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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [273v] (546/807)
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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(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 22 (current), paragraph 5 (iv).
On the 10th December the fifteenth “ Hind machine out of twenty
erected at the Shahbaz Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Doshantappeh successfully completed
its test flight. . rrl
(iv) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 22 (current), paragraph 5 (v). ne
six newly completed “ Hind machines (Bristol engines) were apparently sent
to Ahwaz to replace six “ Hind ” aircraft (Hornet engines) which have become
unserviceable. The unserviceable machines are locked up in Ahwaz.
(v) The Acting Minister of War (Sarlashgar Ahmed Nakhchevan) has been
informed from London that material and engines for the construction of sixty
Hurricane machines in Iran will be released early next year.
(vi) Ten Curtiss Fighters have been purchased in the United States and will
be delivered in the spring. . .
(vii) The Iranian air force authorities have been making enquiries as to
whether the British aircraft personnel could construct Curtiss aircraft at the
same time as the Hurricane machines are being built. Apparently the Curtiss
Aircraft Company refuse to send their engineers to Iran, on the ground that
they are too busy. . .
(viii) Sartip (Brigadier) Khosrovani, head of the Iranian air force, has
recently been severely reprimanded by His Imperial Majesty. It is rumoured
that he may be relieved of his present appointment. Sarhand (Colonel) Marjan,
Air Officer'Commanding at Qila Murgha, may be appointed in his place.
(ix) Sarhang (Colonel) Mohanna, Air Officer Commanding the Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, has been granted indefinite leave.
(x) H.I.M. the Shah inspected the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
on the 26th November.
On arrival the Shah was in a peevish mood, shouting and abusing nearly everyone.
In the anxious clean-up before his arrival someone had unfortunately left a pile
of dust in one of the workshops. A moment before the Shah arrived a compressed
air pipe got adrift and sent all this dust into the atmosphere, which was full
of it, and in bright light, just as His Imperial Majesty entered. The Shah
nearly blew up.
(xi) All Iranian aircraft are shortly to be camouflaged.
(xii) Officers and other ranks of the Imperial Air Force have recently been
shown a Luftwaffe propaganda film. Apparently this film has caused a deep
impression of Germany’s air might.
4. British Interests.
(i) The Ministry of Finance are now pretending that they would never have
concluded the recent agreement with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company if they
had not been satisfied that His Majesty’s Government would convert into gold
£3 million in 1940 and £3 million in 1941 out of the revenue derived by the
Imperial Government from oil. His Majesty’s Government are converting
£li million in 1940, and have made a handsome concession in agreeing to convert
£750,000 at the beginning of each quarter instead of million a month, but
the Imperial Government demand another £1^ million this year, and have
informed the Tehran representative of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, for the
information of His Majesty’s Legation, that, if they do not get it, the relations
between the company and the Imperial Government will suffer. It is not certain
that the Imperial Government need to convert so much, unless they have in mind
the conversion into gold of some or all of a loan of £1 million which they hope
to get from the company.
(ii) The Government of India have now decided to include in the list of
articles liable to duty on importation into British India across the Irano-Indian
frontier not only motor vehicles and accessories thereof, but rubber tyres and
tubes also. ...
Motor vehicles registered in Iran may apply for a British Customs Pass
which is valid for visits to British territory for certain specified periods.
5. Belgian Interests.
(i) The Belgian Legation in Tehran have done little or nothing to call up
Belgian reservists for military service in England, in accordance with the
instructions lately sent to them' by the Belgian Government in London.
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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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