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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [254r] (507/807)
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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Octoter 11,
Copy No. 94
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(No. 195. Secret.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty s >yi>
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 18, for the period ending the
7th September, 1940, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, September 7, 1940.
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Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 18, for the Period ending September 7, 1940.
( 1 ) The Shah and the Imperial Family.
H.I.M. the Shah and the Imperial Family continue in residence in the
summer palaces at Saadabad.
On the 1st September (the anniversary of the prophet) the Shah, attended
by H.I.H. the Crown Prince, held his usual levee at the Gulistan Palace.
(2) Iranian Army.
(i) On the 21st August the Tehran garrison returned to barracks from the
respective training camps preparatory to proceeding on manoeuvres. Reports
state that the troops were not properly fed during this year’s training camps.
(ii) On the 26th, 27th and 28th August the major portion of the Tehran
garrison proceeded by route march to the manoeuvre concentration area near
Qazvin, 90 miles from Tehran. All marching is being carried out at night.
The Turkish Military Attache (Captain Osman Canberk) has received an
invitation to attend the manoeuvres on a date to be specified later and at twenty-
four hours’ notice. As usual, the remainder of foreign military attaches have
been completely ignored. Manoeuvres are to be carried out in the area between
Qazvin and Hamadan, near Jafarabad (M.S. 9.B.I.) and are to last for about a
fortnight. Aircraft are to be based on both these towns respectively. It is stated
that the main object of the manoeuvres this year is to test out the system of
supply in the field.
(iii) A further number of senior officers of the rank of Sarhang (colonel)
have been transferred to pension on the recommendation of the special commission
(vide Intelligence Summary No. 17, current, paragraph 3 (vi)).
(iv) Reserve class 1285 (1907), having completed one month’s refresher
training, has been discharged (Intelligence Summary No. 15, paragraph 3 (iii)).
(3) Iranian Air Force.
The majority of the Audax and Tiger Moth machines based on Mehrabad
Flying School are now over six years old and are becoming unserviceable and
dangerous for further use.
[12—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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