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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [274v] (548/807)
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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of water. The Imperial Government thereupon pretended that they had only
raised the matter because they had heard that the Government of India were
themselves proposing to embark upon the repair of their section of the line, and
affected indifference.
(ii) The Dasht area (M.S.22.A.3.) which has recently been acquired by the^^-
Shah is undergoing intensive development. Next year it is proposed to import
Hazaras in large numbers to populate the fertile lands around Dasht. It is
also proposed to construct a motor road to connect Bujnurd with Gurgan via
Dasht.
(iii) Kazerun-Bebehan. There is no motor road between these two places.
The Ministry of Communications has just asked for tenders for the survey of
a motor road, together with estimates for bridges, embankments, &c.
11. Census.
(i) The result of the census of Ardebil, in East Azerbaijan, up to a radius
of 6 idiom., carried out on the 8th December is as follows :—
Men
Women ...
Families ...
12,738
(ii) Active preparations for the census of the following cities are under
way : Isfahan. Hamadan, Resht, Bandar Pahlevi, Kermanshah, Yezd, Kerman
and Shiraz.
12. Minerals.
M. Weis, director of the Dutch Exploration Company, states that his
geologists have found iron-ore deposits, 62 per cent., on Larak Island (south of
Bandar Abbas) and also on Farur Island (south-west of Lingeh).
13. Finance.
The Iranian Treasury is short of cash. Railways and road contractors are
not being paid (Intelligence Summary No. 26 (current), paragraph 11, refers), and
salaries of officials are also in arrears. This shortage is due chiefly to the fact
that the Imperial Government has had to finance the clearing agreement with
Russia. It is feared that the Imperial Government may increase the note
circulation up to \\ million rials without increasing the cover, which is already
depleted by the Shah’s removal, recently, of the Crown jewels which are supposed
to remain at the Banque-i-Mellie as part cover for the note issue.
14. Climatic Conditions.
Heavy snowfalls are reported from Arak (Sultanabad), Senneh (Kurdistan),
and even on the mountains in the vicinity of Yezd. This is unusually early for
Iran.
H. J. UNDERWOOD, Lieut enant-C olonel.
Military A ttache.
Tehran, December 14, 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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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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