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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [252r] (503/807)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC JVfciUESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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R. Bullard to Viscount Halifax.—(Received October 3.)
(No. 188. Secret.)
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HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’Sf^//fcf
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Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 17 for the period ending the
24th August, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran. August 24, 1940.
(Secret.) Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 17 for the Period ending August 24. 1940.
1 . The Shah and the Imperial Family.
His Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Imperial Family continue in
residence in the summer palaces at Saadabad.
The Shah has been seen on several occasions in the city, accompanied by
his usual guard of three police officer motor cyclists.
It is said that one of the Deputies (Syed Yakub) who waited on His Imperial
Majesty the Shah at the Saadabad Palace on the 5th August (vide Intelligence
Summary No. 16, current, paragraph 1 ) remarked to the Shah during an informal
conversation after the ceremony that the industrial progress of Iran was being
held up as no machinery was being delivered from Europe, and that His Imperial
Majesty replied that it was all the fault of the British; Hitler, although he had
been victorious, had generously offered to make peace, but the British Government,
such was their greed and avidity, had rejected this peace and would go on
fighting.
On the 23rd August His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince attended the
finals of the All-Iran Open Swimming Sports at the Manzarieh Swimming Pool.
2 . Iranian Officials.
It is stated that Sarhang (Colonel) Salar, now director of the powder
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Parchin, will be appointed to the Berne Purchasing Committee.
3. Iranian Army.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 15 (current), paragraph 3 (v). This
report is incorrect.
(ii) Collective training preparatory to manoeuvres is being carried out by
the Tehran garrison from their summer training camps.
On the 12th August His Imperial Majesty the Shah himself watched several
units on field training. It is said that the Shah was accompanied by the German
Military Attache, but confirmation of this is still awaited.
(iii) A certain number (said to be about 100) of the elderly and senior officers
are to be transferred to pension.
(iv) On the 5th August the British manager of the Imperial Bank at Meshed
saw near Shahrud proceeding along the Meshed road the following column of
artillery :—
3 batteries 75-mm. mountain.
3 guns 105-mm. short.
4 anti-aircraft guns.
27 lorries of ammunition.
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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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