aircraft. According to the Italian
Naval and Air Attache, Commander Mola, Massimo was searched by the British
authorities on landing at Haifa, and a letter addressed to Commander Mola’s
father, Admiral (retired) Mola, was seized. .
(ii) Negotiations between the Iranian Government and Ala Littoria Airlines
have ceased. After the signing of the Irano-Soviet Commercial Agreement the
Imperial Government told the Italians they were no longer interested.
11. Dutch Interests.
His Excellency Baron Frangois Van Aerssen Beyeren, the new Dutch
Minister, presented his letters of credence to His Imperial Majesty the Shah at
a special audience granted in the Gulistan Palace on the 9th April.
Baron Beyeren has been Dutch Consul-General at Hamburg for the past
ten years.
12. Soviet Interests.
(i) No Soviet merchandise has been imported from Russia since the signing
of the commercial agreement. This has caused rumours in the bazaars, stating
that the Russians are waiting until the Imperial Government fulfils its secret
obligations before despatching goods to Iran.
(ii) Unconfirmed reports state that the former Russian hospital in Tehran
is to be reopened, as well as hospitals in Isfahan and Tabriz.
(iii) The school for Russian-speaking children in Tehran has been reopened.
13 Aero Club.
(i) Seventeen pupil pilots are being trained to fly at the Meshed aerodrome
by military pilots who are members also of the Aero Club of Iran.
(ii) According to the press a new aerodrome is being prepared by members
of the Aero Club at Sakiz (million sheet 1 , C 4).
14. Changes in Place Names.
A list of place names in Iran whose names have been changed is given as
an Appendix( x ) to this Summary.
15. Foreigners.
The Iranian Foreign Minister, M. Mumtaz (assistant head of the Protocol
Department) and General Mukhtar (chief of police) have all admitted that there
is at police headquarters a list of nearly 15,000 foreigners resident in Iran who
can be ordered to leave the country at a moment’s notice. Recently several
German Jew refugee families have been forced to leave Iran.
16. Broadcasting.
(i) The Soviet Military Attache (Colonel Alexandrov) has confirmed in
writing that there are no Soviet broadcasts in Persian. The Erivan and Baku
stations, however, relay programmes from Moscow in Armenian and Turki
respectively.
(ii) The official opening of the Tehran broadcasting station will take place
on the 24th April. The wave-lengths are: medium 335-2, and short 19-87
or 30-99.
(iii) The German Persian broadcast continues to do harm to the Allies’ cause
as it is without effective opposition.
17. Anglo-lranian Oil Company.
During his visit to the refinery at Abadan His Imperial Majesty the Shah
took the greatest interest in (a) the training, especially manual, given in the
Anglo-lranian Oil Company technical school; (5) the facilities given them for
recreation; {c) the wages paid to apprentices together with deductions for
board. &c.; (d) the number of Iranian nationals employed in responsible positions
in the company. It was apparent that the Shah was pleased with the degree of
Iranisation attained by the company and with the training given.
H. J. UNDERWOOD, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military Attache.
Tehran, Ayril 20, 1940.
(*) Not printed.
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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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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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