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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [243v] (486/807)
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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(iii) A report states that four classes of reservists are to be called up
immediately.
(iv) The Tehran garrison are now in summer training camps in the Elburz
foothills north of Tehran.
4. Iranian Air Force.
(i) The three Airspeed Oxford machines have been flown to Doshanteppeh
Aerodrome, Tehran. Mr. B. C. Field, the Airspeed test pilot mechanic, is now
engaged in instructing Iranian air force pilots in their use and maintenance.
(ii) British air mechanics at Doshanteppeh are now subjected to an arms
search before enterng the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. This is because two weeks ago one of their
number jokingly pointed a small unloaded automatic at the assistant stores officer.
(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 8 , current. Hamadan landing-
ground. Remarks add : The hut is connected by telephone to Hamadan.
5. British Interests.
The following communique was issued to the press by the Ministry of
Finance on the 18th June (translation from the Persian text) :—
“ As some time ago it was reported in certain foreign newspapers that
a loan agreement had been concluded between the Imperial Government and
the British Government, the Ministry of Finance thinks it necessary to give
the following explanation :—
“ On the 17th Khurdad, 1319 (the 8 th June, 1939), namely, before the
outbreak of the European war, at the time when the general manager of the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company came to Tehran to inspect the work of the
company, in the course of conversations which he had with the appropriate
authorities, in order to express his good intention, he proposed that, if
the Imperial Government wished to make purchases for their requirements,
the company would be able to place some credits at the Imperial Government’s
disposal, which could be refunded later by degrees out of the Government’s
royalty relating to the oil company. The proposal in question was considered
by the Imperial Government’s officials, and an agreement of views was
reached whereby the purchases and transactions which the Imperial Govern
ment proposed to make in England, to meet a portion of their requirements
(up to a limit of £5 million), should be met from the above-mentioned credits,
and that the amount thereof should be repaid gradually out of the Govern
ment’s royalty from the oil company. Written agreements were then
exchanged in the above sense. As the transactions in question were not
carried out by the other party, and the orders were not fulfilled, but set aside
and held in abeyance for some time, the agreement in question was abolished
and annulled yesterday, Mondav, the 27th Khurdad. 1319 (the 17th June,
1940).”
The above communique refers to a credits agreement which was made earlier
in the year not with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, but with His Majesty’s
Government. Its existence had been kept secret mainly at the instance of the
Iranian Government, and the method of denunciation is a gross breach of good
manners, against which His Majesty’s Government are protesting. While, from
the point of view of the need for conserving our financial resources, His Majesty’s
Government gain by release from the liabilities assumed under the agreement, its
cancellation, coupled with the publication of the fact in the Iranian press, is a
dangerous symptom.
Among the considerations which have prompted cancellation the following
are probably the most important: (a) the Shah’s anger at finding that scarcely
anything he wanted could be purchased under the agreement; (b) annoyance at
the reduction in exports of Iranian oil and a desire to be able to deal with the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company untrammelled by the agreement; (c) resentment at
the refusal of His Majesty’s Government to grant a privileged rate for the
transfer of sterling to the Jlnited States; (d) his belief that the German successes
mean that Great Britain will be useless as a source of supply; and (e) the growth
of pro-German feeling in the Iranian Government as a result of those successes
and of the signs that Russia is becoming nervous about Germany.
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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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