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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [266r] (531/807)
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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Indian rails from Bombay. The total value of the contract is about $13 million.
Contracts for a credit of $2,500,000 which were to have been opened immediately
are still hanging fire. I he Bethlehem Steel Corporation were to have shipped
-5,000 tons by the 15th October, but it is understood no shipment has yet taken
place.
7. French Interests.
(i) Mr. Winston Churchill’s speech of the 21st October had a good effect,
not only among the French colony, but among the pro-Vichy officials of the French
Legation.
(ii) Certain members of the French Legation, headed by the consul,
M. Bleuzet, have been making secret enquiries about the attitude of private
individuals of the French colony. They have stated that this is being done in
accordance with orders received from Vichy, and that, if any members of the
colony are found lacking in sympathy for the present Government, they will be
reported to Vichy, where adequate steps will be taken against their families and
property.
8. Belgian Interests.
M. Harry Graeffe, son of his Excellency the Belgian Minister at Tehran, has
been accepted as a candidate for a commission in the Indian army for the
duration of the war. M. Graeffe left for India via Zahidan and Quetta on the
21st October.
9. Japanese Interests.
Lieutenant-Colonel Tomo Takasina, Japanese Military Attache, has been
relieved by Lieutenant-Colonel K. Murasawa, an engineer officer who speaks a
little French.
10. Soviet Interests.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 17 (current), paragraph 7 (i). It is
now reliably reported that the branch line between Tejend (million sheet 28.B.3)
on the Trans-Caspian Railway to Sarrakhs (Soviet) (million sheet 28.B.4) has up
to date only been surveyed and pegged. Material for the construction of this
line has been collected at Tejend and work will commence shortly.
11. German Interests.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 20 (current), paragraph 7 (i) On
the 20th October the German Military Attache, Major von Geldern Crespandorff,
accompanied by his sister, Fraulein Erika von Geldern Crespandorff, returned
to Tehran from Berlin via Baku. Whilst in Germany he visited Belgium and
occupied France.
(ii) Negotiations are said to be proceeding between the Ministries of
Finance and Communications with representatives of Ferrostahl for the purchase
of 6 million reichsmarks’ worth of rolling-stock to be delivered via Russia.
(iii) An unknown number (said to be about 100) of Henschel motor trucks
(eight-wheelers) have been purchased for the Iranian army.
(iv) A certain Herr Richter, late of Lufthansa, has been busy making house-
to-house visits of the German colony with a view to purchasing all private arms
and ammunition possible. Payment up to a maximum of 500 rials is made by
Herr Tissmer, of the German Legation.
(v) Over 740,000 rials have so far been collected for the “Nazi Winter
Help Fund.’’
(vi) A Yugoslav named Maicen. long domiciled in Tehran, has been given
the contract for catering at the Brown House. Maicen also runs a pension next
door to the Brown House. He is not Nazi in sympathy.
12. Irano-Turkish Boundary Commission.
This boundary commission is now meeting at Khoi (M.S. 1.A.2).
13. Iranian State Railways.
Tehran-Meshed Branch .—This branch line is now open to traffic as far as
Damghan (M.S.15.C.4).
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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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