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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [260r] (519/807)
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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On the 2nd October the Italian newspapers Popolo di Roma and Lazione
Coloniale were attacked because of their repetition of the story of an intended
Allied attack on the Caucasus.
(14) Commerce.
(i) There are 60,000 tons of mixed merchandise, including military stores,
awaiting shipment in Trieste for Iran. An agreement was concluded with Lloyd
Triestino for re-routing all of these goods via the Danube. As Iran has no
clearing agreement with Italy, payment was to be made through the Germano-
Italian Clearing Agreement, the former receiving the corresponding amount in
Iranian currency through the Germano-Iranian Agreement. So far, the Imperial
Government have not paid over the sum required, and the goods remain in
Trieste.
(ii) German commercial houses in Iran have received orders to continue to
show interest in the various tenders advertised in the press so as to give the
impression that the Reich can always deliver goods. Actual orders will be put off
in every possible way.
(iii) Exports for the past nine months from Iran to Germany total about
53,000 tons; there are still 15,000 tons awaiting transport.
Imports. —Forty-five thousand tons have arrived at Bandar Pahlevi, of which
19,000 tons were paper and 1,500 tons medical goods. An agreement with Russia
for the transit of German goods to Iran is said to have been signed and is
a monopoly for the firm of Schenker, represented in Iran by Nouvel Express.
Each month Germany can send 10,000 tons, as follows :
4,000 tons via Batum.
4,000 tons via Leningrad.
2 000 tons via Bigossovo (Lithuania).
All merchandise for Iran must be declared to a central bureau in Berlin,
which fixes the date shipment and the route.
H. J. UNDERWOOD, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military A ttache.
Tehran, October 5, 1940.
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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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- 1 file (401 folios)
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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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- Title
- Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’
- Pages
- 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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