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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [262r] (523/807)
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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forced to t«ke money; they and their %iveB had to keep up
certain outward standard and their pay wee quite insufficient
;r thie. There had btcn no increase in wages commensurate with the
^reat increase in the cost of living.
^ 5. As regards the army, he said, conditions were far from
what^'^ey should he, The materiel welfare of the men was
neglected, yet they were expected to perform heavy duties. If
put to the test he did not think they would fight. Tn the
younger offiere he had no confidence and he feared that they
would readily sell their country. He reiterated his distrust
Of the younger officers.
6. The dominating feeling in Tran at the present time,
he said, was hatred of the British, arising as the direct result
of Iranian discontent with the present regime. This hatred led
naturally to a desire for a German victory, which was fervently
honed for by many. Tt was not uncommon, he taid, for oeople
to make a vow dependent upon a German victory. (This is no
doubt on the part of those who make the vow rather a manner of
speaking but it is nevertheless an indication of the prevailing
fteling.) The responsibility of the British for the real and
supposed ills of the people under the present regime is so
widely accented he said that any unfortunate occurrence is at
once said to be the fault of the British (this again is a manner
of sneaking but also an indication). He said that the
discontent of the people i ad become so great that they were
prepared to suffer personal loss in order to heve the
satisfaction of seeing harm come to those who were, in their
view, responsible for their present condition, i.e. the British.
Their present attitude was, he said typified by the ersinn
expression,
All, drown bin, even if we are drowned on the top of him. 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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- 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.’
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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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