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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [275v] (550/807)
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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(iv) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (current), paragraph 3 (y).
Cancel this paragraph. No material for the construction of “ Hurricane air
craft has been released by His Majesty’s Government. The Imperial Government
and the Iranian Air Force authorities are, however, very anxious for the release
of raw material and certain finished parts in order to keep the Doshantappeh
Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
going. “Hurricane” construction plans, &c., have already
been received. «
(v) Spare parts and material for ‘ ‘ Hind ’ ’ and ‘ ‘ Audax '' aircraft have not
as yet been released by His Majesty’s Government. This is causing concern, as
these aircraft badly require overhaul, but the fault lies with the Iranian autho
rities, w T ho mislaid for a considerable time the draft order prepared by the British
manager for Messrs. Hawker in Tehran.
(vi) The American Curtiss Company have informed the Imperial Govern
ment that they cannot provide engineers to build their aircraft in Iran. The
Minister for War is examining the possibility of getting Curtiss planes built by
the British personnel in addition to their other duties.
(vii) The Minister for War shows appreciation of the work of the British
staff in the aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, and is renewing the contracts as they expire, at a
higher salary.
5. British Interests.
(i) Mr. Churchill’s speech made a good impression here, but rather because
the Iranians hate and despise the Italians than because of its intrinsic merits.
(ii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 25 (current), paragraph 4 (i) His
Majesty’s Government have informed the Iranian Minister in London that they
cannot convert into gold yet another £1^ million in respect of the year 1940.
His Majesty’s Government reckon the arrangement as counting from the 1st July,
1940, whereas the Imperial Government ask that it should take effect from the
1st January.
6. United States Interests.
(i) On the 18th December his Excellency Mr. Louis Goethe Dreyfus, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America,
presented his letters of credence to H.I.M. the Shah at the Gulistan Palace.
(ii) Mr. C. van H. Engert left Tehran on the 19th December, having been
United States Charge d’Affaires for three years. When he arrived (it was his
third term of service in Iran) there was no Iranian diplomatic or consular repre
sentation in the United States, the Shah having withdrawn them all out of pique
at the arrest of his Minister in Washington for exceeding the speed limit. The
position which Mr. Engert won for himself may be judged from the fact that the
Minister for Foreign Affairs asked him to postpone his departure for several
days so that he might take leave of the Shah in person. Mr. Engert has been
transferred to Beirut as United States Consul-General. He has been an excellent
colleague and will be widely missed.
(iii) The Standard Oil representative, Mr. L. A. Anderson, returned to Iran
and suggested that he should be allowed to prospect for oil without any obligation
on either side. The Imperial Government rejected the offer on the ground that
foreign complications might arise, and he has now left the country.
7. German Interests.
(i) Dr. Siems, a former xNazi party leader in Tehran, died suddenly on the
14th December.
(ii) His Excellency the German Minister, addressing all Blockwarts on the
13th December, ordered them not to discuss the Italian situation. But if the
subject were forced on them to emphasise two points : (1) that Germany would
never let her partner down; (2) that the successful British and Greek attacks
really make no difference to the final result of the war. Later, another legation
official, Herr Tumler, advised Germans to avoid Italians in case of incidents, and
told them that, owing to the Italian defeats, the war would be prolonged at least
two years. This news was received with consternation!
8. U.S.S.R. Interests.
(i) ^ here are between 300 and 400 families of Soviet nationality now
residing in the Province of Gilan. These Russians have arrived within the past
year and are not refugees.
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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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