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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [234r] (467/807)
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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S?> Bullard to Viscount Halifax.—(Received May 23.)
(No. 134.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 9 for the period ending the 4th May,
1940, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, May 8 , 1940.
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Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 9 for the Period ending May 4, 1940.
1 . The Shah and, the Imperial Family.
ON the 28th April His Imperial Majesty the Shah, accompanied by His
Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, formally opened the Sixth Annual
Exhibition of National Products. The Shah spent over two hours closely
examining the exhibits.
On the 30th April His Imperial Majesty the Shah, accompanied by their
Imperial Highnesses the Princes Ali Reza. Ghulam Reza and Abdul Reza
Pahlavi, left by train for Mazanderan.
2. Iranian Officials.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 8 (current), paragraph 2 (ii). His
Excellency Ali Asghar Hikmat has been reinstated as Minister of the Interior.
3. Iranian Army.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 3 (current), paragraph 3 (ii).
Reserve Class 1294 (1916) has completed its training and has been discharged.
Reserve Class 1292 (1914) is now undergoing training. The remaining three
classes have been called up successively for one month’s training each.
(ii) It is now reported as extremely doubtful whether the 2nd Cavalry
Division at Kuchan and the 3rd Cavalry Division at Khoi will ever be concen
trated and formed as cavalry divisions.
(iii) New cavalry barracks are being built at Gumbad-i-Kabus (million
sheet 15 D 3). Eventually a cavalry regiment will be stationed there.
4. 7/ ‘anian Air Force.
(i) The service aerodromes at Mehrabad and Qila Murgha (Tehran area) are
both being rapidly extended and improved. Doshanteppeh, the civil airport, is
also being enlarged and is to be equipped with a control tower, waiting rooms and
a restaurant.
(ii) The first of the new hangars at Ahwaz aerodrome is to be completed
within the next month. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company are responsible for the
construction of these hangars.
(iii) The news that after all three (Mk. I) Blenheim bombers are to be
delivered to Iran forthwith, and possibly a further nine after the next two
months, has greatly heartened the Iranian air force authorities, as well as General
Nakhchevan, the Acting Minister of War.
RECik POL, DEPt,
\ ZJUN 940
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.
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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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