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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [256r] (511/807)
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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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. 19 for the period ending the,
21st September, 1940, compiled by the military attache to this legation. ' -7
Tehran, September 21, 1940.
Enclosure.
Intelligence Summary No. 19 for the Period ending September 21, 1940.
(Secret.)
1. 'The Shah and the Imperial Family.
(i) On the 8 th September H.I.M. the Shah, accompanied by H.I.H. the
Crown Prince, left Tehran by the Imperial train for Takestan (Siahdahan) via
Qazvin. On arrival the Imperial party left immediately by motor-car for
Ab-i-Garm Kharagha. H.I.M. the Shah returned to the capital by train on
the 11 th September, when he was met at the station by the Imperial Princes.
Cabinet Ministers and other high officials.
(ii) During the absence of H.I.M. the Shah and H.I.H. the Crown Prince,
their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Princess Fowzieh and Princess Shahdukht
Pahlevi dined incognito at a small foreign restaurant in Tehran. The Crown
Princess announced to the proprietrix her intention of continuing her patronage
and asked that her incognito should always be strictly observed.
2 . Iranian Officials.
M. Ali Asghar Forouzan has been appointed acting Head of the Tehran
Municipality vice M. Ghulam Hussein Ibtehaj (Military Attache’s Personalities.
No. 117), relieved.
3. Iranian Army.
(i) The following troops of the Tehran Central Garrison carried out their
annual manoeuvres from the 8 th September to the 10 th September inclusive in
the vicinity of Jafarabad (Degree Sheet 9.E.A.1). approximately 140 miles by
road from Tehran :—
1st Infantry Division.
Hnd Infantry Division.
1st Cavalry Division.
Mechanised Brigade.
The scheme consisted of an approach march and an attack by (red) one
infantry division and one mechanised brigade from the direction of Qazvin
against (blue) two infantry divisions, one cavalry division, and one motorised
battalion, who were holding two defensive lines as under : first defensive line
astride the main Qazvin-Hamadan road at Sadiqabad (Degree Sheet 9.E.B.1).
second defensive, line astride the road near Hisar. Red captured the first position,
but were later counter-attacked by blue’s superior forces and driven back
towards Nahavand. Blue cavalry, supported by its motorised battalion, carried
out a wide flanking movement around red’s left flank via Yanki Kaleh and
Jehanabad (Degree Sheet 9.E.B.1 and 9.E.C.1).
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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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