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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [236r] (471/807)
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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With the Compliments
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June 6 , 1940.
Section 1.
2 5 1940
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(No. 141. Secret.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s u-Vl 4 )^
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit ,
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 10 for the period ending the Tfji
18th May, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
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Tehran, May 21. 1940.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 10 for the Period ending May 18, 1940.
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1. The Shah and the Imperial Family.
ON the afternoon of the 14th May, His Imperial Majesty the Shah, attended
by their Imperial Highnesses the Princes Shahpur Pahlavi, returned to the
capital from a prolonged tour in Mazanderan and Gilan.
The Imperial tour followed much the same itinerary as on previous occasions.
The first place visited was Gurgan, where the new hotel and boys’ school (Lycee
“ Iranshahr ”) were inspected. On the orders of their father the three princes
visited each class in turn, and later reported to the Shah what they had observed.
From Gurgan the Imperial party proceeded to Behshahr where the local hospital
and cotton-printing
factory
An East India Company trading post.
were inspected. The towns of Sari and Shahi were
next. At the latter place His Imperial Majesty and the princes saw the sack
making
factory
An East India Company trading post.
and spinning and weaving
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, where the Shah made special
enquiries as to the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
workers’ welfare organisations.
At Babul the Imperial party were joined by their Imperial Highnesses the
Crown Prince and Princess, who remained there for two days before returning
to Tehran by rail. A day’s excursion was made to Amul. where the Shah inspected
work on the new route Amul-Lar-Tehran.
En route to the palace at No Shahr the Shah inspected the Grand Hotel at
Babulsar from top to bottom. At No Shahr the newly completed harbour was
carefully inspected as was also the silk
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
Shahsavar, Ramsar (Gilan Province), Rudsar, Lahijan (tea-growing centre),
Resht, and Bandar Pahlavi were the next towns to be visited.
The return journey from Bandar Pahlavi was made via Resht and the
Chalus road.
This is the first occasion on which the Shah has taken three of his younger
sons with him on an official tour. They were Shahpur Ali Reza Pahlavi (aged fs),
Shahpur Ghulam Reza Pahlavi (aged 17) and Shahpur Abdul Reza Pahlavi
(aged 16).
2. Iranian Officials.
M. Ghulam Reza Nurzad (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 204; Foreign
Office Personalities, No. 148) has been appointed director of the Third Political
Section at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
[6—30]
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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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