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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [258r] (515/807)
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 Halifax.—(Received November 30.)
(No. 210. Secret.)
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. 20 for the period ending the
5th October, 1940, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, October 4, 1940.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 20 for the Period ending October 5, 1940.
(1) The Shah and the Imperial Family.
ON the 20th September H.I.M. the Shah and the Imperial Family returned
to the Imperial Palaces in Tehran from Saadabad.
On the 23rd September H.I.M. the Shah, accompanied by H.I.H. the Crown
Prince, visited the Staff College (Ecole superieure de Guerre). The Imperial
party were received by the Chief of the General Staff, Sarlashgar (Major-General)
Zarghami.
On the 24th September H.I.M. the Shah, accompanied by H.I.H. the Crown
Prince, were present at the Officers' School (Fcole superieure des Officiers) for
the annual <£ passing-out ” ceremony and prize-giving.
It is rumoured that during the night of the 25th-26th September three armed
men were discovered by a sentry hiding in one of the new palaces now under
construction within the grounds of the Imperial Palace. A search was
immediately carried out and the whole Palace area was surrounded by a cordon
of police and armed detectives.
(2) Iranian Officials.
(i) M. Amanullah Ardalan (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 33, and
Foreign Office Personalities, No. 27) has been appointed Ustandar Governor-
General) of the VI Department (Khuzistan).
(ii) M. Jawad Sinaki (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 280, and
Foreign Office Personalities, No. 199), Governor of Tehran, has been relieved of
his appointment. It is rumoured that he is to return to the diplomatic service.
(iii) M. Abbas Quli Ardalan has been appointed head of the Exchange
Commission.
(iv) His Excellency M. Baqir Kazemi (Military Attache’s Personalities,
No. 142, and Foreign Office Personalities, No. 108), the Iranian Ambassador at
Angora, has been recalled. Rumour connects this with the desire the Shah is
believed to feel to draw closer to Turkey, and in consequence to have a more !
t capable representative at Angora.
(3) Iranian A rmy.
(i) Messrs. Krupp have offered, through Messrs. Ferrostahl, twenty batteries
of modern 75-mm. guns complete with motorised transport. The offer specifies
that the guns will be delivered with pneumatic tyres, but not the transport
vehicles. This material may originally have been Polish.
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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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