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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [267r] (533/807)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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PERSIA.
December 11, 1940.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 1.
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Sir R. Bullard to Viscount Halifaa;.—(Received December 11.)
(No. 247. Secret.) . . ,
HIS Majesty’s Representative presents his compliments to His Majesty s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Afiairs and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Tehran Intelligence Summary No. 23 for the period ending
the 16th November, 1940. compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran, November 16, 1940.
Enclosure.
(Secret.)
Intelligence Summary No. 23 for the Period ending November 16, 1940.
1. The Shah and the Imperial Family.
(i) On the 1st November H.I.M. the Shah left, as is his custom, for Gurgan
to attend the Turcoman autumn races. The Shah travelled by the Imperial train
as far as Damghan and from thence motored to Shahrud, where he passed the
night. On the 2nd November the Imperial party proceeded to Gumbad-i-Kjabus
by the new Shahrud-Naudeh-Shahpasand road. The following day H.I.M. the
Shah arrived at the Palace of Ali Abad, near Gurgan. Whilst in Gurgan (from
the 4th-6th November) the Shah inspected the garrison in barracks and many
of the newly constructed public buildings of Gurgan. Accompanied by the
Director-General of the Department of Agriculture, he also visited a repair
workshop for agricultural machinery and gave orders for its immediate modernisa
tion and enlargement. The Shah also addressed local officials and farmers on the
improvement of cattle breeding. On the afternoon of the 6th November, H.I.M.
the Shah attended the Turcoman race meeting at Dashti Gurgan. Cabinet
Ministers and other Government officials had arrived the day before by special
train from Tehran and immediately after the races returned to the capital.
On the 7th November the Shah left for Behshahr (Ashraf), where he inspected
the calico printing
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, remaining the night at the Palace of Safiabad. The
Imperial tour of inspection included the towns of Sari-Shahi-Babul-Babulsar
(Meshed-i-Sar)-Naushahr-Chalus.
(ii) During H.I.M. the Shah's absence on tour, H.I.H. the Crown Prince has
inspected the various branches of the General Staff at the Ministry of War and
barracks of units of the Second Division. On the 14th November the Crown
Prince left for Chalus accompanied by three of his brothers.
2. Iranian Officials.
On the 1st November his Excellency M. Muzaffer A Tam, Minister for Foreign
Affairs (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. 12, Foreign Office Personalities,
No. 3), resigned his appointment by order of H.I.M. the Shah, given verbally at
the railway station on his departure for Gurgan. The reason given in the cress
is “because of ill-health.’’
On the 7th November an Imperial Decree was issued appointing M. Muzaffer
ATam to be Ustandar (Governor-General) of the IV Ustan (Department) with
headquarters at Rezaieh. The new governor-general has already left Tehran to
take up his new post.
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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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