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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [249r] (497/807)
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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The second mission, also headed by M. Hamid Sayyah, will visit the
All-Soviets Agricultural Exhibition, and is composed of MM. Mohamad Amini,
Director of Cotton Purchasing Concerns, and Mohamad Bayat, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. The Soviet Ambassador gave a tea-party at the embassy
in honour of the members of the two missions on the afternoon of the 23rd July.
9. German Interests.
(i) About the middle of April the German Legation started testing a secret
portable wireless transmitter-receiver. This instrument had been supplied by
Messrs. Lorenz of Germany, and is a portable petrol electric ^ A.C., 110 -yolt
apparatus. The instrument is used in conjunction with a “ Hell transmission.
It was assembled by a Herr Mans, a Telefunken specialist in portable wireless
military equipment, who was sent to Iran in connexion with the erection of
broadcasting apparatus in Tehran supplied by his firm. Herr Maus also built
a number of small portable sets from parts which had been smuggled in with the
big broadcasting equipment and also by means of the German and Italian
diplomatic bags.
The German Legation portable wireless apparatus transmits on several
frequencies—12-18 megacycles—at uncertain times during the day.
(ii) The Tehran Chamber of Commerce have delegated M. Hassan Pirayesh
as their official representative at the Leipzig Autumn Fair which opens at the
end of August.
10. Italian Interests.
(i) Steamship Hilda, of Lloyd-Triestino Line, which took refuge in Bandar
Abbas on the outbreak of war with Italy, carried a large consignment of loaf
sugar and military stores for Iran. Considerable difficulty was experienced in
unloading the heavier military stores, as there are no cranes or other facilities at
Bandar Abbas. Over twenty military lorries, as well as commandeered civilian
transport, were sent to Bandar Abbas to carry these stores to the capital, where
they have since been delivered.
(ii) Several British firms in India and Iran have been approached for
assistance in shipping arms and ammunition from the Italian steamship Arabia,
at present at Assab, to an Iranian port. As these firms have declined to help,
the Iranian Government are now trying to obtain the services of a Japanese
vessel.
11. Egyptian Interests.
During the period under review two articles on the present position of Egypt
were published in the Tehran press which were hostile to Great Britain. In the
first Egypt was described as a country whose interests were not engaged in the
present war, but which had suffered from the present hostilities. It expressed
the hope that the King of Egypt would find some means of putting an end to
this unfortunate state of affairs and of rescuing his country from the disastrous
storm.
In a further article another newspaper stated that, up to the declaration of
war by Italy, Egypt has maintained her neutrality, but that it became more and
more difficult for her on account of the presence of the troops of her ally to
maintain this position, and that she was being consumed in a war from which
she drew no advantage. The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
added that every Iranian regretted that
distance made it impossible for him to soften the trials and sufferings with which
Egypt is afflicted—especially on the part of her ally.
This article, which was probably written under the direction of the Shah,
seems to have taken the Egyptian Ambassador completely by surprise. He has
informed His Majesty’s Minister that in his view the article will greatly
embarrass the King and Government of Egypt, to whom he is reporting the
matter, and that he proposes to speak to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the
subject.
12. Czechoslovak Interests.
The news of the recognition of a Czecho-Slovak Government in London has
caused general satisfaction in Czech circles, who hope that His Majesty’s Govern
ment will permit their consular officers to look after Czech interests in Iran.
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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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