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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [241r] (481/807)
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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Appendix A to Enclosure.
The Nazi Organisation in Iran.
THE aims of the Nazi organisation in Iran are (1) the unification of the
Germans; (2) their organisation into groups called “ Blocks ; ( 3 ) their military
training camouflaged as sports of various kinds; (4) their supervision to see that
all remain good members of the party.
I.— The “ Block ” Organisation.
The head of this organisation in Iran is Herr Eixler of the German Legation.
1 . In Tehran—-
Block A comprises all houses lying east of Avenue Ferdosi.
Administrator : Dr. Eisfeld, A.E.G.
Block B comprises all houses lying west of Avenue Ferdosi.
Administrator : Geyer, head of School of Trades of Iranian Govern
ment.
Telephone Block comprises all Germans having telephones, although they
mav belong to other blocks. This block transmits orders to the heads
and members of the organisation. Administrator : Muller, of the
German Construction Company Hochtiefi.
Block Hochtieff (Construction Company). Blockwart: Krumpeter.
Arsenal Block (Iranian military arsenal at Saltanatabad). Blockwart:
Bethge, fitter at the arsenal.
Siemens Block. Blockwart : Fiihrer.
A.E.G. Block. (?).
Julius Berger Block (Public Works). Meyer (?).
Ferrostaal Block. Koester.
Holzman Block. Gabon.
Schnell Block. (In process of being changed.)
Undeutsch Block. Oberath, and employee of German chemical
factory
An East India Company trading post.
,
Merzk.
Schliiter Block. Spiegel.
Krupp Block. Volbrecht, accountant, or Dr. Sturzenacher (?).
2. In the provinces—
Isfahan. Blockwart Schiineman.
Tabriz. Blockwart Stolden.
Pahlavi. Blockwart de Haas.
Meshed. Blockwart Henel.
3. At Tehran the following concerns have no Blockwart, but belong to the
following blocks :—
Block A (east). Magazin Hollandais, P. von Kurtz, Ave. Lalezar;
Captain Gerard Meinholz, Kucheh between Ferdosi and Lalezar;
Bedarf Industry, Avenue Shah Reza.
Block B (west). Ehlers (Austrian) and Co., Ave. Naim; Engineer
Sep Grubber (Austrian), 6 , Kucheh Meykadeh; Bruno Kehrer (South
Russian), mathematical instruments; Engineer Konstantin Leschan
(Austrian), Avenue Ferdosi; Karl Hoffmann, nameless Kucheh on
Shah Reza.
Notes.
1 . Blockwarts supervise all party members in their blocks. They must know
their contacts, their resources, &c.
2. On the 16th May a practice assembly took place m Tehran. No previous
warning had been given. 600 Germans assembled at various points within
three hours. This apparently was considered inefficient, and further practices
are to take place.
[7—53] B 2
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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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