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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [240r] (479/807)
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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iStV R. Bullard to Viscount Halifax.—(Received July 11 .)
(No. 150. Secret.)
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HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit a ~ ~ /
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 12 for the period ending the v o J.
15th June, 1940, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, June 19, 1940
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Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 12 for the Period ending June 15, 1940.
(Secret.)
1 . The Shah and the Imperial Family.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Imperial Family are now in
residence at the summer palaces at Saadabad. The Shah has recently purchased
large tracts of very fertile land in the Langarud area (Gilan Province), degree
sheet 8 , K.A. 4. B
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince has been spending much of his
time with different units of the Tehran Garrison, and taking part in tactical
exercises without troops.
2. Iranian Officials.
The death of Abbas Quli Gharib (Mutajim-ul-Mamaluk) (Military Attache’s
Personalities, No. 100 , and Foreign Office Personalities, No. 92) took place on the
2nd June.
3. Iranian Air Force.
(i) Several of the British personnel (thirteen), employed under contract at
the Doshantappeh Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, are becoming restless, feeling that they ought
to be working on aircraft production in the Tnited Kingdom, where their
specialised skill would be invaluable at this time.
(ii) An attempt is being made by a German expert, recently introduced into
the Doshantappeh Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, to put in order two discarded and obsolete
Junker machines.
(iii) Three Aii speed Oxford machines, twin-engine advanced training
monoplanes, have arrived from the United Kingdom and are rapidly being
assembled at Ahwaz. One has already been flown to Tehran.
(iv) The Iranian staff at the Doshantappeh Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
are over
200 workers short. Many of the men absent themselves from work, the reason
being that to supplement their miserable pay the workers club together to keep
shops or run small businesses. They then stay away in turn to look after them.
4. Turkish Interests.
i ^ S 1 ! the Staff Captain Kemal Sanjak, Turkish Military Attache
left Tehran for Turkey on relief by Staff Captain Osman Nuri Canberk.
5. Egyptian Interests.
His Excellency Yussef Zulfikar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Egyptian Ambassador, has
returned to Tehran.
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:123v, 125r:139r, 140r:143v, 145r:148v, 150r:197r, 198v:243r, 244r:309v, 311r:348r, 349r:403v, back
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