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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [248r] (495/807)
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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Sir R. Bullard to Viscount Halifccx.—{Received September 4.) ^
(No. 174.)
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. 15 for the period ending the
27th July, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, July 30, 1940.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 15 for the Period ending July '27, 1940.
(Secret.)
1 . The Shah and the Imperial Family.
HIS Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Imperial Family remain in
residence in the summer palaces at Saadabad.
The Shah and His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince continue to visit
army and air force units of the Tehran Garrison.
2. Iranian Officials.
M. Mehdi Farrokh (Mutasim-us-Saltaneh) (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. 85. and Foreign Office Personalities, No. 79) has been appointed Governor-
General of the VHth Department (Fars), with headquarters at Shiraz, to fill an
existing vacancy.
3. Iranian Army.
(i) Consular reports from Meshed state that the garrisons of Kuchan
(million sheet 22 , C 3) and Sarrakhs (million sheet 28, B 4) have been reinforced.
(ii) The Tehran Garrison continues its routine duties. New conscripts are
arriving in batches for their military training, whilst those who have completed
their training are being discharged normally.
(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 9, paragraph 3 (i). Reserve Class
1288 (1910), having completed its one' month’s refresher training, has been
discharged. Reserve Class 1285 (1907) is now undergoing training.
(iv) In Iranian army circles it is rumoured that the British are supplying
rifles and ammunition to the Bakhtiari and Lur tribesmen, as several military
patrols have recently been attacked in these tribal areas.
(v) Colonel Atapur, O.B.E., has been appointed Chief of Staff to the 12th
(Kermanshah) Division. Colonel Atapur is an efficient and capable officer, but
extremely pro-German.
4. Iranian Air Force.
On the 20 th July the first “ Hind ” to be erected at the Shahbaz Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Doshan Tappeh successfully completed its flight test.
5. Landing Grounds.
Arak (Sultanabad) landing ground. Degree sheet No. 9.
Location .—Close to town. Half mile from Anglo-Iranian oil storage tanks
east of town.
Dimensions. —500 by 500 metres.
[9—25]
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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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